{"id":308136,"date":"2026-09-02T04:46:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maravipost.com\/?p=308136"},"modified":"2026-09-02T04:46:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:46:59","slug":"accept-defeat-organise-and-fight-another-day-state-house-tells-zambia-opposition-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maravipost.com\/?p=308136","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Accept defeat, organise and fight another day&#8221;-State House tells Zambia opposition leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LUSAKA-(MaraviPost)-<\/strong>Zambia\u2019s State House has rejected claims of a political crisis following last month\u2019s presidential election, saying the country is stable and calm and that security agencies are only dealing with isolated suspected criminal acts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement on Wednesday, Clayson Hamasaka, Communications Specialist at State House, said there is no active legal challenge to President Hakainde Hichilema\u2019s re-election and that reports of an \u201cillegal inauguration\u201d are false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor the record, there is no active presidential election petition in any Zambian court and there is no crisis in the country at the moment. What is there is suspected acts of criminal activities by some people. Otherwise citizens are peaceful going on with their business,\u201d Hamasaka said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The response comes amid criticism from some opposition figures based abroad, notably former diplomat Emmanuel Mwamba, who have questioned the credibility of the Aug. 2026 vote on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hamasaka accused diaspora commentators of urging unrest from \u201cthe comfort of a foreign country\u201d while Zambians at home face the consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is remarkably easy to prescribe turmoil when somebody else is expected to occupy the streets and bear the consequences,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He urged losing parties to accept the outcome and use lawful channels. Citing the UPND\u2019s own narrow defeats in 2015 and 2016, when margins were about 27,000 and 100,000 votes, he said his party \u201cpicked up the pieces and moved on\u201d instead of fleeing or inciting protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He contrasted this year\u2019s inauguration at National Heroes Stadium with past election celebrations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He recalled the 2016 events where, he said, ruling party supporters paraded coffins and ridiculed opponents, and said this year\u2019s ceremony was marked by \u201cremarkable calm.\u201d A similar restraint, he added, followed the UPND\u2019s 2021 victory, compared to earlier years when political cadres clashed in markets and bus stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hamasaka noted one tense moment this year when an opposition figure \u201cprematurely and unlawfully proclaimed victory,\u201d leading to vandalism of billboards and attempts to seize markets. He said intervention by the President, citizens and security services, plus restraint by UPND leaders, prevented escalation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat is how democracy should work: win without vengeance and lose without attempting to burn down the house simply because somebody else has been given the keys,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also defended President Hichilema\u2019s record under pressure, recalling more than 15 police summons and a 2017 treason case that began with a traffic stop and ended with Hichilema being teargassed at home and arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \u201cAt no time did he ever try to escape the country in an attempt to dodge from the law,\u201d Hamasaka said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He closed with a direct appeal to the opposition: \u201cComplain if you must. Petition where the law permits. Criticise robustly. Organise politically. Prepare for another election. But please spare the country the spectacle of grumpy old adults endlessly quarrelling with the electorate because it declined to vote according to their instructions. MOVE ON, PLEASE.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zambia, a copper-rich nation in southern Africa, has a history of peaceful transfers of power, including Hichilema\u2019s own win in 2021. The latest vote extends his mandate to 2031.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>FULL STATEMENT BY CLAYSON HAMASAKA, COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST, ZAMBIAN STATE HOUSE<\/em><br><em>Wednesday 2nd September 2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THERE IS NO CRISIS OR ELECTION DISPUTE IN ZAMBIA: WHAT IS THERE IS SUSPECTED CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES BY SOME PEOPLE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I rarely comment on the seemingly endless lamentations of Emmanuel Mwamba and some of his colleagues operating from the comfort of the diaspora. But there comes a point when political disappointment must give way to perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I appreciate that electoral defeat can be painful. What is rather less admirable, however, is the courage conveniently discovered behind a keyboard, from the safety and comfort of a foreign country, while urging citizens at home towards confrontation and insurrection. It is remarkably easy to prescribe turmoil when somebody else is expected to occupy the streets and bear the consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The inconvenient reality is that the Zambian people have spoken. One may dislike their verdict, dispute it through lawful channels or analyse it endlessly, but repeatedly trying to excite a citizenry that has clearly declined the invitation to revolt is neither statesmanship nor bravery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps our colleagues could take a few lessons from those of us who have actually experienced painfully narrow electoral defeats. In 2015, the presidential margin was approximately 27,000 votes; in 2016, approximately 100,000. Those were extraordinarily difficult moments. Yet, eventually, we picked up the pieces and moved on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2016 PF celebrations were particularly weird to witness live on ZNBC and other channels. At the stadium, PF supporters paraded coffins symbolising the supposed political death of the UPND and its leadership, while even dogs were dressed in UPND regalia for ridicule. It was a rather Macabre, voodoo-like, celebration of a very narrow victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I remember choosing a simpler response: I took my family to the farm, slaughtered a goat and shared a meal with our workers. Sometimes accepting what one cannot immediately change is considerably healthier than spending one&#8217;s days shouting at the political weather from a foreign country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And in all our narrow losses, open humiliation, endless arrests and torment, at no time did we ever choose the path of escaping the country or seeking refuge from foreign jurisdictions and start inciting citizens from there. That&#8217;s being a coward!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even at the height of numerous political persecution with more than 15 police summons and arrests by then opposition leader President Hakainde Hichilema, at no time did he ever try to escape the country in an attempt to dodge from the law. At the time of the fake treason offence from what was clearly a traffic offence, President Hichilema was teargassed right inside his house where he was eventually picked from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contrast that spectacle with yesterday&#8217;s celebrations. There were festivities, certainly, but also remarkable calm. There were no symbolic coffins predicting the death of political opponents, no grotesque theatre celebrating their misfortune and no organised campaign of vengeance. People celebrated an electoral victory rather than the imagined demise of their fellow citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same restraint was largely evident after the UPND victory in 2021. This stands in sharp contrast to earlier periods when political cadres occupied bus stations and markets, opposition supporters feared for their property and safety, and political triumph too often became an excuse for intimidation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indeed, we caught a brief glimpse of what might have happened this year when an immature opposition figure prematurely and unlawfully proclaimed victory. Almost immediately, billboards of a sitting Head of State were vandalised and attempts were made to forcibly reclaim markets and bus stations around the city. Thankfully, firm condemnation from the President, responsible citizens and the security services prevented matters from deteriorating further. When some UPND supporters subsequently appeared tempted to retaliate, the party leadership equally restrained them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is how democracy should work: win without vengeance and lose without attempting to burn down the house simply because somebody else has been given the keys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our colleagues have been mourning 2021 for five years and have now added 2026 to their catalogue of grievances. At this rate, they risk arriving at 2031 still arguing with 2021. Surely there must come a time when politics gives way to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And by the way, contrary to the propaganda that the inauguration was illegal, for the record, there is no active presidential election petition in any Zambian court and there is no crisis in the country at the moment. What is there is suspected acts of criminal activities by some people. Otherwise citizens are peaceful going on with their business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perpetual bitterness is not healthy for politicians, their families or their supporters. Democracy requires the maturity to understand that political power is neither hereditary nor an entitlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, gentlemen, complain if you must. Petition where the law permits. Criticise robustly. Organise politically. Prepare for another election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But please spare the country the spectacle of grumpy old adults endlessly quarrelling with the electorate because it declined to vote according to their instructions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LUSAKA-(MaraviPost)-Zambia\u2019s State House has rejected claims of a political crisis following last month\u2019s presidential election, saying the country is stable and calm and that security agencies are only dealing with isolated suspected criminal acts. 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