Political tension in Zambia is real, opposition tells Lungu

Mike Mulongoti

Some opposition political parties have charged that the failure by President Edgar Lungu to acknowledge and accept that there is political tension in the country will not help in defusing the tension.

People’s Party President Mike Mulongoti has told QTV News in an interview that it is unthinkable for President Lungu to continue denying that there is no political tension in the country.

He says this alone will make it difficult to diffuse the tension.

Mr. Mulongoti says the Head of State should come to terms and accept that there is tension in the country.

He however, states that he does not blame President Lungu for failing to see the tension in the country because he is always at State house or travelling abroad.

Meanwhile, United Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) President Charles Chanda has told QT

Charles Chanda

V News in a separate interview that the failure by President Lungu to acknowledge that there is political tension in the country is an indication that the President has lost contact with the people who voted for him.

Mr. Chanda adds that this also shows that the President is not paying attention to things that are happening in the country.