M’membe faults UPND govt, accuses party of building ‘cult of personality’

Socialist Party (SP) leader, Fred M’membe, has said that President Hakainde Hichilema’s regime should stop deceiving itself to believe that it had a chance to remain in power beyond 2026.

M’membe alleged that the ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) was spreading lies that there was no strong opposition to dislodge them from power and that they would continue until they were tired.

The SP leader in a statement issued in Lusaka on Monday stated that this was nothing but sheer arrogance and ignorance.

“It is very easy to see that these are sentiments or claims of delusional, irrational, and ignorant people who have no clue whatsoever about the political history of this country,” he said.

M’membe stressed that the UPND lacks the political depth to grasp or discern what was happening on the ground and how it was affecting its continued existence as a governing party.

He alleged that, as a political organization, the UPND did not see beyond its leader and had always been concerned about their leader’s interests and not the people.

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“The cult of personality in the UPND has always been very strong. This trait is even more pronounced now when they’re in government than when they were in opposition,” M’membe claimed.

M’membe also alleged that UPND wanted to create a one-party state because their hold on state power was guaranteed since in their own words “there was no strong opposition” to dislodge them.

“But like we have stated, this argument is totally misplaced and lacks depth, research and understanding, and here is how it fails on all fronts; the UPND must know that the strongest opposition in Zambia has not emerged from an opposition party in our history,” he stated.

M’membe noted that the real opposition in this country had always emerged from the suffering masses of the people.

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