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The National Restoration Party (NAREP) has warned that internal conflict within political parties is undermining their growth and effectiveness, citing its own past leadership disputes that triggered court cases and delayed its participation in the 2021 elections.
Party leader, Ezra Ngulube, said the organization faced multiple legal battles — one in the High Court and another in the Constitutional Court — which took seven months to be heard and prevented the party from fully taking part in the 2021 polls.
Speaking in an interview after being re-elected party president in Lusaka on Saturday, Ngulube said the disputes had further weakened the organisation and distracted it from preparing for national elections.
He said NAREP’s experience had prompted it to urge other political groups, including members of the UPND Alliance, to resolve disagreements through dialogue and follow their constitutions.
“Any political party that has got internal conflicts simply shows that they’re not following what the rules that they set for themselves,” he said.
Ngulube warned that persistent infighting weakens the opposition landscape and diverts attention from national priorities.
“Let them dialogue, let them sit down and reason together because a strong opposition is very important for the growth of the country,” he said.
He added that the weakness of Zambia’s opposition was not caused by the government but by internal disputes and “selfish agenda.”
He called on opposition members to set aside their differences and work collectively for national development.
“The issue of this one takes ten people, this one twenty people is not taking them anywhere. It’s actually making the opposition divided,” he said.
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