Political parties have started receiving applications from aspiring candidates intending to vie for the Lukashya and Mwansabombwe parliamentary by elections.
Patriotic Front -PF- Secretary General Davies Mwila says the ruling party has so far received 11 applications in Lukashya and Six applications from members aspiring for Mwansabombwe constituency.
And UPND Chairperson for Elections Garry Nkombo said the party has received Five applications from candidates aspiring for the Mwansabombwe parliamentary by election and three applications from those intending vie for the Lukashya seat.
Meanwhile, National Democratic Congress -NDC- Spokesperson Saboi Imboela said the party has received applications from several people in both constituencies and will update the nation on how many candidates have expressed interest so far.
The Mwansabombwe and Lukashya parliamentary seats fell vacant following the death of area members of parliament Rodgers Mwewa and Mwenya Munkonge.
Wht’s the point, people? Aren’t we supposed 2b in a covid-19 crisis and also facing an economic crisis? There’s a general election nxt yr and less than 12 months to go.
These bye-elections should have been cancelled in view of corona. There’s no social distance at campaign rallies. And not only that. The newly elected MPs will only serve for a few months before parliament is dissolved. Waste of taxpayers’ money
Democracy doesn’t end because of Corona. There are measures in place and all participants should abide by them. If we cancelled these elections the same clowns commenting above would claim that we are trying to avoid losing. So please just stop. Whichever way your tribal party is losing any way
Democracy doesn’t end because of Corona. There are measures in place and all participants should abide by them. If we cancelled these elections the same clowns commenting above would claim that we are trying to avoid losing. So please just stop. Whichever way your tribal party is losing any way. Kaizar
So Bantustan party will be busy campaigning in other people’s strong holds while they have locked their area. We’ll show them
We are just expressing our opinion. Of course PF you are the authority, the controlling people. You decide everything. Go ahead and dish out free mealie and money to the mwansabombwe and Lukashya electorate. Every well-informed Zambian knows PF cannot win a free and fair election. Next year it won’t be possible to dish out free mealie meal and money in every constituency
Bandit PF how much is mealie meal? How much is fuel? Has load shedding finished? Bandit lungu never give power to the speaker. Bandit PF 1 year to the next elections. Bye bye Bandits
You have some stagnant minds that see what is happening around them in their various communities and even more critically in their individual homes but refuse to coordinate what they are seeing and experiencing with their brains as to translate it into action that frees them of woes! See the language of impunity one PF zealot keeps spewing in his comments! I pray that Zambians finally wake up to justifiably claim their pound of flesh once the dehumanizing by PF is removed.
I’m concerned with lukashya because I’m the son of that constuency why the daughter to GBM she moved from kasama central and now she wants to contest lukashya why? If it’s me on a panel I can’t consider her .