Those with capacity should empower PF structures countrywide

LET us use the remaining months before the 2021 general elections focusing on empowering our Patriotic Front structures countrywide.

Honestly speaking, the PF hierarchy urgently needs to look into the plight of our party structures countrywide, as the current status surely needs economical uplift as one way of motivating them ahead of 2021.

It's shocking to see that leaders who have offered themselves to assist improve the welfare of the PF structures and functionaries are easily frustrated with accusations of harbouring presidential ambitions, something that is forcing them to pull back and only our party structures are affected.

Some leaders when they had opportunities to help our party structures and functionaries chose to serve the interests of their close associates and relatives, people who clearly do nothing to grow the PF.

Surely we don't expect the PF to grow if our structures are ignored economically because these are the custodians of our voters.

I feel we need to come up with a proper system in place which can be used to improve the welfare of our party structures countrywide, for clearly only a few individuals are benefitting from the party structures.

I have also noted that we have leaders who feel jealous when fellow leaders are assisting party structures and functionaries countrywide to the extent they start sending young people by way of giving them political handouts to scandalise other leaders saying they have Presidential ambitions.

There is no vacancy in the PF for now as endorsements countrywide point at one person as a sole candidate on the PF ticket come 2021 and that is President Edgar Lungu.

President Lungu is on record preaching on the need to improve the welfare of not only our PF structures and functionaries but the general citizenly of this nation.

If only all PF members regardless of our positions would focus on the party and President Lungu, putting our interests aside, then our party structures countrywide would be extremely comfortable to the extent that the PF would be growing on a daily basis.

It's shocking that a party the size of the PF would have structures at district level with no vehicles and we expect these people to mobilise the party on foot.

Let's allow leaders with capacity to assist party structures as that will surely be of great service to the PF and President Lungu.

What shocks me that those leaders in the habit of accusing those that are helping party structures and functionaries with both employment and business opportunities, do little to help our party structures and functionaries yet are quick to spread accusations.

Youths should refuse to be used by leaders with hidden agendas to propel their political aspirations by mudslinging others.

This is no time to be fighting one another within the party but to appreciate every one’s effort and use it to grow the PF. is