By ROGERS KALEROFAILURE to accept internal democracy in some political parties has forced many unsuccessful parliamentary aspiring candidates to contest the August 12 elections as independent candidates, Anti Voter Apathy Project (AVAP) Copperbelt coordinator Poster Jumbe has said.Mr Jumbe said political parties had their own democratic systems to adopt their candidates for an election and to decide to go independent was not only an abuse of internal party democracy but also failure to understand the intra party democracy.He was commenting on the increasing number of unsuccessful parliamentary candidates who have decided to stand independent candidates.Mr Jumbe said political parties had no obligation to give out reasons for not adopting a certain candidate.He however indicated that some candidates could have been left out because they had no capacity to effectively carry out campaigns while others were outrightly not suitable to become Members of Parliament (MPs).“It is sad that some unsuccessful aspiring candidates have decided to go […]
AVAP SCHOOLS REJECTED CANDIDATES
