by ARNOLD MULENGA
LUSAKA – THE fallout from the death of former Zambian president, Edgar Lungu, has taken a new twist.
Since his death in South Africa on June 5, it has intensified differences between Lungu’s Patriotic Front (PF) and the ruling United Party for National Development (UPND).
The smaller, little-known opposition Republican Progressive Party (RPP) has entered the fray.
The party is filing a report against Counsel Makebi Zulu to the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) for “his conduct and statements in relation to the burial of the late former president.”
Zulu acts as the spokesperson of the Lungu family, which is involved in a deadlock with the government over the burial.
“The RPP believes that Mr Zulu’s recent actions and utterances fall below the ethical standards expected of a legal practitioner and warrant appropriate review by the professional regulatory body,” RPP Secretary General, Daniel Chungu, said.
However, Thandiwe Ketis Ngoma, an PF-aligned commentator, argued the RPP was a “proxy” and “surrogate” of UPND.
The party of President Hakainde Hichilema is accused of infiltrating PF since they came to power in 2021, defeating Lungu and PF.
“The RPP, a barely visible political outfit, has simply become another pawn in Hakainde Hichilema’s game of national gaslighting,” Ngoma said.
Lungu’s body remains in South Africa, where the family wants him buried.
The government wishes that he be buried back home at a national shrine where former Zambian presidents are interred.
– CAJ News
