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Former President Edgar Lungu has accepted the invitation by Tonse Alliance, a newly launched political alliance, to undertake him as their 2026 Presidential Candidate.

But Lungu remains to be dealing with the eligibility case to face as a President.

The court docket has set December tenth, 2024 as judgement day within the case through which his eligibility within the 2021 and future elections is being challenged.

However, talking on the launch of the alliance in in the present day, Alliance Spokesperson Sean Tembo defined that the alliance is aimed toward successfully contributing to the general governance of Zambia by way of the availability of checks and balances to the federal government and as a substitute authorities in ready.

Tembo stated that the alliance is scheduled to signal an electoral pact which is able to make sure that all alliance member political events profit by fielding candidates underneath the umbrella of the Tonse Alliance at native authorities and parliamentary degree whereas having a single presidential candidate.

He additional defined that there will probably be no have to register the Tonse Alliance as fielding of candidates will probably be accomplished by particular person political events.

And Lungu who couldn’t attend the launch bodily as a consequence of safety causes addressed the gathering just about and reiterated his name for all opposition events, civil society organizations and progress residents to come back collectively and struggle to rescue the nation and restore constitutionalism, democracy and rule of regulation.

Lungu has indicated that the present regime has lamentably didn’t ship public providers and fulfill its marketing campaign guarantees and has pledged to not let the alliance down as he believes victory is definite in 2026.

“UPND you have lamentably failed, so as Tonse Alliance Presidential Candidate, I’m coming to restore everything to normalcy, Lungu tells President HH and his Government”

Members of the alliance embrace Patriots for Economic Progress, Patriotic Front, Christian Democratic Party, Zambia Republican Party, New Era Democratic Party, New Congress Party, Umozi Kumawa, Centre for Constitutionalism and Legal Justice amongst others.