They are very cruel to others, especially political opponents. They do not realise that their hold on political power is very temporal and such a small thing.
By Dr. Fred M’membe | SP president.
Lusaka, July 5 – There are lessons to be learnt from the way our brothers and sisters in the PF government conducted themselves, and indeed how the UPND is not conducting itself today.
Today, the UPND has become very pompous, arrogant and heartless. They are very cruel to others, especially political opponents. They behave like they are going to be in power forever.
They do not realise that their hold on political power is very temporal and such a small thing. I have always said that the exercise of power must be a constant practice of self limitation and modesty.
But it seems politicians and their supporters don’t learn – they have very short memories. They keep on repeating the same mistakes that others made.
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It’s very clear that a governing party must have the self-confidence to want power and to believe that its exercise of it can tilt the country in the right direction. But it should also have the humility to recognise on any likely projection of the past, its power will come to an end.
The test of its statesmanship in the context of history will not therefore be how many trees it pulls up by the roots but how it fits into a continuous process of adaptation in which leadership is combined with sensitivity to national mood.
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About The Author: Dr. M’membe is the president of the Socialist party. He is a revolutionary, journalist, accountant, lawyer, economist, and advocate of the High Court and Supreme Court of Zambia.
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