IF there’s a candidate I want to see on the ballot, it’s Edgar Lungu because he is the easiest candidate to de-campaign, even Mundubile is stronger than him, says Chief Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa. Mweetwa adds that it’s too early for PF faction Secretary General Raphael Nakacinda to say that the former president will not be on the ballot. Commenting on Nakacinda’s remarks that there would be no elections in 2026 without Lungu on the ballot, Mweetwa said Lungu committed so many atrocities that the people of Zambia cannot be hoodwinked into forgiving him overnight. “We think that threats…’no if this will not be’, that’s not the way it works in a democracy. Let’s just wait for the courts to...

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