PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

*PATRIOTIC FRONT UNDER PRESIDENT LUNGU IS ON COURSE IMPLEMENTING ITS 2016-2021 ELECTION MANIFESTO*

_Lusaka, Zambia, 30th November 2017_ –The main reason the Opposition is so much jittery at the prospects of having His Excellency President Edgar Chagwa Lungu on the 2021 ballot paper is because they are fully aware that he has remained true to the promises the Patriotic Front (PF) made to the Zambian people, thereby creating a social contract with them.

The Opposition is aware that at the rate Patriotic Front Government is going regarding service delivery, it will finish this term of office strong and with no broken campaign promise. Service delivery and honouring the existing social contract PF has with the Zambian people is what makes President Lungu and Patriotic Front trustworthy.

It is evident that the Opposition still is in such shock and disarray that in a week they can afford to swing from crying about a foregone matter such as the 2016 election, to wishing for developments in neighbouring Zimbabwe to occur in Zambia, to insulting and maligning the head of state by alleging what they cannot substantiate. The good decision Zambians made was to vote for a President who understands the weight and responsibility of the office he occupies and as such take criticism exceptionally well, being the democrat that he is.

The “Never Edgar Lungu” cartel and their converts are still at loss and in shock that President Lungu settled into the job so well and fast, contrary to their assertions that he never had the stamina to provide leadership to the nation.

Zambians have attested to the fact that they have a listening President, a servant of the people who takes even the harshest criticism with a lot of grace.

We therefore call on our colleagues in the Opposition to familiarise themselves with the Patriotic Front 2016-2021 election manifesto if they are to offer proper checks and balances. In so doing they can hold us against our word. The approach they have taken to discredit our works aimed at fulfilling the promises to the Zambian people will be more costly to themselves because Patriotic Front is unstoppable in its quest for a better Zambia and improved conditions for the Citizens.

There is no doubt therefore that Patriotic Front under President Lungu will finish this term of office in 2021 as promise keepers and trustworthy in the eyes of Zambians. Why change if it’s not broken, the electorate will ask themselves from the voting booth!

Issued By: Sunday Chanda, PF Media Director