Parliament has suspended sittings in order to prepare for the state funeral of President Levy Mwanawasa who died at Percy Military Hospital in France, Tuesday.
Speaker of the national Assembly, Amusaa Mwanamwambwa said all members of parliament will be told at a later stage when parliament will resume sitting.
Mr. Mwanamwambwa told the house that the death of Dr. Mwanawasa is a sorrowful and sad moment for the country.
He requested members of Parliament to remain calm, courageous and prayerful.
[ZNBC]
Calm, courageous and prayerful…”FORGET INCREMENTS” you forgot that part!!!
I hope and pray the bill had not passed thru its last reading so that these chaps don’t get their selfish increments.sad period in the economic history of Zambia.
May the soul of LPM rest in eternal peace.
Looks like the presidency was not really destined for him.
First,he had a fatal crush as vice president with all the motorcades and sweepers and then this.
We will greatly miss you as a leader and human rights lawyer.
May God hear the cries of the destitutes,the hungry,orphans and all the displaced people and visit us again to give us wisdom to elect a wise leader.
May the LORD favour us as His children to protect us from all evil men( incl. plunderers)and cause His face to shine on us to bless us.
May all of Zambia dwell in the secret place of the Almighty where no plotters can destroy us.
May Zambia rise up as an eagle (symbol on our flag)and bounce back better and higher than before.
AMEN
May God deliver us from the greedy and selfish cabinet which wanted to pay themselves hefty salaries when they realised that LPM would soon be going back to his maker.
Good well Mr President. You ran your race and left a legacy that you can be proud of as you attain eternal peace
Ba Hola bakamba namusosa,i also agree with #1..the speaker of the parliament should not just encourage his fellow parliamenterians in being calm,courageous and prayerful.he should also encourage them to withdraw the ridiculous salary/allowance increments.they knew that ba levy wont becoming back hence awarding themselves those allowances which ba levey could not hav agreed with.anyway just like [#4..Hola]has said may zambia rise up as an eagle and bounce back better than before and may the good lord almighty guide us all as we mourn and prepare to choose our nxt presdo.may ba lpm rest in peace.
is an acting president allowed to sign bills?
#4 Hola,well spoken, you have summarised all our feelings, wishes and thoughts………..
We expected that speaker but delay to reopen it coz if you do it fast these guys will only come and push for their new pay instead of mending this huge hole which HE bashi CHIPO has left behind. MMD has a very very serious leadership vacuum and they must be carefull if they need our votes. This new pay they want will take them to where UNIP is. Guys think so that the vision of bashi CHIPO continous.
Suspend sittings, suspend yo selfishness permanently and become human beings once again. BA CABINET& OTHERS.
Suspending sittings is okey and I hope parliament also suspends salary increments for cabinet members indefinately
Yes suspend even the hefty increments you wanted to award yourselves. Come the next elections we will sort you people out because we have known how you can turn around and try and plunder our Good Country.
Good!!! Mr speaker has suspended that useless session where the crooked cabinet wanted to award themselves the salaries.
So, now the speaker has to be very careful with how he conducts the affairs of the house, otherwise the nation will blame him entirely for the plundering of resources.
Even the nominated MPs are shaking.
I really don’t know why people are acting like they willeelct a wise leader. The truth is -we wont and we will go back to complaining about corruption and the government. And as for the salary increments, your cries are falling on deaf ears.The bill will be passed. The governments Zambia elects will continue to act foolish unless we holdthemaccountable for their actions, and we never do. The question is why do we elect selfish people like this in the first place. Thats a question to ponder on while they enjoy your money and you stand in a queue waiting for a consultation at UTH. Zambia learn from your mistakes
# 7 He is acting president so he does all that the president constitutionally is suppose to do!!!
True #1 and 6 – the bad part is that National Assembly MPs hide behind not debating themselves. Those three bills were passed through all stages without any debate and what remains is RB’s assent. The cheek of it Mulongoti, Shikapwasha, Mpombo and company were busy exhorting Zambians to pray (close our eyes) the way colonialists did when they took away our land. Or as the boer miners on the Copperbelt used to say in 1966 – Zambia Ena Kawena lo mali ena katina.
Mr Speak sir, thankx for letting those voiceless maggots to go and mourn Ba LEVY and I hope they are truthfully going to mourn.
MHSRIP
My interst is Maureen, does RB get her too??
Miss P, sorry to ask you. Are you happy that the increament of over 300% for these corrupt leaders is okay, considering even all the other enjoyments they have been getting?
We need to start with from somewhere, if this pundering is to end. Who do you think should be put there at Plot 1? Just be honest, dont pick on any of the corrupt leaders, then we will forge ahead. Let us remove this negative attitudes. God will punish for picking corrupt leaders over and over again.
be prayful and focus,dont think of getting rich at the expence of true moureners.Magande and luwawa pls dont give yourself alot of kwacha,think of others
See the category of this news ‘rural news’. LT be seriuos.
Parliament should dissolve it self within 90 days so that we hold both Presidential and Parliamentary Elections at the same time. Because I know when Sata wins the by-elections these Mpombo, Shakafuswa Ministers ni Zwa. Let them retire peacefully I aslo rule with SATA
#19 Maureen is a not a piece of furniture that can be moved from the livingroom to the bedroom. Have respect for women. Why should RB have her, is she on sale??? Remember that behind every sucessful man there is a woman involved. She may have her weakness but I would believe she also had some good that helped LPM. RB can not and will not have her.