Lungu urged to deal with PF infighting

President Edgar Lungu

President Edgar Lungu has been called upon to end the infighting within the PF by declaring that the next PF Convention to elect the PF Presidency who automatically becomes the 2021 presidential candidate will be held around 2019 and 2021.

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) is of the view that President Lungu can do well to begin grooming a leader who can take over from him then and that he must keep his eyes wide open the same way late President Michael Sata kept his eyes wide open.

YALI Governance Advisor Isaac Mwanza says if there are any lessons the PF can learn from the MMD, those lessons are that the party got divided by the Third Term campaign which was championed by late Michael Sata.

Mr. Mwanza says the wrangles going on in the PF today are centred on the PF candidate for 2021.

Meanwhile, the YALI Governance Advisor has called on the Zambia Police Service to seriously consider addressing the poor working relationship that is still between the police and the media.

He says he is saddened that the year 2016 ended with the media and the Police not being the best of friends.

Mr. Mwanza says his organization’s contention is particularly that the year 2016 has recorded many reports of alleged infringements of the media’s rights.