Some have taken to criticising the MMD MPs for the past mistakes and are requesting them to apologise. To me these are men who deserve our thanks. Imagine what would have happened to the country if they had decided to go along with the Chiluba madness. In life people fall the real tragedy is not that people fall but that they fail to rise after they have fallen. What we need to focus on now is to ensure that all the elements that are needed to run a credible election are in place.
Time is now on our side.
Here I would first like to offer a diagnostic study of what is wrong with the Zambian situation and then deal with the question of the solutions. There is no denying that the economy and the human condition in Zambia approximates a terminal case and was the case in the last days of the UNIP government but the situation has been worsened by the MMD government. Zambia is worse of than any of its neighbours including those which were until recently involved in conflict. The government has continued to refuse to accept the blame for what it has created and searches feverishly at home and abroad for those who could be held responsible for its failures. Zambians are expected to accept the blame in spite of the fact that they did not have a meaningful choice as to who was to govern them and the governors once in power have not been accountable to the citizenry.