Former home affairs minister Colonel Panji Kaunda says endorsing President Edgar Lungu as the PF’s sole candidate for the 2021 general election will disadvantage other candidates who wish to challenge him.
In an interview, Col Kaunda, who is First President Dr Kenneth Kaunda’s son, said the central committee should not have endorsed President Lungu before the general conference.
“They are going against the Constitution of the party. The Constitution states that the party must hold a conference and endorse him at the general conference. Let them go through the constitution and go through that formality and hold it! There might be others who would want to contest maybe disadvantaged, so they must be given a chance to contest,” Col Kaunda said.
And Col Kaunda noted that elections were unpredictable.
“The people are the ones to decide. No one knows as far as it comes to elections… Elections are like football, you can’t tell who is going to win. It’s the people to decide who is going to win. So they will judge the performance of the party. If the people are not happy with what they are doing, they will not vote for them, if they are happy they will vote for them. That is it about elections no one knows,” he said.
Meanwhile, Col Kaunda asked citizens to be confident of the work being done by investigative wings in the country.
“You know, we must have confidence in our institutions unless they prove otherwise. As far as I am concerned, I have confidence in the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) and in the Police, it is up to them to prove us wrong. We must have confidence in our institutions and if they are not doing their job, there are ways and means of putting them right. The trouble is that we just keep quiet as citizens and stand by the fence, let us get involved in governance,” said Col Kaunda.
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Very poor reporting. Lt Col Panji Kaunda was NEVER Home Affairs Minister!! Check your facts
Panji is the only politician that can bring back discipline to this country like his father did for 27 years! All the other politians are too indisciplined. But if he intends to challenge Lungu, he will not make it! He should just form his own party, though it will be very difficult for him as well. Let him come out now!
Which party does Panji belong to?
I really fail to understand Mr Kaunda’s children no one has the drive the father had in politics i don’t know others but so far the one’s in politics people have continued using them for the name anyway Mr Panji sir mind your own business fight and let’s see you running your own party.
Colonel Panji Kaunda is a real soldier trained at Sandhurst military academy in Britain. He loves his country Zambia. Look at the attacks coming from PF. The attacks have gone personal and fail to address the real issues he raises
What I know about the col. He has no love anyone. Why do I say so, when he was with ministery of works and supplies he told us when we visited him to discuss how we could create employment for the those who needed help. He answered us he had no time for such; I quart ” no one helped me to find employment, I had to work hard ” end of quart. To me such people are not leaders there’s no leadership qualities in them they have no love for others.