THE beating of stone-wielding PF cadres who went to disrupt a UPND campaign event serves as a strong statement to those in the ruling party who still doubt that the situation is very bad on the ground. When the Patriotic Front or President Edgar Lungu posts a statement on their Facebook pages, all the comments are negative. Some go to the extent of insulting the government leadership. It’s as if someone deletes the nice messages. But to comfort themselves, the PF says Facebook followers don’t vote. They say ifintu nipa ground. But when we look at what is happening on the same ground that they are referring to, you find that they are slowly getting outnumbered. Yesterday, the residents of...

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