By Prince Kaliza Jnr.
Party of National Unity President Highvie Hamududu says it is pointless for opposition Parties to demonstrate during the African Union Summit.
Mr. Hamududu says protesting to foreign dignitaries will never solve a misunderstanding between Government and its people.
He wonders why the Opposition have not made efforts to meet Government officials to resolve mobile booth operators issue.
“Protests to foreign dignitaries, while lawful, must be discouraged as we, as Zambia, are hosting the AU summit and not necessarily government, government is just a conduit for that. In any case, foreigners cannot really solve our problems”.
“At the same time, threats against planned protests from government are unlawful and unnecessary.”
“Let us build domestic capacity to engage and resolve our internal problems as a country.
As for the affected youths whose Booths were destroyed, please, demand monetary compensation from government for the loss of business as a result of the abrupt and unplanned destruction of your business infrastructure without notice, since you were paying fees to the city council, giving your business, legality”.he said.
“And further, directly engage government on the transition and viable alternatives, to finality”.
“You have the inherent power, as youths, to achieve the above, just get organised and be strategic”. He said.
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