CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the UPND government still has more than a year to change the political outlook. And Mweetwa says the high cost of living cannot be used as a yardstick for the 2026 general elections because a lot of things are expected to change before then. On Monday, Political Historian Professor Bizeck Phiri said with the current high cost of living, people had begun seeing former president Edgar Lungu as their saviour. But in an interview, Friday, Mweetwa said a lot of things which would create a different political map ahead of 2026 were bound to happen. “So, if the cost of living was better, why did he [Lungu] lose elections? There are a lot of...

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