THE Patriotic Front continues to display a baffling level of arrogance and self-deception in the face of political reality. Acting president Given Lubinda says the PF central committee plans to sponsor former president Edgar Lungu to re-contest the party presidency and eventually contest the 2026 general elections, despite the Constitutional Court’s judgement that found him ineligible to contest any future elections. This arrogant insistence exposes the very mentality that cost the PF dearly in 2021. If PF leaders continue on this trajectory, they are setting themselves up for yet another humiliating defeat, or worse, disqualification from the electoral process entirely. Let us be clear: insisting on Edgar Lungu’s return to power is not just a legal gamble, it is a...