• One of the things we are concerned about is policy surrounding the fight against corruption.
• We need clear policy framework on the fight against graft by all political parties.
• This is one of the benchmarks for the 2021 elections.

Continental Leadership Research Institute (CLRI) has challenged politicians to explain to the nation their policies and how they intend to fight corruption as one of the bench marks ahead of this year’s General Elections.
Institute Executive Director Paul Hakoola said politicians and other interest groups should desist from politics of name calling and political insults during the forthcoming campaigns, stating that the competition to serve people must be measured with serious benchmarks of developmental indicators and policy framework of all political players.
Mr. Hakoola stated that Zambia cannot achieve meaningful development if political players do not articulate their vision for the country on matters of national interest such as policies on the fight against corruption.
“One of the things we are concerned about is policy surrounding the fight against corruption, and as the country heads to August 2021 polls we are looking at all political players, we want to know what kind of policies have been put in place to inspire the Zambian people in terms of the fight against corruption.”
“We do not need the usual political rhetoric of name calling and insults like in previous elections. We challenge all political parties to focus on issue based advocacy in the 2021 elections and focus on policy interrogations and clearly state on how they will fight corruption which is a sign of seriousness and capability to run a corrupt free country,” Mr. Hakoola emphasized.
He explained that in as much as the country can have good revenue collecting systems from different sources such as Zambia Revenue Authority, and other bodies that remit revenue to the national coffers, the intended developmental results cannot be achieved without policies and political will.
“We need clear policy framework on the fight against graft by all political parties and this is one of the benchmarks for the 2021 elections that Zambians will be looking at,” he said.