Vice President George Kunda has reiterated that there will be no extension to the 40 days which was prescribed by Parliament for receiving comments from the members of the public on the draft constitution.
Mr. Kunda said since the 40 days time frame to receive comments from the public was made by Parliament, it can only be changed if it is taken to the House again.
He explained that Government and the members of the public were in a hurry to have a new constitution in place hence Parliament prescribed only 40 days to allow the general public to comment on the draft constitution.
The Vice President said 40 days was deemed enough for people to make their comments on the draft constitution, adding that the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) has been publishing the draft in newspapers in order for everyone to access it.
Mr. Kunda was speaking in Parliament Friday during his 30 minutes question time session.
This was in response to a question raised by Katuba Member of Parliament Jonas Shakafuswa (MMD), who wanted to know whether there will be an extension to the 40 days long period, set for people to study the draft constitution and make comments.
Mr. Shakafuswa’s question comes against the backdrop of the late arrival of copies of the draft constitution in some areas in the country.
He said in some areas of Chibombo district, the draft constitution was only received yesterday, which is over two weeks after the draft constitution was launched to allow the public to comment on it.
Mr. Kunda said the process of constitution making by the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) must come to an end by August 31st, this year hence there was no likelihood that the period for commenting on the document will be extended.
“There will be no extension to the 40 days. We need to conclude this process,” he told Parliament.
On 22nd June 2010, NCC Chairperson, Chifumu Banda, launched the initial report of the conference and the draft constitution which the conference adopted and called on the members of the general public to access the documents from District Commissioners’ offices, the NCC Secretariat or buy copies from Government Printers.
Mr. Banda also said the documents could be accessed on www.governance.gov.zm, www.parliament.gov.zm or on www.ncczambia.org. The 40 days period expires on August 1st, 2010.
In another development, Mr. Kunda said Parliament will decide on which constituencies will be divided into two. He said some constituencies, including his, were too big to properly be managed by one Member of Parliament.
He said there was already a proposal in the NCC to increase the number of constituencies but noted that the plans to delimitate some constituencies may be hampered by limited resources and space in the Parliament chamber.
ZANIS
So people are serious with this Degree clause constitution!:-?:-?:-? We will vote HH in, change the constitution and vote Sata in….mpaka naye :d:d:d
KUNDA & Nationl Security
The current government will not rest until they have gotten the last breath out of the sick man we have a VP. What baffles me rather than annoy me is the fact that George seem to believe in his head that RB and MMD has the power to extend his life here on earth! Kunda’s mind has degenerated to that of a child and his illusion over many important national policies is perceived as such. I dont wanna wish him bad, I just want him to have enough rest and avoid putting himself out there like that. Could it be that MMD has resolved that Kunda has nothing to lose after all so he may as well take the blow? The young man is tired and should be retired in his own interest
What I would like to know is: how are the comments going to be received and acted upon?
MMD Chief Boot Licker (the impostor), whoever you are I think your intentions are so irritating because you are a master at child play and you belong to daycare or need a babysitter to keep you on a leash. Find your own pseudo name, period. We know, at least I know that the original MMD Chief Boot Licker, informed us that he was in the US briefly and he was on his way back to RSA.
To all of you, especially independent thinking minds keep the good debates going, education is an ongoing process.
How many draft constitutions are we gonna have? and what comments are you talking about? we are not interested in your draft constitution. We want Mungomba and not Chifumu Bandas doctored document.
ACC Act. Leave it alone.
Blind pact followers read your favorite post newspaper..today’s issue:o
He said some constituencies, including his, were too big to properly be managed by one Member of Parliament.
The question is do people like Kunda even manage their constituencies one little bit? This is just garb.
Just ratify the document. We all had a chance to submit comments during its drafting. We should concentrate on eradicating malaria!!!!!!!!!
this patient is troubling us now..but where do we find the draft constitution..?
Why is uyu kunda like this? he thinks his the most educated person this country has ever had. I feel for him i think he needs to rest. Oterwise we dont want reviews in SA we dont want.
Musulunyoko ka George. Even if you dont extend we shall throw that rubish out and bring in a consititution that will respect all Zambians.
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