Matero PF member of parliament Miles Sampa says the lies that the opposition political parties peddle against the government will work against them in 2016.
In an interview, Sampa, who is commerce deputy minister, said the opposition parties who lost three out of the five parliamentary by-elections that were held recently, campaigned against themselves by using lies and propaganda.
“The Zambian people are beyond propaganda and the more you bring lies about the President (Michael Sata), lies about PF, the opposition are just de-campaigning themselves. We didn’t even have to campaign much because they were de-campaigning themselves, going there with lies and with propaganda against the President, so maybe they should continue doing that and maybe they will even make it much easier for PF in 2016,” Sampa said.
He said the PF’s victory in Zambezi West, Vubwi and Mkushi South last week was diversified and he was hopeful that in 2016, the party would win a number of parliamentary seats in Eastern, Western and North-Western provinces.
Sampa said there were a lot of developmental projects taking place in the three provinces and these would enable the PF to win in 2016.
“There is dust from construction in all these provinces. So there is less talk and more action. So come 2016, it will be easy. 2011 and 2012 was preparation, now the people are seeing results. There is dust all over, there is construction going on, so that is the only message and the rest is propaganda,” he said.
Sampa, however, said there was need for an introspection in the PF if the party was to remain strong.
“It’s high time we stopped pointing fingers unnecessarily and recognised that we only have one party and we only have one President and if we narrow ourselves to that, all of us, we will fight a common purpose and we should all celebrate the victory. We need to unite and move forward,” said Sampa.