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Edith Nawakwi
Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) leader Edith Nawakwi says her no number one priority when elected President in the forthcoming by elections will be the Constitution.
Ms. Nawakwi says she thinks the Constitution is key to igniting of development in any country hence her insistence on the national document.
Speaking when she featured on a live program at Mansa’s Yageni Radio in Luapula Province, Ms. Nawakwi observed that there is no country which has developed without putting in place a good Constitution that ensures the full participation of the people in running the affairs of their nation.
Ms. Nawakwi states that a good constitution ensures that people are protected from being exploited by their leaders and curbs a lot of ills that comes with a bad constitution.
She says she would like to be remembered for being the leader who gave the people a constitution that empowers nation.
The FDD President notes that she would not dwell much on promises like other candidates because the time left is too short for a person to implement their outrageous promises.
And speaking to journalists at Mansa airport upon arrival from Mongu Western Province yesterday in her continued campaign trail, Ms. Nawakwi reminded the people of Mansa that they were promised a number of things by the PF during the Mansa Central Parliamentary by election that have not been fulfilled to date.
She notes that it would be folly to vote for the PF in the forthcoming Presidential Election because that would be an indication that people are happy with the non-fulfilled promises.
The opposition leader who so far is among the front runners in the race to plot one says the current government promised to reopen the Mansa batteries but that that still remains a promise to date.
She has advised people in the province to ensure that they vote wisely by voting for a person who will help the province move out the jaws of poverty that have gripped the province for a long time.
Ms. Nawakwi leader is expected to hold meetings with Mansa residents till Monday before returning to Lusaka for filling in of nomination paper.
This is contained in a brief to Qfm News released by the FDD Media Team.