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Formation of new political party doesn’t make sense, UNZA lecturer

Formation of new political party doesn’t make sense, UNZA lecturer
By Namatama Mundia
Sat 06 Mar. 2010, 03:10 CAT

IT does not make any political sense to form another political party at this point in time, University of Zambia political and administrative studies lecturer Phineas Bbaala has said.

Commenting on the newly-founded National Restoration Party (NAREP) yesterday, Bbaala said forming a political party at this time did not make sense but that the new party should have studied the ideologies of already-existing parties to see where they fit in.

“The problem is we don’t have serious ideological divide between and among political players because if we had a clear ideological divide, it could have been clear for a person who wants to start a new political party,” he said.

Bbaala said the founders of NAREP should have studied the positives of existing ideologies before forming a new party.

“If those parties don’t represent your ideologies, that’s the only time you can form a political party,” he said.

Bbaala however, said Zambians should not expect any surprises from NAREP.

He added that if NAREP’s aim was to form government next year, then they have not done a right thing.

“And they NAREP will not go anywhere if they have been sponsored by another political party because the sponsor will not want a new party to become popular than them,” Bbaala said.

He added that NAREP was not going anywhere when the pendulum was between the PF-UPND pact and the MMD.

“I don’t think there is another political party or group that can perform better than the MMD and the PF-UPND pact, those colleagues should have studied the manifestos of MMD, PF or UPND and they could have found where they fit in,” he said.

Bbaala advised the NAREP founders to dissolve the party and join any of the existing parties.

Bbaala said he does not see NAREP winning any election and that they are just wasting their resources, time and energy.

“I don’t think they have resources, time and energy to go for campaigns and trail their political manifestos. The mood in the country is on MMD, PF and UPND and no other party can get that support,” said Bbaala.

Labels: PARTIES, PHINEAS BBAALA, POLITICS, UNZA

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