UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa has cautioned party youths who have vowed to start beating ‘problematic’ opposition leaders not to take that route, saying they won’t have the party’s blessings. UPND North-Western Province youth Chairperson Bruce Kanema recently warned all opposition political party leaders to desist from disrespecting President Hakainde Hichilema because they will be beaten. Kanema said the only reason party youths could not beat up PeP leader Sean Tembo was that his mental faculties were not intact. In an interview, Monday, Mweetwa agreed that it was annoying to see the President being insulted, but urged the youths to “stomach that anger”. “The party position is that UPND youths and members respect the rule of law and the rule of...

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