The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) says it will only engage in dialogue with ruling Patriotic Front (PF) on condition that such dialogue allows the respect of divergent views among all political parties.
First republican President Dr. Kenneth Kaunda has called for effective interparty dialogue among all political parties in order to sufficiently deal with governance issues and other issues of national concern.
UPND Deputy Secretary General Kuchunga Simusamba says his party has an open door policy to dialogue and is ready to dialogue with the ruling PF except that the PF but that the ruling party has not been receptive to calls for dialogue from the opposition.
Mr. Simusamba has told Qfm in an interview that his is more than willing to engage in meaningful dialogue with ruling PF for the sake of national development and taking the country forward.
And the MMD) has blamed the ruling PF for the failure to an effective interparty dialogue in the country.
MMD presidential Spokesperson, Muhabi Lungu has told Qfm in a separate interview that his party has always been ready to dialogue but that the PF has allegedly opted to govern the country without considering the views of the opposition.
Mr. Lungu has also observed that the many challenges the country is currently facing can be resolved through dialogue among all political parties hence the need for the PF to be more responsive to calls for dialogue.
PF are afraid of the people. They know they are crooks because they have failed to fulfill the promises to the people. That is why they have turned to dictatorship
When does failure to fulfill campaign promises arise? is it soon after a party is voted into office or at the end of their elected term?
PF has three more years to go before we can comprehensively judge them on their performance
There should not be any dialogue between PF and UPND. You can’t have a reasonable dialogue with the party in power. Unless there is a crisis, UPND must keep to itself. Hakainde should have learned a lesson from sleeping with the cobra in the same bed.
Agony is when a mosquito gives an elephant conditions.
if a mosquito knows it has a plasmodiam vivax or malarie to infect the elephant, agony will be the elephant not to obey conditions. it will surely die.
@ Saulosi, that is the idioncy & retarded way of thinking that will not take this country anyway. A wise elephant listens even to a mosquito, So the challenge is that this elephant is a FQQQQLISH & AN ERRONGANT ELEPHANT!
@Hammer…Plasmodium doesnt infect elephants@Nyati…your inability to use the right words or should i say your choice of words actually shows that you are the one in that catergory(retard).Take a chill pill en relax man.
@salosi, but a mosquito will never obey an elephant. so but it also transimit Plasmodium malariae
Saulosi is speaking figuratively. You may disagree with his point, but the metaphor of the mosquito can not be an issue. I believe we all have studied comprehension, and I guess we all know what a metaphor is.
Saulosi, you lied you were a lecturer. You are a blog addict. You are on the computer 24 hrs. What time do you prepare your lectures? Besides, your comments lack intellectual depth and acumen. Don’t just blog in haste. Given a topic a good thought, digest it and then blog. Stop the character assassination crap. By the way I am the real Nostradamus, not the guy with the American flag who agrees with your crap.
Dialogue with Ukwa? Lets wait & seeeeeee!
its all up to you to dialogue or not other wise you ll die trying.
UPND having dialogue with PF,for what reason thats rubbish,tu upnd you are just wasting your time.PF we are very much ok.
Very much ok. in what sense?/? or dimensions.. Who is PF?????// because am not ok as PF
@Bauer un-bury your head from the sand mune. Sata has seen that the mood of the people across the country is that of anger and disappointment. He has realised that people are turning to opposition for solutions. In fact he is trying hard to do the Mugabe style to make HH vice president so he ride on his popularity just like Mugabe did on Tswangirai.
UPND do not join the government in committing atrocities just demand for freedoms and the removal of Mrs Chibesakunda chikopo and Nchinto from the helm of justice. These people are creating a mockery of our justice system.
UPND should demand that before any dialogue can take place Mrs Chibesakunda Chikopo should be removed.
Bauer that stupidity and arrogance is what is costing many of our people, you are marred with know it all syndrome even when you seem to run out of ideas.
@wanzelu; you are not just a dream maker and a builder of castles in the air i believe its the wrong weed you’ve been using- “ati make HH vice president” WHAT A DREAM
@WANZELU……… what a nightmare! HH as vice president ? why not chikankata ward chairman.
Just hope the “dialogue” is NOT about:
– sharing the meager resources of our country;
– betraying the principles of multi-party democracy by party leaders agreeing to bad laws such as building mansions for current and former heads of State. KK must be the last.
– intimidating opposition political parties against speaking for every section of society.
Personally I do not believe that govt depts can fail to implement the budget just because opposition MPs continue to stand on the manifestos of their parties.
There is need to consider funding opposition political parties since it is highly suspected that ruling parties do use govt resources. All Zambians pay tax regardless of affliation. Issue is to agree on eligibility criteria. Am not a party activist but an enlightened Zambian.
Barotse issue which PF fueled
Atase!! a small regional party giving the ruling party conditions, UNBELIEVABLE. And if PF refuses to accept their conditions, what are they going to do? Burn shops and schools in Choma?
@Msana PF will sink mune . Its not UPND demanding for dialogue its the PF because they have realised they are seating on two hot stones. They failing to source cheap loans so they need people like HH with financial credibility to help them.
@Msana PF will sink mune. Its not UPND demanding for dialogue but PF because the have realised that they are seating on two hot stones. They need some one like HH with financial credibility to help them source cheap loans otherwise they wont manage to implement the salary increment.
What about DEMOCRACY and CONSTITUTION?
This is like trying to squeeze blood from a stone. If people have no Ideas, no plan for national development except decrees upon decrees would you expect them to dialogue? PF is still behaving as though they are still in opposition so any divergent view is taken as a threat and they simply “fire back” like frightened individuals who are under a surprise attack. This scenario is very dangerous for our democracy. They(PF) view dialogue with opposition as a sign of weakness on their part. Ideally they (PF) should be leading the opposition in calling for inter-party dialogue. The wings that PF has today is because there was a party that ruled before them and hence they found some money in the coffers to run the country. They should lead to dialogue with all leaders.
Dont these guys dialogue in parliament?
they just drink ‘manzi’.
UPND refused to dialogue with PF in the PACT.Let them hang in their own region. We can dialog with MMD, but alas it is on death bed.UPND you are too small to dictate the terms.
Keep dreaming
A mosquito can make an elephant have sleepless nights.
not any more… just use a mosquito net. at least that’ s what ba sata is doing you are making noise and he’s busy with the pave zed 4 pin, over 600 health posts,stedia,airports,rail etc………. so that by 2016 you ‘ll ve nothing to brag about
They can dialogue through parliament, that is a place where governance issues are discussed.
Yes don’t these guys have dialogue in parliament ,it is time to work not just having parties people want results not only talk shows in hotels at the expence of the poor zambians in kalingalinga and mupambe in mufulira shangombo in western province we want to work done
I thought we have parliament for dialogue. Who wants to talk to disrespectiful children anyway.
You guys talk about real issues, the retirement age should not be pushed to 65 years but rather to strike a balance between the workers and the govt programes lets be fair and hope govt will once gain listen to the workers and fall for 60 yrs from 55yrs.(5yrs to the workers and 5 yrs from govt = balanced equation)
Some may argue that if people stay on until 65yrs then how are the young ones going to be employed, well just look at the industry scenario today where those who retired at 55yrs are given the preference against the young graduates in most industries like the mines -e.g. kansanshi, lumwana or even kcm.
Any constructive and mature argument is welcome.
KK pls go on persuade Michael to invite the oppo to dialogue. this is the only way the tension between our parties is going to easy up. Wars erupt when peoples grievances are not listened to. when some section of society start thinking that they are being side lined or their questions are not being answered, then trouble comes. But coming together to talk about national issues and deciding the way forward is the best. so PF, MMD, UPND, ETC pls come together and talk talk and talk.
How can UPND claim to have ‘an open door’ policy when they have already made it clear that they would make it impossible for PF to govern the country? All the same it’s good to dialogue and I hope this will result in something tangible and not mere cheap politicking and whinging that has now become a national sport.
Kaunda advocating for dialogue? Tell this baboon to go and dialogue with the Barotse over the Barotse Agreement he abrogated without any dialogue with the signatories to the Agreement!!
No!! a big no talking with who? Awe teti kuti bamulowa HH wesu otwakwatafye naifwe jst remember mwanawasa,nkumbula & mazoka no to dialogue we say no if it means that they should rule forever pliz u can continue bt for HH talking to sata i say NO!!! If u do not have enough knowledge & resources bt managed to cheat yo tribesmen & those who believed u then we say pliz spair HH from this mess u’ve coursed pliz…
thats Tonglish mentality bwana
Pulamba thats trivial.
What will be the subject or agenda for discussion or dailog whatever? UPND should just accept they are in opposition and PF is ruling period.2016 is around the corner and they should look at their strategies and revise them otherwise we PF will carry the day once again and will start calling for dialog.Mulabeja ba saa.
YOU SHOULD BE UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXT AT HAND BEFORE YOU EXPOSE YOUR BLIND POLARIZATION.
What do they want to talk about? Confused chaps. Just campaign
In the same manner UPND has been having dialogue with MMD by poaching their members – what hypocrisy!
In the same manner PF has been Inducing bye elections – what hypocrisy!
In the same manner MMD had previously been having dialogue with UNPD and FP by poaching their members – what hypocrisy!
Bloggers, we should all stop wearing myopic political lenses. Can anyone tell me what the condition is? we are all misled by the title and are seeing things which are not there.
Upnd should only discuss issues of democracy,otherwise kaunda is up to no good,sata must have sent him to woodwink the opposition “There is nothing that doesnt change,but change itself” at some point pf will lose.
Wether tonglish or english my am very proud of that,whats important is life of a person not these contaminated politics of this so called country,lozi’s have already started it & lambaland,luvaleland,soliland,tongaland & lenjeland is joining the group if u ddnt knw,,,
WTF……., who gives them the upper hand to treat others as if they dont matter? They need the opposition they cant govern without them, i believe even the on going Barotse issue should be tackled together with the opposition, if the PF want to make it, they should embrace everyone including my opnion period, no man is an island thats the problem most humans gift themselves with, when they step on one stone, they assume they have arrived forgetting there are a trilion stepping stones ahead!
It will be abnormal for pf to call for dialogue especially with upnd. Dialogue based of what?Will it on crisis upnd has manufactured in their heads that appear to be real on account of talking about dem all the time. Pulamba yo thinking is demonic.
The problem was the reaction of the oposition took the moment PF was announced the winners of the elections.It was very difficulty especially for the MMD and UPND to swallow their pride and take time to reflect on issues before they started their attacks.People like HH were willing to form alliances with the MMD the party they were criticising on various issues.HH vowed to do anything possible to disrupt the PF and MMD the same.HH was not even ashamed knowing very well that 2 weeks before the elections,he was very busy calling Rupiah and the MMD as corrupt individuals.He was willing to lose all his intergrity just to see PF failing.The criticism from the opposition was not genuine but aimed at disrupting PF policies.Dialogue is only possible if the opposition are genuine in their criticism
hahahahahahahaha…………………………… there are a lot of 1diots on lusaka times. you would think you are reading grade seven composition . a lot of idio,ts dont even know the difference between dialogue and debate in parliament. bakaponya bengi sana pasite. sata is just wasting tax payers money in statehouse. he is now a male ‘mwalanjo’ rubbish. very soon he the serious zambians will soon smoke the mole out of those tunnels
Sure how can a mosquito set conditions for an elephant? UPND is so pompous for nothing, who is going to lose, PF or UPND ? Really UPND lacks wisdom, always behaving like children. Change your ways otherwise you will die through and through.
Peace and Prosperity to mother Zambia.
Dialogu with who?Upnd is a party of with membrs tht re prostitutes in nature.Look at first how they thought can override Sata!Thaps faild the man hard knock to crack.They went to MMD & faild with RB defeat with them.Again went to Nevers.Wht hapend?Started poachng MMD mebers like Maxwel Mwale.Is ths the party u can dialogue with?Incorigible HH go & slep.HH ntanyonwi stiff necked.Dont dialogue with tht boy he has clay feet in decision making.For his ego only.
You shall know them by their fruits. You shall know them by the people joining their party, William Banda, Carnicious Banda, Mutale Nalumango, George Chulumanda, Maxwel Mwale etc. All these are MMD and ba Hakainde is salivating that his regional party is growing. Growing with economic refugees. What value can William Banda bring to a progressive party? UPND died when Mazoka died. Now both MMD and UPND are inanimate. Leken abafwa bashike abafwa banabo. This is biblical.
You shall know them by their fruits. You shall know them by the people joining their party, William Banda, Carnicious Banda, Mutale Nalumango, George Chulumanda, Maxwel Mwale etc. All these are MMD and ba Hakainde is salivating that his regional party is growing. Growing with economic refugees. What value can William Banda bring to a progressive party? UPND died when Mazoka died. Now both MMD and UPND are inanimate. Lekeni abafwa bashike abafwa banabo. This is biblical.