Leave dialogue process to Church, Saunders tells ZCID

Senior Citizen Dante Saunders

Senior citizen Dante Saunders has advised the Zambia Center for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) against going ahead with its plans to pursue its own national dialogue process.

Mr. Saunders is concerned that if the ZCID goes ahead with its plans, many Zambians that do not belong to any political party and all those that do not vote will be left out from the process.

In an interview with QTV News Mr. Saunders says by virtue of having membership of only political parties, the ZCID  cannot take on any national problem that can be resolved through dialogue.

Mr. Saunders states that the ZCID should in this case restrict itself to resolving differences among political parties and leave the national dialogue process to the Church.

He says ZCID should take cognizance that the issue of national dialogue is not about resolving a fight between two political parties but about resolving national issues affecting the Zambian people.

Mr. Saunders states that this is why it is important for the Church to head and be responsible for the national dialogue process.

He says the Church is better placed to handle the national dialogue process because its constituency is drawn from the entire nation.