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Speech by His Excellency, Dr Edgar Chagwa Lungu SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, DR EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA DURING THE PATRIOTIC FRONT NORTHERN PROVINCE CONFERENCE SATURDAY, 27TH FEBRUARY, 2021 STATE HOUSE LUSAKA 1 | P a g e THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF PATRIOTIC FRONT, MR. DAVIES MWILA; THE CHAIRMAN OF PATRIOTIC FRONT, MR. SAMUEL MUKUPA; MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE PRESENT; CABINET MINISTERS PRESENT; MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT; ALL MEMBERS OF THE PATRIOTIC FRONT; LADIES AND GENTLEMEN; LET ME START BY STATING THAT 2021 IS A SIGNIFICANT AND CRUCIAL YEAR FOR US AS A PARTY AND THE NATION AT LARGE. IT IS A GENERAL ELECTION YEAR HENCE THE NEED FOR US TO PREPARE ADEQUATELY. THIS YEAR MARKS 30 YEARS SINCE MULTIPARTY DEMOCRACY WAS RESTORED TO OUR NATION. THANKS TO PRESIDENT KENNETH DAVID KAUNDA AND ALL ZAMBIAN CITIZENS AT THE TIME, ZAMBIA’S POLITICAL LANDSCAPE HAS EVOLVED DEMOCRATICALLY SINCE. SINCE THEN WE HAVE NOT ONLY HAD EIGHT GENERAL ELECTIONS, WE HAVE HAD FIVE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTS, INCLUDING MYSELF. IT IS BECAUSE OF THIS HISTORY THAT ZAMBIA IS SEEN, THE WORLD OVER, AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE SUCCESS OF DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA. 2 | P a g e PEOPLE OF NORTHERN PROVINCE; OUR NATION IS BLESSED. IN 1991 PRESIDENT FREDERICK JACOB CHILUBA PROCLAIMED THAT ZAMBIA SHALL BE A CHRISTIAN NATION. THAT SINGLE PROCLAMATION MEANT ZAMBIA BEING IN GOD’S HANDS AND SINCE THEN, OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN TRULY BLESSED. NORTHERN PROVINCE; LOOK AT HOW GOD HAS PRESERVED OUR PEACE; OUR TRANQULITY; AND HIS FAVOUR. NORTHERN PROVINCE; LOOK AT THE SOCIO- ECONOMIC UPS AND DOWNS WE HAVE GONE THROUGH, YET WE HAVE COME OUT STRONGER. THIS IS WHY I DARE SAY THAT NO MATTER THE CHALLENGES WE FACE TODAY, THROUGH HARD WORK, HOPE AND PERSEVERANCE, WE SHALL PULL THROUGH AND EVEN EMERGE MUCH STRONGER. THERE IS NO DENYING THAT THE ECONOMY IS BITING. PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS FURTHER SLOWED ECONOMIC GROWTH. BUT NORTHERN PROVINCE; WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH WORSE CHALLENGES THROUGH OUT OUR HISTORY. YET BECAUSE OF OUR RESILIENCE, DETERMINATION, AND HARD WORK, WE HAVE TURNED AROUND OUR FORTUNES. NORTHERN PROVINCE; THE ECONOMY WILL REBOUND SOON AND THE SACRIFICE WE MAKE TODAY WILL BE REWARDED TOMORROW. DO NOT LISTEN TO NAYSAYERS AND PROPHETS OF DOOM. THEY HAVE NEVER RUN GOVERNMENT BEFORE; YET THEY SPEAK WITH GREAT AUTHORITY AND CONFIDENCE. WE MAY LOOK HUMBLE, BUT WE HAVE SEEN IT ALL. BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW. 3 | P a g e LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS YEAR MARKS 20 YEARS SINCE PRESIDENT MICHAEL CHILUFYA SATA, FOUNDED THE PATRIOTIC FRONT, OUR PARTY. A PRO-POOR PARTY. PRESIDENT SATA, THROUGH OUT HIS TIME AS A PUBLIC SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE SAW THE SUFFERING OF MANY ZAMBIAN PEOPLE. HE DID NOT JUST FORM THE PATRIOTIC FRONT TO BECOME PRESIDENT, HE FORMED THE PATRIOTIC FRONT TO FREE THE PEOPLE OF HUNGER AND POVERTY. PRESIDENT SATA WAS COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO LEAVE POLITICS ALONE AND ENJOY LIFE WITH HIS FAMILY. BUT HE BELIEVED PERSONAL WEALTH WAS NOT GRATIFYING WHEN MANY PEOPLE WERE WALLOWING IN POVERTY. THIS IS THE REASON WHY THE PATRIOTIC FRONT CAME INTO BEING. THIS IS A PRO-POOR PARTY. AND IT SHALL REMAIN SO. THE FACT THAT THE PATRIOTIC FRONT ENJOYS NATIONWIDE SUPPORT IS NO COINCIDENCE. IT IS BECAUSE THE ZAMBIAN PEOPLE RELATE WITH THE PARTY WITHOUT DISCOMFORT. WE ALL FEEL WELCOME IN THIS PARTY. I SHARE PRESIDENT SATA’S DREAM OF PUTTING MONEY IN PEOPLE’S POCKETS BUT I ALSO ADD THAT THIS HAS TO COME WITH HARD WORK. ALL ZAMBIANS MUST WORK HARD. IN WHATEVER YOU DO, WORK HARD. DON’T RESIGN YOURSELF TO BEGGING. GOD WILL PUNISH YOU FOR BEING LAZY. SO LET US ALL WORK HARD FOR MOTHER ZAMBIA. INTEGRITY AND RESPECT WILL ONLY COME IF YOU WORK HARD TO FEED YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY. 4 | P a g e THOSE ARE MY VALUES. THOSE ARE MY BELIEFS. VENTURE INTO SOME BUSINESS EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT IN FORMAL EMPLOYMENT. DO SOME FARMING. THE WEATHER IS GOOD. DO SOMETHING. MY GOVERNMENT, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS FACILITATING AND HELPING SMALL- SCALE FARMERS AND BUSINESSMEN AND WOMEN TO SUCCEED IN THEIR EFFORT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS YEAR MARKS 20 YEARS SINCE OUR PARTY IN ITS FIRST YEAR OF EXISTENCE WON ITS FIRST PARLIAMENTARY SEAT, AND THIS HAPPENED IN LUPOSOSHI, RIGHT HERE, IN NORTHERN PROVINCE. CRUCIALLY THIS YEAR MARKS 10 YEARS SINCE THE PATRIOTIC FRONT WON THAT HISTORICAL ELECTION IN 2011. COME 23RD SEPTEMBER, IT WILL BE 10 YEARS SINCE PRESIDENT SATA STOOD ON THE STEPS OF THE SUPREME COURT TO TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE, VOWING THAT THE PATRIOTIC FRONT GOVERNMENT “SHALL WORK HARD TO HELP EACH ZAMBIAN REALISE THEIR DREAM”. PARTY MEMBERS, THE PATRIOTIC FRONT GOVERNMENT CRAFTED ITS DEVELOPMENT PLANS PREMISED ON A MANIFESTO WHICH ULTIMATELY SPOKE TO THE “VISION 2030.” A VISION THAT EXPRESSES THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE ZAMBIAN PEOPLE TO LIVE IN A STRONG AND DYNAMIC, MIDDLE INCOME INDUSTRIALISED NATION THAT PROVIDES EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND IMPROVES THE WELLBEING OF ALL. 5 | P a g e FOR US TO CREATE AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH OUR PEOPLE REALISE THEIR DREAMS, THE PATRIOTIC FRONT GOVERNMENT SUBSEQUENTLY EMBARKED ON A ROBUST AGENDA OF NATIONWIDE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT. THE SUDDEN DEMISE OF PRESIDENT SATA WILL LINGER IN OUR MEMORIES FOREVER. HE WAS A MAN OF UNBELIEVABLE TALENTS AND A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE. I LEARNT A LOT FROM THIS GREAT MAN AND I WILL FOREVER REMAIN INDEBTED. BUT PRESIDENT SATA’S DREAM HAS NOT DIED. PRESIDENT SATA MUST BE PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED SINCE HIS PASSING. THE SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, HOSPITALS, ROADS, BRIDGES, MALLS, THAT WE HAVE BUILT HAVE NOT JUST TRANSFORMED THE IMAGE OF ZAMBIA. THEY HAVE SIMPLIFIED LIVES FOR OUR PEOPLE. THIS IS WHAT PRESIDENT SATA MEANT WHEN HE SAID MORE MONEY IN PEOPLE’S OFFICES. WHERE WE WERE TAKING A DAY TO REACH OUR DESTINATION, WE NOW SPEND HALF THE TIME. WHERE ARE CHILDREN COULD NOT FIND A PLACE IN SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND UNIVERSITIES, THEY NOW HAVE PLACES. WHERE LIVES WERE BEING LOST BECAUSE OF LACK O HEALTH CENTRES, WE NOW HAVE HOSPITALS AND LIVES HAVE BEEN SAVED. WE ARE HEADED FOR ACTUALISING VISION 2030. 6 | P a g e FELLOW PARTY MEMBERS, WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND EXPAND OUR PARTY BASED ON THE STRONG FOUNDATION OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE. IT IS A FOUNDATION ROOTED IN THE PEOPLE. IT IS A LEGACY THAT CARRIES WITH IT A HEAVY SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY ON ANYONE WHO BELONGS TO THE PATRIOTIC FRONT. WE WILL NOT ALLOW CHALLENGES TO OVERWHELM US; TO PREVENT US FROM ACTUALISING OUR MANDATE TO THE PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA. WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE IN OUR QUEST TO CREATE A BETTER LIFE FOR ALL ZAMBIANS, IRRESPECTIVE OF GENDER, TRIBE, STATUS, RACE OR RELIGION. IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, THE PATRIOTIC FRONT HAS ENDEAVOURED TO UPHOLD FUNDAMENTAL DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AS A HALLMARK OF OUR PARTY. IT IS, THEREFORE, NO COINCIDENCE THAT THE PATRIOTIC FRONT REMAINS THE PEOPLE’S POLITICAL PARTY OF CHOICE. WE REMAIN A GRASSROOT MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE. AND WE DRAW OUR STRENGTH FROM THIS. THE PEOPLE ARE PATRIOTIC FRONT AND PATRIOTIC FRONT IS THE PEOPLE. ON THIS SCORE, I WISH TO IMPLORE ALL PATRIOTIC FRONT MEMBERS TO EXHIBIT EXEMPLARY CONDUCT. AS WE APPROACH THE GENERAL ELECTIONS, EXEMPLARY BEHAVIOUR IS INEVITABLE BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ONEROUS TASK TO DEFEND OUR EXISTENCE AS THE RULING PARTY. 7 | P a g e WE HAVE TO ATTRACT THE MASSES TO THE PARTY BEFORE ELECTIONS ARE HELD. AND THE PARTY HERE IN NORTHERN PROVINCE HAS A PIVOTAL ROLE TO PLAY TO ACHIEVE THIS. AND YOU ARE GOING TO DO THIS BY OUTLINING WHAT THE PARTY HAS DONE SINCE IT CAME INTO POWER AND ITS VISION BEYOND ELECTIONS. LET ME ALSO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SOUND A WARNING TO PERPETRATORS OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES UNDER THE GUISE OF THE PARTY. ONCE FOUND WANTING WE SHALL WASTE NO TIME TO PART COMPANY WITH YOU. WE HAVE A NOBLE DUTY TO SERVE THE ZAMBIAN PEOPLE THROUGH OUR PARTY AS A RULING PARTY. I, THEREFORE, DIRECT THE SECRETARY GENERAL TO PRIORITISE POLITICAL EDUCATION IN THE PARTY, FROM THE LOWEST UNIT TO THE HIGHEST. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL IN THE PARTY TO UNDERSTAND WHY AND WHAT WE EXIST FOR. WE SHOULD STRIVE TO ENSURE THAT OUR PARTY IS NOT SEPARATED FROM THE PEOPLE FROM WHOM WE DRAW OUR MANDATE TO SERVE. AND THESE ARE THE GRASSROOTS. THIS IS WHY MUCH NEEDS TO BE DONE TO KEEP THE LOWER RANKS HAPPY. WE NEED TO CARE FOR THEIR NEEDS. I CARE FOR YOU. THIS PARTY CARES FOR YOU. MY GOVERNMENT CARES FOR YOU. 8 | P a g e AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE GENERAL ELECTION, LEADERSHIP IS CRUCIAL FOR US. WE MUST NEVER MANIPULATE OUR POPULARITY AS A PARTY, OR CIRCUMVENT THE PROCESS OF LEADERSHIP SELECTION. NOR SHOULD WE IMPOSE LEADERSHIP ON THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE PARTY. AS A PARTY WE BELIEVE IN THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE, AND THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IS THE VOICE OF GOD. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT ALL SECTIONS, BRANCHES, WARDS, CONSTITUENCIES, DISTRICTS AND NOW PROVINCES HOLD ELECTIONS BEFORE WE GO FOR THE GENERAL CONFERENCE. IT IS GRATIFYING THAT AFTER THIS ELECTIVE NORTHERN PROVINCE CONFERENCE, WE WILL REMAIN WITH ONLY LUAPULA AND LUSAKA PROVINCIAL CONFERENCES BEFORE WE HOLD THE GENERAL CONFERENCE - WHICH WE ARE DETERMINED TO HOLD UNDER THE NEW NORMAL. EVIDENTLY, OUR DEMOCRATIC CREDENTIALS IN PATRIOTIC FRONT ARE IMPECCABLE AND OUR RECORD OF INTRAPARTY DEMOCRACY IS PEERLESS. THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE PREVAILS ACROSS THE STRATUM OF PARTY ORGANS FROM THE LOWEST TO THE HIGHEST. IN TERMS OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THE PATRIOTIC FRONT HAS LAID A FIRM FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COUNTRY AND WE HAVE PROVIDED LEADERSHIP UNDER VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
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