Once again we are awakened to the sad realities of crude Zambian politics which are characterized by violence and untruthfulness on the part of those vying for political office. A perfect example is the pre-election campaigns taking place in Mufumbwe that have been marred by violence unbefitting for the ocassion, time and era.
In Zambian politics, the powers that be are always pregnant with evil intentions to intimidate and distabilize the opposition especially when it is all too clear that the opposition is holding sway in the electioon campaigns. With the security aparatus on the side of government, the ruling party is trying by all means to orchestrate violence in order to scare away opposition supporters from campaigning freely. If the Government and its party are popular as they claim to be, we would like to see the the police clamp down the violence that is perpetrated by illiterate MMD cadres. One sometimes wonders whether there is any difference between those instigating their cadres to commit violence and the cadres themselves. As a matter of fact, many in the current ruling leadership were party cadres before they became office bearers and it is therefore easy to understand that their mindsets are not different from those of their cadres.
It is about that the Zambian leadership started to condemn violence in the strongest terms and direct the currently partial policemen to be impartial. The Zambian police need more training to understand the need to be proactive in carrying out their duties without aligning themselves with the ruling party.
