DEMOCRATIC Party leader Harry Kalaba has charged that the PF government wants to use Covid-19 as a scapegoat to cancel elections. In an interview, Kalaba argued that the lining up of people to catch a glimpse of Dr Kaunda’s body acted as a super spreader. “The DP issued a letter condemning the taking of Dr Kaunda’s body round because it will act as a super spreader of COVID-19. And we have said the government wants to use this as an excuse so that covid can go up and then they say ‘we can’t have elections because the Covid pandemic has gone up,’ we know the tactics they want to use. It is about postponing elections and using Covid-19 as a...

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