Lungu gone too far, says GBM
By Staff Reporter
Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) vice president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba says his party has observed that Edgar Lungu and his Patriotic Front-led government have taken Zambians for granted.
Mwamba said Lungu and his team had unfortunately been allowed to steal the country’s resources and silence those with opposing views at the expense of citizens.
In a statement to the media on Monday, Mwamba said he appreciate the constitution of South Africa which had a provision for a political party to call back a non-performing or corrupt president.
“Look at the Zambian people today, majority are wallowing in abject poverty, they can’t afford three meals in a day. Our youths skilled or educated have nothing on offer, infact they have a burden to pay a huge debt incurred from wreckless borrowing by Edgar and his government,’’ he stated. ‘’This unfortunately includes the unborn child who will not only pay the debt but may be born stunted due to poor nutrition.”
Mwamba added that the intellectual capacity of our students in higher institutions of learning such as UNZA and CBU had been affected by poor funding from government.
He stated that students and lecturers had also been affected academically.
“Traders too have been affected by the burning of markets which the Patriotic Front has up to date not told the nation the cause. Traders today lack conducive trading spaces for their businesses while those with space in markets are swindled by cadres collecting illegal levies from them,’’ stated Mwamba. ‘’Civil Servants are struggling to live decent lives as their salaries have lost value while Edgar Lungu, besides the wealth he has suspiciously amassed, has also increased his salary. As UPND we shall not allow austerity measures that are implemented using the animal farm formular. We have had enough, PF has gone too far. In bemba we say ‘Edgar waya sana’.”
