TONSE Alliance Secretary General Muhabi Lungu says he has given up trying to meet NRPUP leader Ezra Tembo to discuss the agreements they made before the August 13 general election and the future of their alliance. Lungu says he was given two weeks to meet Tembo and discuss the issues following NRPUP’s decision to leave the alliance, but the talks failed because the party’s leadership was unwilling to meet him. However, he says NRPUP’s decision to leave the alliance does not mean that earlier agreements no longer matter, insisting that some issues, including money owed to certain people, still need to be settled. NRPUP announced its withdrawal from the Tonse Alliance a few days after the August 13 general election....




