Come join us, People’s Pact woos opposition
By Tony Nkhoma
PEOPLE’S Pact vice president Robert Sichinga has urged the opposition to consider joining the alliance to redeem Zambia from what he said shackles of poverty and misrule.
In an interview, Sichinga said Zambians were waiting for one opposition leader to vote for in the August election because leaders of opposition political parties could not all be presidents.
“We have been searching around among ourselves and we know that we cannot all of us be presidents of Zambia. We need only one person among us. What kind of leadership do we need? Among us, we cannot all be presidents. What Zambians are seeking is a leadership team that is selfless, nationalistic, committed to seeing that Zambians re-own and retake their country,” he said.
He said the year 2026 was not different from the 1991 revolution, where Zambians wanted a complete change of leadership and government.
Sichinga said the country was bleeding under the current regime, leaving the people with one option to remove the United Party for National Development (UPND) in August.
“It is clear from where I am standing that the country is crying out for leadership that is selfless, that is committed, and the current events in the country speak for themselves,” he said.
He said the disappointment with President Hakainde Hichilema was overwhelming and stressful for the people of Zambia.
“Unless you don’t live in Zambia, the disappointment in the people’s minds is overwhelming,” he said.
Sichinga urged the younger generation to rise and be counted in the August elections by voting out the corrupt and heartless regime, which doesn’t care for its people.
“My call to the people of Zambia and in particular, the younger generation, to hand over to you a country that is worth living in and bringing up your children. We have said let’s leave out all the self-interests, and we chose one opposition leader. We have done that in the People’s Pact,” he said.
He said the country needed to reset and put it back on its rightful rejection in August.
“So in endorsing the right choice of an opposition candidate, this country can be much better and really position itself much higher than we have done so far,” Sichinga said.
