‘Stop Witch hunt because it will end badly’
By SIMON MUNTEMBA
STATE House instructions to persecute perceived threats to President Hakainde Hichilema, will end badly if not stopped, PF Chairperson for Information and Publicity Rapheal Nakachinda, has warned.
Mr Nakacinda said the unsubstantiated witch-hunt the nation was witnessing against those perceived to be PF-aligned individuals by the new dawn administration was very unfortunate to say the least.
He told the Sunday Nation in a statement that the ruling party using the investigative wings was on a mission to persecute members of PF in their effort to silence them.
“These careful selection of overzealous officers who are alleged to be directed to do the things they are doing by State House, will end badly as soon the chief perpetrator is caught in the web.
“Let President Hakainde take this as a timely warning to safeguard his already soiled integrity on his lack of honesty with his promises,” Mr Nakacinda warned.
He said by virtue of putting the investigative wing such as DEC and ACC under the Office of the President, there was no doubt that the officers were instructed by State House to target PF members and those that worked with the immediate past regime.
“So any Zambian is within their rights to suspect as a matter of fact conclude that these officers are in fact being directed to do what they are doing under the heavy hand of Mr Hichilema..
“But what has happened, like the recent Amos Chanda saga, DEC and ACC are now embarrassing themselves daily. They are now becoming a laughing stock,” he charged.
He said the fight against corruption was stinking corruption itself, and urged the international community to distance itself from this dishonorable witch hunt.
Mr Nakacinda also claimed that the spineless witch hunt disguised as a fight against corruption, was being done to secure an International Monetary Fund loan and create a perception that monies were in the hands of PF members at their homes when not.
He charged that the witch hunt was being used to paint a picture that the current administration cares about fiscal discipline and fighting pilferage of resources so as to create a facade to hoodwink the donor community to give Zambia the bailout.
Mr Nakacinda claimed that the UPND administration wanted to use PF as an excuse for their nonperformance.
“But lies have short legs, we want to urge them to get to work, they are the ones in government and these antics they used to play in the opposition will not save them from the embarrassment of failure as we are day by day we are drawing close to 2026,” he said.
