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President Sata and First Lady Dr Christine Kaseba during the openig of parliament

President Michael Sata has threatened to revoke the constitution and dissolve parliament if the opposition members of Parliament (MP) continue shooting down bills government is presenting in the house.

The President said his government will then call for a fresh election and tell the Zambian people that the opposition was not interested in fighting corruption.

He explained that the opposition MPs had given his government a first vote of no confidence by shooting down the motion for the constitution of the Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) stating that his government would not hesitate to dissolve parliament if the MPs continue voting against progressive bills.

Mr. Sata wondered how the opposition Movement for Multi Party Democracy (MMD) and United Party for National Development (UPND) voted against the bill that when most of the proposed names of the committee members were from the opposition.

“How do opposition MPs vote against the motion to constitute members of the Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) when the committee was dominated by themselves with only one MP from the Patriotic Front,” he asked.

He charged that the opposition MPs voted against the motion because they wanted to protect the removal of immunity of former President Rupiah Banda.

He has however explained that that his government is not in a hurry to remove the immunity of the former Republican President Rupiah Banda.

Mr. Sata said this when he swore in Secretary to the Treasurer, Fredson Yamba, Copperbelt Province Permanent Secretary (PS) Christopher Mutembo and Permanent Secretary in Charge of Administration in the Office of the Vice President Annie Sinyangwe at State House today.

The President has meanwhile observed that the civil service in the country has deteriorated.

He said the civil service which should be the hub of government had gone down over the year owing to the appointment of cadres by the former MMD government into the civil service.

Mr. Sata said the civil service was important in running of government adding that countries like Italy did not have political appointments to man government but was using the civil service.

He expressed concern at some District Commissioners (DCs) on the Copperbelt who he said had continued to boast of government’s fertilizer support programme describing them as being of former president Rupiah Banda.

Mr. Sata has since directed the newly appointed Copperbelt PS to ensure that he deals with such DCs.

He has also directed the PS and the Secretary to the Treasurer to ensure that they fight corruption which he said was disadvantaging a lot of people.

“We want to fight corruption in order for us to take the money to the people,” he said.

He advised them to desist from engaging in any corrupt activities either concerning money or any other things.

The Opposition MPs on Tuesday voted against a motion which was tabled in parliament by Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda to constitute members on the Parliamentary Accounts Committee for the first session of the eleventh national assembly.

ZANIS

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249 COMMENTS

  3. oh you can’t disolve parliament you don’t have the majority Mr. President zambia dosen’t need a dictator , we’ll sending you packing like RB

    • Damn ass, he dsnt need the parliament to vote for him to do that, read the constitution he has all the powers after all they are giving him a no vote of confidence.

  4. Easy mudala wandi.It happens everywhere just ask Obama.It is part of democracy.We just cant afford a by election.For now let us continue our donchi kubeba victory.

  6. Dissolve parliament and we will IMPEACH you Mr Sata. Zambia is democratic nation and bigger than u and your PF, respect other partie ‘s views

  7. We ll disolve and see if the opposition will have majority in parliament.mmd and upnd should start behaving or else they ll regret.

  8. For those of you who called us in MMD as the new UNIP destined for the dust bin and never to to remembered, there is the evidence for you that MMD is alive and kicking and making democracy work in Zambia.

    Following the frustrations of the president , everyone need to rejoice and be relieved that our democracy is working and as MMD we shall ensure that it works.

    Mr President, now you have felt how we felt when your MPs ganged up with UPND and shot down a constitution that had a lot of good parts like dual citizenship. Anyway, they call it democracy and sir you need to get used to it. It is part of the game. Frustrating yes. Functional , you bet.

  10. Since the issue of Secretary to the Treasurer has been dealt with, take the motion back to the parliament. We just wanted to do things in order because it is our responsibility to see that thins are done in order. We not against the PAC.

  12. What sort of president do we have? This is so childish and immature. Let him dissolve and we kick him out too. Family tree. Yamba of Kamis in woodlands is his relative and its clear that he is now becoming tribal.

  14. Disolving parliament when you don’t get support from the opposition is not democratic but dictectorial, Mr. President. It can also act as intimidation to the MPs.

    • It is good to see a working opposition but it is not good to see part of the opposition which was opposed to the MMD before the election voting as a block with the MMD. Most of the comments here seem to be opposed to PF why? maybe most people posting here support corruption.

  15. Useless president, that is what democracy means, you just can’t impose ideas. 

    And stop appointing  Bembas only, appoint from other tribes too.

  16. …”threatened to revoke”…God have mercy; is this some kind of PTA meeting? The president should learn to defend the bills if they make sense and not let the opposition put him down. Likewise, the opposition should learn to accept what makes sense and not shoot down for the sake of opposing. It all boils down to the credibility of a leader…

  17. southern province pipo are racists. In all their argumements they always talk about tribes. Who gives the f.uck about tribe. Primitive bastards. No wonder all tongas are adventists. Zambians are now mixed, this is a new age u bull-shots.!

    • You bastard is happy coz all the loot will go to your folks. What benefit will the province gain in this cabinet full of one tribe. History cannot forgive you just like King Fred did. Check your records and see who is primitive. Tribe relates to the distribution of wealth among different groups. Are we not Zambians that we should be discrimated against. Are the easterners appointed not just like tongas who were not given cabinet portfolios?
      No wonder you are mystic! Your mind is stick and thick. Ask the Lozis if they are happy, Kaondes, Lunda NW and the Luvales.
      Pigsty.

  18. MPs really need to think carefully about who put them in there and who they are representing in Parliament, and its certainly not their party leaders!!

  19. I think he will be a coward if he doesn’t dissolve it

    Dissolve it , if they are hindering progress. The country is a laughing stock here in Glasgow. How subtle can this be?

    First time i have supported the president

    Thanks

  20. no matter how tongas think of ruling this country from their heads of cows,it will never happen…sata still and will be the majority presido

  24. If the President dissolves Parliament it means that his Presidency is disssolved as well.

    What the Opposition wanted was for the law to be followed before adopting the PAC members. They had no problem with the proposed members but the fact that the President did not want to appoint the Secretary to the Treasury. The President should just admitted that he was wrong by trying to abolish the position of Secretary to the Treasury. On the PAC being dominated by opposition MPs, that is Parliamentary Ettiquete as the PAC is a watch dog of the executive which is dominated by MPs from the Ruling Party. Even the chair for the PAC is reaserved to the opposition. Charles Milupe was for a long time chair of the PAC whilst he was an Opposition MP. The immediate past Chair E. Hachipuka as well.

  25. Those who ran out of their houses naked to celebrate Sata’s victory should be gnashing not their teeth but their private parts! We told you this man is a dictator but you thought he is the Messiah who will give you manna and quails on a daily basis. Now all he is doing is appointing relatives to influential positions and ranting to dissolve parliament so that he rigs elections to end up with muppets in parliament who will do his bidding. Zambians will not allow him! We defeated him in his bid to have a third term for FTJ. Rejected him in 2001 , 2006 and 2008 . Even in the last elections the majority of the voters rejected him!

    • Czar you have eyes but you can’t see,ears but you can’t hear ,mmd never won any election since 1996,if  Mazoaka was alive people would have voted for him ,people wanted change,1996 mmd defeated   Mazoaka through rigging,2001mmd rigged elections,2006 they rigged,2008 they rigged and 2011 they almost rigged thankx to God  they didn’t failed to rig,Czar open you eyes and see what is go on.

  26. Dissolving parliament cannot be closer to the solution. This is what democracy is all about. Just start corruptly buying MPs and have the majority in parliament. Its all about numbers bwana even if you mean good if you do not have the majority then you lose it end there. Dissolving parliament also means dissolving yourself and that will take us nowhere except confusion in a country. I am sure the army would just take over saying that civilians have failed to govern the country. Such coup d etates have happened in Africa before and they are not new to even King Serpent. Mind your language bwana if you still need peace.

  30. There is Donchi Kubeba thinking he is the Chief of Zambia. Somebody please advise this new tyrant that he was elected by the people of Zambia… he is not an appointee.

  31. Ba Cobra – you now need to use your political acumen and negotiate with the opposition. It’s called political shrewdness. It’s good that PF does not have the majority, otherwise, there would have been alot of unilateralism by Cobra. This composition of Parliament is good for democracy.

  32. number 1 and 2 – kindly note that the president has the powers to dissolve parliament and call for parliamentary(ONLY) elections – and I can assure you that PF will have a majority after such an election. The President is trying to bring some sanity and pride back to our country – let us be positive.

    • If the president can do that then he should dissolve parliament. Most of those posting here must have families involved in corruption.

    • Thank you Zambian Villagers.. there’s so musch dullness on this blog.. MCS has nothing to lose… The opposition MPS will lose badly and they know it… Dissolving parliament and going for a fresh mandate simply means let the people decide since the children in parliament are being silly.. THATS DEMOCRACY.. and not vote buying…

  33. For his natural allergy for democracy, needlessly this man risks envoking his heart attack disease. Watch the space no rubber stamping in the August house. A lame duck President becoming this reactive as if Zambians have forefeited their country and growing quest for democracy.

  34. Even Obama is very frustrated at the republican’s because they can’t support any of his plans both in congress and senator, and thats a problem for ruling party been minority in parliament, makes it difficult to pass any bill.

  35. #16 Mystic, However bitter you are with the Tongas, please don’t drag the Adventist church into this. Your rage is not relevant to the topic at hand.

  36. With the sour taste of your tribally stinking appointments in everyone’s mouth, try dissolving parliament and yourself and see how we will Gadhafy your stinking Nwacusa backside, where it never shines. These are the perils of a minority president, you should have formed a coalision as opposed to going it alone with such a major minority in parliament. With all other tribes now aware of your stinking tribalism where you are appointing only your tribesmen everyday, no sane other tribe will vote for you in parliament and for all I can see, the system is now slowly putting brakes on you so that you can made good of your threat so that we cal Gadhafy you at the polls. Mark my word, the Nabwalya family tree has started withering, it’s doomed.

  37. God forbid at the end of his tenure the country might be subjected to countless transitional parliaments being elected every time they shoot and kill a bad Pro-PF bill LoL!!

  40. @ #16 Mystic, you are so dull and brainless. Will you for once stop thinking using your buttocks and use your intoxicated head!
    What do you think is the definition of democracy? FYI we are a democratic country and as such no policy, good or bad, should be imposed on us. *****. Ulichiyanga watelela na? To hell with your dictator chi cobra!

  41. hahahahahaha..what the hell & who the hell does he think Pf is ..just a man party..let him dissolve parley and they will be whitewashed for wasting our resources..period..

  42. Ba Senior fimo fimo, counter check the definition for ‘Lame Duck’. Sata’s just been elected, how could he be a Lame Duck President

  43. Let’s not just name call here at least be objective ask yourselves why they are shooting down the motion for the constitution of the Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC)..who are they protecting?? Whose back are they protecting, its definitely not YOURS or the man on the street!!
    WAKE UP!!!

    • Ba Maxwell just read the report on the rejection of PAC & you will find the reasons given for that. It had nothing to do with your view

  44. “Mr. Sata said this when he swore in Secretary to the Treasurer, Fredson Yamba”
    Yee bane! I do not mind if he appoints Bembas, but now this is too much! RB appointed a FEW people from Eastern Province who were not even from his tribe, nor in any way related to him, and Mr Sata said he was a tribalist. Mr Sata coined the term ‘family tree’ over Levy’s appointments, but now he has exceeded the wildest expectation in nepotism. Yamba IS HIS RELATIVE TOO!!!

  46. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Mr President, welcome to true leadership. Dont worry, it will pass!! That is what it means to be a leader, just be patient. Also dont think you are indespensible, ni dont kubeba, we will play one you too. For now, just work hard amnd prove the critics wrong, and be accommodating

  47. The cost of lame duck Presidency, a case for Zambia

    President Sata has a very small fuse that blows up easily. Naturally he is a sad man very easy trigger his reactive anger. Unfortunately, in public office there is no room for such high risk spontenious reactionaries. I fear for his health considering that anger and heart attacks are bad combinations.

    God forbid at the end of his tenure the country might be subjected to countless transitional parliaments being elected every time they shoot and kill a bad Pro-PF bill LoL!!

  48. The cost of lame duck Presidency, a case for Zambia

    President Sata has a very small fuse that blows up easily. Naturally he is a sad man very easy trigger his reactive anger. Unfortunately, in public office there is no room for such high risk spontaneous reactionaries. I fear for his health considering that anger and heart attacks are bad combinations.

  49. Sata the Tribal warlord is blinded by his stinking regionalism and tribalism. This man is a very primitive and shameless iliterate dictator. President of Zambia……what a joke! More like the President of Bembastan.

    • chikala bembas and easterners are the majority in every field eg look at national team who the majority.at work places who are the majority

  51. Shallow minded president. Does not understand democracy and has forgotten the % he got in the election. He got less than 48% and the opposition got about more than 52%. He thinks the opposition are happy that they lost. If dissolves parliament and calls for an election (if he can manage to dissolve), he will be shocked like the way RB was shocked when he lost

  52. INTERCEED FOR THE PRESIDENT

    Let the nation fast and pray for the President to earn wisdom, rational thinking, diplomacy, democratic values, and respect of others. At the rate President Sata is cruising with his alarming reactionary tendancies, it could be that we have not been showering his with enough prayers. Lets interceed for the Head of State regardless of our political divides otherwise he could continue misleading the nation into alarm.

  53. Appointing cadres in the service. Nothing has changed. Fredson Yamba is a PF Cadre. He lost to George Kunda in the 2006 Muchinga Parliamentary elections. The President should have elevated someone from within the Ministry of Finance.

  54. Lets start by looking at both sides of the coin..

    Why is the Government is putting forward the notion of Parliamentary Accounts Committee and is it in the best interests of the people?

    and on the other side what are the reasons why the MP’s oppose the Parliamentary Accounts Committee?
    These people in parliament represent the Zambian people..So do they have our best interests at heart when they oppose the notion?

  55. HI GUYS
    CAN ANYBODY BRIEF ME ON WHY THE ECZ SITE IS STILL FAILING TO DISPLAY THE JUST ENDED 2011 TRIPARTITE ELECTIONS. IT SAYS “Results are currently updating, please check back shortly.”

  57. Sata has no leadership qualities. One of the foremost qualities in leadership is persuasion i.e the ability to negotiate with others and to be bring them to your point of view. Sata only knows barking, decrees, orders etc etc. With Sata everything must be a confrontation. In short Sata is not emotionally intelligent. It has also dawned on him that he has risen beyond his competence. This is a circus and will be Zambia’s worst Presidency. It will be remembered for its tribalism, economic incompetence, and lawlessness.

  58. It’s clear by now that our President is showing signs of a mindset that is firmly fixed in the past i.e. one-party state we once had. He is hard wired that way, and at his age, he cannot change.

  60. @8 MMD Chief Fimofimo, Your Party is finished, your MPs are so evil that they will not back anything that will move Zambia forward. Very selfish.
    A Message for UPND, don’t just follow foolishly and blindly, you know why MMD would not back such a Motion, they are scared that we will lock RB for his evil deeds. MR President Dissolve the parliament for fresh elections. We want a working government for the interest of ZAMBANS. Not these MMD jokers.
    MMD MPs just count your stars because you will not win if the Parliament is dissolved.
    VIVA Mr. President show them that you can inject Venom.

  61. Party politics don’t develop the nation. I can see the opositiom is at its best trying to fustrate the government. USA is suffering because of party politics at the expence of national interest. Democracy is one thing National interest is another. Nawakwi is right Politicians have become obsesses with power they are not intrested in serving the people anymore. People in the provinces should keep their MP’s accountable for any development bill they Veto. We are a developing country for God’s sake we need to work together if we start emulating the USA politics will be doomed.

  63. Why am I not surprised that MCS is reacting and behaving this way? This is exactly the way he has been running his party and as a result wants to bring the same style of leadership to the highest office in the land. Expecting the opposition to support the proposal because they have the majority on the committee is tantamount to corruption. I really want to see how he is going to conduct himself when he meets foreign dignitaries in public. He has to learn to work with other people even when they do not agree with him.    

  64. there is nothing dictatorial about the president dissolving parliament,it is within his mandate of prerogative.The problem with UPND is that they think they are big,MMD
      is just still in a state of shock,but must wake up before this whore of UPND who has slept with all parties infects them 

  65. Hahahahahaha! PF can’t stand the heat. The Americans say, if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen! That’s why some of us did not vote for the man – he is a hardened dictator. Does he expect the opposition to just accept everything he takes to parliament? He should concentrate on delivering in 90 days instead of getting rid of parliament within 90 days.

  67. ´´Democracy is like the experience of life itself- always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested for adversity,but be wise.´´Can a good Samaritan please,pass this to the President.

    Thank you.

  68. “What Sata and Idi Amin have in common”

    1. Both commoners with no education
    2. Idolise the British
    3. Both threaten to close parliament in the first 30 days of office
    4. Both boast about their roles during colonial times, one as soldier and the other a policeman
    5. Both threaten with the words 90 days
    6. fetish to harass men in uniform
    7. Baffoon mentality
    8. have a short fuse(bad temper)
    9. No diplomacy
    10 Both paranoid schizos

    This man needs to realise that he is not in opposition anymore and will have to take responsibility for his actions.We will remove this clown if he thinks he is the law.

  69. After PF´S victory, Senior Citizen once said….´´As your fanfare and fandango are dying down,
    get ready to be put on your feet in few weeks time…be rest assured you will live to see and hear more of MMD´´´…..Now I know what he meant.

  70. Sata apperas to be needing some diplomatic ideological panel beating…Know what?One wonders what those advisers of his are paid for?

  71. We told you this uneducated ,self centred dictator is a sole danger to the peace and security of the country.Go ahead and dissolve parliament and put all your relatives out of work immediately and shall see if your fragile heart can handle the shock.Ubupuba iwee ………………..

  72. Kaunda , Chiluba , Mwanawasa and most recently RB are on record as having said that MCS would not make a good president. I am still waiting to see what Zambian’s saw in this man that our former presidents failed to see. Guy Scott is coming across more as the president than the president himself. Only time will tell. 

  73. The President is certainly wrong to threaten citizens with another general election if their representatives do not support his policies. These are signs of a dictator who wants absolute control of state machinary. He can’t wait to buy off unprincipled members of parliament.

  76. It’s hard to support sata,he just says anything without thinking. The more you support him the more you look and sound stup1d . We are not one party now,it’s always hard for ruling party to pass bills world wide but have never heard such solutions.

    We just have to wait and see what happens pa Zed,God be with us.I’m getting concerned now.

  78. We can’t vote again even the resources can’t allow this otherwise it will be selfish for the president to make his life easy at the expense of democracy. He might just make a mistake and give chance to William and friends to revenge  so early-Lol

  79. His brain cells are shrinking so fast with ALZHIEMER Disease. Let him go ahead and see if the street boys that he lied to will vote for him. They are still waiting for 1 Million Jobs in 90 Days.

  80. And where is the money going to come from for the election. My former boss Mr Mmembe has sunk so low. All he does is to keep recycling his editorials from 3 years ago, thinking people will not realise.

  81. Opposition = democracy. Look at how Obama’s good policies have been rejected by the republicans yet he still pushes on. Mr. Pres try to find meaningful ways to dialogue not threaten the very people you need or you’ll be a frustrated man through out your presidency.  

  82. Its clear now Sata will be defeated with an impeachment motion in parliament as proved by the first ever vote. Sata has a big problem on his hands as he’s failed to learn quickly to be president of a nation. Yamba’s appointment is proof of his tribal politics. He has failed to appoint BOZ governor may be he regards it not important. However, we got it and have now established that a BEMBA woman who was Deputy Governor is now being groomed to be Governor of BOZ. Tribal politics is normal to Sata. Dissolve parliament and you will be shoked with the loss PF will lament with. He wants to avoid confrotations awaiting him after 90 days pledge to have more money in your pockets. TRIBALIST.

  83. MCS should grow up. This blank cheque mentality to governance will land him and his party into problems. I hope the PF government will not squander and take for granted the good will of the people. People want change but i guess they also want common sense. We are still a democracy and democracy must work. In a democracy you muster the art of negotiation. You cannot force your way through. There is excitement in the country about the change in government but we will all end up confused and bewildered if the President cannot be reasonable and continues to make wild statements. Levelheadedness is important when you deal with the complex issues of governance. you cannot govern through hotheadedness. The PF was elected to govern within the confines of the law; it did not get a blank cheque.

  84. First “some” of the Bembas had a problem with the Lozis. Now “some” of the Bembas have a problem with the Tongas. Who is next in the sites of “some” Bembas? It must be said that people are not evil, only individuals are. Be careful where you are taking our good nation!!!

  85. SATA SHOULD JUST TAKE ADVICE.THERE IS NOTHING PERSONAL ABOUT THE REJECTION OF THIS VOTE AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CORRUPTION BUT DUE PROCESS HAS TO BE FOLLOWED WHETHER PF,MMD OR UPND IT SHOULDNT MATTER.WE WANT THE LAW NOT DICATORSHIP SATA IS SHOWING NOW.HE NEEDS TO GROW UP.THIS IS DEMOCRACY HE SHOULD AGREE TO LOSE SOME AND WIN SOME

  87. Shikulu mwilabomfwa icifukushi,like that you wont do anything.Those MPs want to frustrate you because
    1.MMD balipona 2. UPND balikene ukubapamo na PF. let them do what they want we are also doing checks and balances as zambians

  88. #25 CSAR,u ve a warped brain, who told u for one to be president FTJ has to approve, who needs ftj approval? MCS is a very hard working president who natures his own successes unlike HH who takes over dead pipo parties and properties. you tongas amaze me you expected mcs to win and appoint richard kapita as vice presido. just advise your under 5 presido to sell himself to zedians not him expecting PF to implement ideas from his head. watch how zambia ll be developed.

    • Zambia will be developed from over borrowing my foot. Just accept that your President is not good for that post though he knows how to move people to follow him. I am sure some of his intelligent followers have already realised the mistake the made but will say nothing because of poverty.

  89. IGNORANCE IS NOT A CURSE, THE CURSE IS THE FAILURE TO EDUCATE ONESELF!!!

    It is amazing to see the number of people who have no idea as to what our constitution says, Sata is very right, THE PRESIDENT CAN DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT, & call fresh elections! It is a clause that allows him to run the country, if he feels parliament is unnecessarily frustrating his govt! Whether it is appropriate in this circumstance, remains an open question. BUT THEN AGAIN HE KNOWS, POLITICS OF THE BELLY, he is testing the waters, TO SEE WHICH MP’S ARE ON A KNIFE EDGE, JUST WAITING to Jump into the Mwamukolo, should their reign in Parliament look shaky!! MOST WILL WAKE UP TO THE FACT THAT HE CAN REALLY DO IT, & the next day they may have to start looking for a job – IT IS POLITICS!! The COBRA KNOWS HIS GAME!!

  90. UPND petty minded gringos are very jealous of mcs. i can see LT has become the conduit for parties that cant organise and win an election to vent their bruised and defeated expectation. upnd stop the rantings and prepare yourselves.

  91. This Sata is beginning to scare the shit outta of me. I’m Bemba and wouldn’t fall for any rubbish for F of being bemba . Opposition is the way to go Mr president. Don’t expect anything in your favor, harness constructive critism which should be your yard stick in decission making. You risk surrounding your self with booklicker and you will be blinded with real issues. 5 yrs won’t be easy sir. brace your self Sir. Those threats sound like wasting our time in delivery service plus resources. we can’t afford those statements and thinking. You have too much political capital and i think you don’t understand the functions of the results.

  92. Very disturbing indeed and to think we have 4 plus more years of this. I hope this is a one off rant not the beginning of a tip of an iceberg. Leadership will test any man’s character to the maximum and if they are any inherent flaws we will see of them soon

  94. People were overexcited and punished MMD-NOT that I support MMD.The question posed by an earlier blogger is valid-what is it that we saw in Sata that the people who were close to me did not entrust him with absolute power.He is vindictive,undemocratic,tit for tat politics,arrogant,autocratic,does not know international diplomacy

  95. Like i have always maintained, the dictatorial tendancies Mr Sata is showing are likely to cost the nation. This is how many a despot started their reign of terror. Democracy involves respecting everyone’s point of view. I like some of the steps he is taking to clean up some of the corruption but i do feel that his powers should be limited and give parliament and the judiciary more powers. It is always a dangerous thing for 1 man to wield so much authority. The UPND-MMD pact as unholy as its motives may be is still the opposition and Sata has to know how to present his ideas diplomatically. Viva democracy! if he calls for new elections he may lose more seats. 

  96. What a load of bs coming from our Idi Amin Dada. Try dissolving parley and we’ll send you packing too. You claim to be a democrat yet your behavior is the exact opposite. Take it easy cobra, unnecessary stress will lead to a fatal heart attack and then we’ll have a by-election anyway!

  97. Why not the MPs impeach him before he dissolves parliament or the MPs should threaten him that he will be impeached if he continues to disregard the law. Remove his immunity for breaking the law by disregarding it through the many breaches he has done so far. He is a danger to our democracy and the country.
    He should recognise that though he won the elections he actually lost it because he does not have absolute control and the 1.4m club are in control. He needs tact than force.

  98. Now that the President has corrected the situation the proposed PAC members will be adopted by Parliament. The adoption will not because of the President’s threats of dissolving parliament but because of the appointment of the Secretary of the Treasury.

  99. Mystic no. 16 you smell like a skunk, I have never seen a big ***** like you son of a ****, you leave Adventists alone. Take your frustration far from church denominations, let us debate issues. I am not a Tonga but don’t tolerate such nuisance, you must be coming from a broken home; I am sorry but learn to grow up.

  101. We are seeing traces of capriciousness and tragicomic. I am not sure how Sata became president, because he was pretty much part the corruption in the MMD. Dissolving parliament would be a self-effacing. I find it even hard to call this man “president Sata.”

  102. Educated fools read the constitution before you vomit your dirt. Why should the opposition gang up to shoot any thing even what is prograssive? You want corruption to continue as it has been? The constitution allows the president to do so under circumstances like this one .Who does not know that the intention of the useless opposition is to make sure that pf government fails. We won’t allow it. Greedy and corrupt people -upnd and mmd. Disolving Parliament will be justified if this is the way we will be going .

  103. People wanted to vote out the MMD. When they woke up the next day, they found out the man who benefited in the process is no better. Removing one form of corruption and replacing it with another doesn’t make sense to me.

  104. Arent there qualified men and women from other parts of zambia who the president can appoint to these public offices. Everyday only bembas are being appointed. mmmmmmmm

  105. Well said Osmuka. Even if it means dictatorship when there is need this is the best way do deal with MMD/UPND thugs who wants to frastrate the efforts PF is making.

  106. guyz I expected one micheal SATA to enact the amended constitution, or is it give us a new constitution, I guess some one has discovered that the presidential powers are too sweet and we have just beaten the purpose of change that we cried for….. I have alot to write but dont kubeba…..

    • I am sure you are more intelligent than you realize, buddy. I may not be a victim of Sata’s incompetent rule because I am not under his rule, but I feel for common people. Also remember, this man and Chiluba were the main suspects in the death of Paul Tembo, killed hours before he was supposed to disclose how Sata and Chiluba ripped off the Zambian people.

  109. SATA should start petitioning elections results because they were rigged and get the majority in parliament by early next year and start enacting laws period!! For now democracy shall prevail and he will be shot down.

  110. I think most of you charectors are missing the point, which is that the proposed names where 99% opposition but the opposition still went ahead and shot it down, do you want him to appoint a pf only commitee or is it just to frastrate the process for the sake of frastrating? thats why MC wabwino is annoyed

  111. I find a problem when the president decides to misinform the public. It was reported that Felix Mutati had objected in Parliament to adopting new PAC members before a Secretary to the Cabinet is sworn in as he is the one who is answerable to PAC. At the moment there was no Secretary to the cabinet with the government wanting the PS to handle that job..simply abolish the position unconstitutionaly! Now the correct thing has been done the secretary to the treasury has been sworn in. That what we needed all the 20yrs MMD was in power and we could have developed miles ahead. Thats what makes a hung parliament good not ifyo ifyama dissolving parliament.

  112. THIS DICTATOR MUST CALM DOWN. LACK OF EDUCATION SHOULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO HIS FRUSTRATIONS BECAUSE HE WANTS TO USE SHORT CUTS ALL THE TIME. FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES AND ALLOW YOUR ADVISERS TO HELP YOU. SPEED KILLS. YOU HAVE NOT LEARNED FROM FELIX MUTATI’S ADVICE. THE MAN IS TOO BIG HEADED.

  113. Dissolve them sir you have my support .Am just wondering the thinking capacity of the people on this blog are they all MMD and upnd chaps you guys are so behind in your thinking .

  114. In as much as we all welcome democracy,let not our MP’s turn down developmental bills just because they are presented by PF.The issues of secretary to the treasury has been resolved let us now wait and see if the Opposition MP’s will vote against it.If the opposition is there to oppose every meaning development then there is no need to have them in parliament, let them not waste our resources for unnecessary by -elections.The PAC has only one PF member of parliament,so do they expect it to be all opposition or all PF?I think the composition of PAC is okey and all well meaning MP’s need to support that.

    • The PAC was largely made up of opposition MP’s even the President acknowledged this, the problem was procedural errors please check your facts.

  116. Knock, knock. Power going to the head. Didn’t we say it. The opposition is not there to be a rubber stamp in parliament but to have the government of the day pass right bills. There is something wrong with that bill and so the Gov must relook and resubmit. That is how real democracy works that Sata preaches about.

  118. I am strong hold supporter of PF but dissolving Parliament ba Sata awe…. be strong… Obama is facing the same…. the people will see in the end that the opposition is not interested in uplifting the povery status…. it what we faught for…. I actually thank God PF does not have majority seats…. let test our own humanity, next is a strong constitution…. PF surrounding the President do not feed him with irrelevant info PLEASE… Lets build Zed VIVA Opposition

  120. Oh God its happening as we foresaw!Revoke the constitution or invoke a constitutional clause to dissolve parly!We are in trouble.Democracy is under threat from Pf.Has he not appointed a sec.to treasury?A relative though so we get and a pf cadre!What can we say to King Sata?Actually parliament can dissolve itself then Mmd/upnd form a pact to remove this dictatorship and make his the shortest presidential rule!He has made too many mistakes so far.I dont hate him at all but the way he operates ,you run govt professionally.He promised that in donchi kubeba and 90 day delivery!I have never heard that before.WE DONT NEED AN ELECTION NOW! GOD BLESS ZAMBIA.

  122. i say dissolve parliament mr president,if thats what it will take, to make those mmd morons answer to crimes committed against zambian people.

  123. he will even have himself disolved as well and be floated for election. Meanwhile rb and hh will gang up and make sure he is chucked out of state house using the ballot.

  124. MMD and UPND have come together to frastrate watever the good man is doing for this country.So these MMD/UPND MP chaps want corruption to continue?If it means running this country dictatorialy,please Mr president run it that way.Let us come out of this poverty because of corrupt minds.These chaps are very corrupt and will never support you bcoz wat u are doing is good for a poor Zambian person and not for them.Thanks Mr President and go ahead with wat u think is right.The majority of well meaning Zambians are behind you!! And i can assure you that if u called for another elections today,these chaps will be very very much ashamed.

  125. Whose interest are the MMD and UPND MP’s representing? There should be great need for these chaps to be accountable to the people and not their rubish party presidents.

  126. Now it is clear that Zabians defrauded themselves by voting for Sata.” Tinazigonga “. When he dissolves parlament it means he dissolves himself as well. And surelly, does he expect to intimidate MPs in the opposition? And he thinks he can win again if another election was held? This man is big and old but his knowledge on politics is quite narrow. Let us wait for three months.

  127. Zambians, let’s think positively. When are we going to eradicate corruption if we allow thieves go free? The genesis of corruption is to teach perpetrators a lesson. Otherwise, if you support thieves like RB with namakwenkwe Dora siliya, ur delaying the anti corruption campaign. Anyway, not everybody who comment is well vested in political ideologies. BE POSITIVE

  128. 88(7) “whenever the national assembly is dissolved under this article, there shall be PRESIDENTIAL elections and elections to the national assembly and the first session of the new parliament shall commence within 3 months from the date of the dissolution.”

  129. MYSTIC, on comment number 17!! You are an *****!!!!! who is failing to debate issues logically and who is inciting ethnic war!! You are not worth to live because you have no respect for fellow human beings because you think your tribe ( WHATEVER IT IS) is supreme and have no respect for Tongas. Your reasoning is not the reasoning of the Tongas and mind you Tongas are God’s creation and degrading them is tantamount to blasphemy!!! If you are not carefull your words can have far reaching consequences than you can imagine!! And Pipo Stop this nonsense of attacking Tongas. you are Just jealous of their intelligence and no matter what you say you will NEVER be above them, just deal with IT!!!!!!!!!!

  131. Mr. COBRA, Members of Parliament are not there to rubber stamp your every bill you come up with. What a useless president you are quickly proving to be. Convince the house and they will go with you. At the rate you are appointing your relatives to strategic positions, I dont think you will be able to pass any bill. By the way I am Bemba, but not as stupid as you are. Remeber how you disagreed with anything MMD came up with? Well that is called democracy, and I cant remeber RB threatening to dissolve parliament .You expressed concern at some District Commissioners (DCs) on the Copperbelt for boasting that government’s fertilizer support programme was former president Rupiah Banda. You despicable man, ofcourse it was RB’s. Zambians, is this the change yuo wantes?

  133. This guy is taking us for ride!!!.He should just accept he made a mistake by trying to uncostitutionally abolish the secretary to treasury position no amount of threats will do. He should be reminded that 58% of the voters didn’t vote for him because they know him and not surprised by his threats.Its the new registered voters,who we can safely call ‘swing voters’ that he will disappoint if he dissolved parliament and that will mean 90 days mantra for money in their cargo pant pockets is a mirage.That will definate be a blow to him and the new voters. JUST WORK NO THREATS OR EXCUSE WE ARE COUNTING DOWN.LOL

  134. am a disturbed person. Each time i open to read about comments on this bloc , i always find some people have nothing to comment about the article ,but rather they only think of talking about Tongas as being tribal. Mr moderator of this bloc please i urge to block some of these comments as they have the potential to fuel enemities between tribes.TODAY ALL POLITICAL PARTIES ARE TRIBAL WHETHER ONE LIKE IT OR NOT THE FACT IS ONE WILL NOT HAVE SUPPORT IN MAJORITY MINUS HIS/HER OWN TRIBE . PLEASE CHECK THIS OUT

  135. I always wondered what people saw in Sata.How many times will you dissolve parliament Sir? You have barely ruled for a month.These tantrums are unbecoming a leader.Please we need to limit presidential powers.Work on that constitution that will stand the test of time.

  136. I would rather have a “dictatorial” parent who provide three meals in a day than pastor parent who gives me freedom to steal, move around with chicks but fail to provide food, school fees, etc.
    Democracy like the Sabath is meant to serve human kind better than follow or observe it to afflict, leave people in poverty just for its sake. Jesus broke the Sabbath by healing. So MCS break democracry if its hindering free education, lower taxes, corruption, etc

    • Jesus did not break the Sabbath but did what is right on the Sabbath.If you say Jesus broke the law then you are contradicting with the scripture because it says Jesus did not come to break the law but to fulfill it (Matthew 5:17-20)

    • Jesus did not break the sabbath, the Sabbath is part of the 10 commandments and saying Jesus Christ broke the Sabbath is contradicting with Matthew 5:17.

  137. These are the symptoms of failure! Good managers find solutions to problems and not adding more missery to the already exisiting problems. Dissolving pariament will mean that we have to go for another COSTLY elections which is very unfortunate but to the PF they feel its good because they feel they might have big number of members in pariament very wishful thinking.

  138. PIPO SHUD LEARN TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE ARTICLE SO THAT THEY CAN POST COMMENTS IN LINE WITH THE PUBLISHED ARTICLES.FIRST READ THE ARTICLE,ANNALYSE IT ,UNDERSTAND ,POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE THE POST A COMMENT IN REACTION TO THE WORDS ,CONTEXT,PICTURE .SOCIALLY,ECONOMICALLY ,MORALLY ,POLITICALLY AND OUR TRADITIONAL BELIEFS.

  139. In a democracy the rule of law is the bedrock of a nation. if the presidents thinks he will have a blank cheque to do what ever he wants. he is wrong. we know that the executive has always been excessive in this country its time to bring them to square. dissolve parliament because you can not convince parliament of the illegal manourvers is not being clever but selfish. remember even if he is president he dose not have the wisdom on all matters. 

  140. People if you are in the opposition, its not a cause to celebrate that MCS is threatening to disolve parliament and call for fresh elections, the biggest losers will be the opposition and am not prepared for that. 1. MMD is no longer attractive and if it lost election with all the resources at its disposal and gvt propaganda, how do we expect it to survive when it has no treasury to deep into and no leader? as for UPND and HH, u dont expect them to change their fortunes in LSK, CB, LP, CP, NP, EP, WP, so its a battle i woudn’t relish, besides, u and i are bloggers and if bloggers were a deciding factor in the run-up to elections, MCS would never have been pres. but the majority are comon people in the street and in villages who dnt even have access to the net and dnt even know what LT

  142. Yebo #17 discuss challenging issues, think from your heard not your stomach mazaako stop the shit about tribes.the fact that you notice about this tribe thing means that you are also into it.

  143. # 136 (Man of the month) I like your points and the way you have put it.This is a very good example…..i may add to say “if we put in Nevers Mumba as president and continue with corrupt minds bt singing of Zambia a christian nation…..Zambia a christian nation and we have someone who is not a pastor and not corrupt and ensuring that this Countries wealth is shared equally,i think one who will share things equally is better.

  144. ONE GOOD RESEAN TO DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT IS IF IT REJECTING BILLS TO FIGHT CORRUPTION. AN ELECTION IS COSTLY IN TERMS OF MONEY BUT CORRUPTION IS EVEN WORSE AS IT EXTENDS ITS URGLY HEAD EVERYWEHERE. AT UTH YOU WILL BE TOLD THAT THERE IS NO BLOOD, DRUG, ETC. AT A COMPANY THEY WILL TELL THAT THERE IS VACANCY. FUEL IMPORTS,ROAD WORKS TENDERS, ETC WILL BE INFLATED. THE INHERENT COST OF CORRUPTION WILL BE MORE THAN THAT OF HOLDING AN ELECTION AS CORRUPTION ALSO BRINGS QUALIFIED PEOPLE WHO FAIL TO PERFORM BECAUSE THEY HAD AN EXAM LEAK.

  145. You see, this man will never understand what hit him if at all he implements his threat. Zambians have realised that this man is all hot air and no knowledge. I dare him to dissolve parliament and we will see the return of MMD to the helm. Presidenteeeeeeee!

  146. What this country needs is some real transformation. OK fine RB failed lamentably. HH still does not command a national appeal (whatever that means). So we were left with SATA on our plates.
    KK told us in his own words that he had doubts about SATA. I also have my doubts especially after closely examining some of his appointments. By the way i voted for SATA.
    Thats the leadership dilemma that KK left us with. LETS HOPE FOR THE BEST

    • You are a fool for voting for Satan, and a double fool for blaming KK twenty years after he left office.  Just admit that you are a kaponya who could not analyse Satan’s diabolical behaviour and weakly hoped he would change when in State House.  Unfortunately, cobras are known to even bite their keepers!

  147. MMD and UPND are using DONT KUBEBA in parliament. GOOD GOOD. Shoot down whatever nonsense. The beaulty with opposition is that the chaps are sharp and well educated.

  148. mr editor, I think we should run a “VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE POLL” over our president on this site. what do you think bloggers

  149. I suppport u my president these pipo do not want to be accountable for our mani,jes litsening to parliament radio the speaker says yes by law he can……donchi donchi let go PF

  150. WHERE THERE IS CORRUPTION, YOU CANNOT HAVE DEMOCRACY. ZERO CORRUPTION IS A PRE-REQUISITE FOR AN DEMOCRACY. WE HAVE TO CHOOSE ONLY ONE OF THESE TWO NO MATTER THE COST. DEMOCRACY VS CORRUPTION. DEMOCRACY IS ABOUT MAJORITY WHO IN FEW CASES MANY WRONG BUT A CORRUPT THING IS JUST CORRUPT NO MATTER THE NUMBER INVOLVED.

  151. @90 Tony Blair; If the only subject you can discuss is tribes, consider yourself one of the dullest persons on this site. We need progressive ideas from all Zambians. Why waste our time with your emptiness. Who do you think is impressed with such display of total lack of any logic?

  152. you thieves supporting your fellow thieves mps who does not want to be accountable to the public funds, you sakalanyongos we are watching you and we praying everyday that this you are doing to our presdent and the gov you pay for it. CDF is not money to help them build lodges and open firms is for the people of zambia we want transparacy in the afairs of the country now here are these selfish and greed mps who want to fatten their pockets, not with this regim abash with thieves. in case you did not know HEMCS his with God, nothing is Imposible with God and we are praying for him jst like we prayed that he wins the elections. zambia is christian nation so if you have no good agenda for people mark my words your evil thinking will not take place in this country in Jesus Name!

  153. #144 u surprise me how u expose your gullibility? Its not about corruption as Mr Sata said it is about order and logic.Mr Sata made a mistake which he has now corrected thanx to the opposition MPs.The man seriously need advisors or has he already fired them?!!! We all know he used to behave like this in opposition but now he is president and he should pay more attention to the constitution and the laws of Zambia.Period or he will fail.We all want him to succeed but in a legal manner not Kaponya type of politics.And lastly threats won’t work we are counting down .No excuses Bwana just work!!!

  154. Ba Sata, you have corrected given the reason why the civil service is failing to perform; which is that – Party Cadres were appointed to the Civil service. But immediately after that good point you make the same mistake by appointing known PF cadres!!

  155. I do not understand why simple matter do turn out to be on Tonga that Tonga this…. PF is in govt and this is clear and agreed upon. this part is ruling on simple majority (42 or 43%) better than the other two previous leaders, but do respect the other 57 or 58% who did not agree with you. Put simply even the minority do have a say and that should be respected in this case the 43%. Stop this insulting business the truth of the matter who cannot say Chikala or any other insult for that matter? I bet we can all say this but it does not help. Stop being immature. Ba Sata has a job to do and he will say what he sees fit to take him to his final destination.

  156. IN THE SHORT TERM YOUTH ZAMBIANS WANT FOOD, LOWER TAXES, JOBS. THIS TALK ABOUT DEMOCRACY IS A LONG TERM NEED FOR US. FIRST OF ALL YOU MUST EAT FOR YOU TO EVEN BLOG ON THIS SITE. IF I DIDNT EAT BREAKFAST, I DONT THINK I WAS GOING TO BE BLOGGING NOW. I WOULD HAVE GONE TO LOOK FOR FOOD/MONEY/WORK. MCS IS IN HURRY TO GIVE FOOD(JOBS) TO THE YOUTHS. THE ISSUE OF DEMOCRACY IN PARLIAMENT WONT GIVE FOOD TO THE MANY YOUTHS. THOSE PARLIAMENTARIANS FROM MMD/UPND EVEN WASTED BILLIONS ON THE NCC. THAT MONEY WOULD GONE TO PROCURE DRUGS, PAY RETIREES, BUT NONE OF YOU MMD/UPND ARE INTERPRETING THAT IN TERMS OF COST. NOW THAT MCS WANT TO MAKE IT EASIER TO PROVIDE JOBS TO OUR YOUTHS BY REMOVING IRRELEVANT OPPOSITION PEOPLE ARE CRYING FOUR. PEOPLE IN ZAMBIA NEED JOBS AND FOOD AND NOT THE TRIBE OF DELIVERER

  157. MMd and UPND mps are not needed in the house dissolve them so that we vote wisely we need development sir.And you kids making childish comments about the wise presido you better suck or hung otherwise you are just empty tins.Shame on you UPND cadres no future baice.

  158. it’s called democracy Mr Sata.remember that you also opposed everything that RB tried to do?where will the money for the new elections come from.please dont get too emotional,try dialogue for a change.the opposition are humans who you can easily convince if you sat with them.we need the OPPOSITION,it’s a democratic nation aint it?so dont be tempremental about everything.

  159. At last God has vindicated me! When I tried to reason with people who supported PF blindly and those that conveniently forgot who Micheal Sata was I was given all sorts of names.Thank God i never voted for this dictator.What I feared has come to pass

  160. Number 20. How can you surely say this about a tribe….it says alot about yourself and your up bringing. Shame onto your parents who never brought you up well or maybe you are a son of a bitch.

  162. I have avoided to talk about these tribalists on this blog but i think the people answering to thses backward brothers and sisters are the ones fueling these attacks .LEAVE THESE FOOLS ALONE TO ENJOY THEIR FREEDOM OF SPEECH BUT DON’T ANSWER BACK PSE.

  163. IT SEEMS MOST OF THE BLOGGERS ON THIS SITE ARE I.D.IOTS. THEY ARE COMMENTING KNOWLEDGE OF THE MATTER. AS 111 HAS PUT IT, THE ISSUE WAS NOT ABOUT FRUSTRATING THE PF GOVT, BUT THE RIGHT PROCEDURE BEING FOLLOWED. PARLY IS THERE TO MAKE LAWS, WHAT WOULD RIGHT THINKING PIPO THINK OF IT IF IT WENT A HEARD TO VOTE FOR ILLEGALITY IN HAVING A PACT WITHOUT SECRETARY TO THE POCKET. USE YOUR BRAINS AND NOT YOUR MONKEY CONTAMINATED TRIBES YOU BEMBA FOOLS

  164. Sata is an ancient politician. It is undemocratic and against Zambian constitution to threaten the House. MPs must move a motion of impeachment. Zambia true change now.

  165. #154 ‘man of the month’ your thinking is upside down. U seem to think in blips and blinks .Try closing your eyes when thinking ,i am sure u will discover your brain.!!!

  166. You see my fellow Zambians, the opposition has all the brains and the PF has all the left overs. So things that even a child can understand, PF cadres cant. Let’s all admit that SATA doesn’t have advisers and currently, the man should learn to seek advice from other sources other than his party. They will cost him his Presidency

  167. Dissolve parliament and we’ll boot you out!! We want a woman now, men have mismanaged this country for along time. Nawakwi for president Sata out out!!! What arrogance!!!

  168. Mr President Sir!!! Just dessolve parliament mweeeee………….We need to clean this country.Its so dirty and these MP’s know very well that you are here to clean this country and sort them out so they are very much afraid.CLEAN THIS NATION !!! ITS BEEN STINKING FOR YRS NOW!!!

  170. Ba Sata, you have correctly given the reason why the civil service is failing to perform; which is that – Party Cadres were appointed to the Civil service. But immediately after that good point you make the same mistake by appointing known PF cadres!!

  171. Let this Chief Turd believe his own nonsense and dissolve Parliament immediately.  Zambians will teach him a lesson he and his kaponyas will not forget for a long time.  Didn’t PF claim to have the mandate from the people?  If they did, how come they are being defeated in Parliament?  If elections will be held soon, then it will be Bembas against the rest of Zambians and we will see who will rule Zambia.  Chief Kaponya, you cannot fool all the people all the time!

  173. #165. I DONT NORMALLY RESPOND TO WISE COUNSELLING FROM YOU BUT YOU HAVE MISSED MY POINT. I VOTED IN THE ELECTIONS AT NRDC COLLEGE HALL AND FROM WHAT I SEEING AND HEARING FROM THE YOUTH VOTERS, MOST OF THEM WERE VOTING FOR THE PRESIDENT AND FORCIBLY DUE TO A TECHNICALITY A PARLIAMENTALIAN ALIGNED TO THE PRESIDENT. THIS MEANS THAT PARLIAMENT REPRESENATATION WAS PRESIDENT DRIVEN THEREFORE TRUE REFLECTION OF PEOPLES REPRESENTIVE. THIS HAS RENDERED OUR PARLIAMENT NOT SOO MUCH IMPORTANT AS A TRUE REPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE WISH AND INTEREST BUT THAT OF THE PRESIDENT. IN SHORT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR PARLIAMENT HAS ERODED. I EXPECTED PF MPS AND OPPOSITION TO VOTE FOR/OR AGAINST BUT THE VOTE ON PARTY LINES AND YOU CALL THAT DEMOCRACRY? DEMOCRACRY CAN ONLY WORK IF YOU HAVE ECONOMICALLY EMPOWERED MPS

  175. CONTINUED FROM 173
    . WHO CAN DISAGREE WITH PARTY DIRECTIVE ON VOTING LINES. WE JUST 20 YEARS IN DEMOCRACY, LET US FIRST WIPE CORRUPTION, THEN WE WILL HAVE AN ECONOMICALLY EMPOWERED VOTER, MPS WHO WILL VOTING IMPARTIALLY. LOOK AT CHINA, THERES IS NO DEMOCRACY BUT IS DOING WELL ECONOMICALLY. MOST CHINSESE DESPITE THE POPULATION ARE RELATIVELY WEALTHY THAN ZAMBIANS BECAUSE CHINA CHOSE ZERO CORRUPTION AGAINST DEMOCRACRY. DEMOCRACY OFFCOURSE IS GOOD BUT WORKS WELL WHEN ALL CITIZENS HAVE EATEN AND FINANCIALLY STABLE

  177. Yes sir disolve them and leave yoself and councillors only in power, then we go for election and see how these bankrupt nonentities will come back to parly. now that u have given them the secretary to the treasurer (one capable YAMBA), recontitute the PAC and make it PF dominant since they rejected an opposition dominated PAC

  178. #173 – “DEMOCRACRY CAN ONLY WORK IF YOU HAVE ECONOMICALLY EMPOWERED MPS?” What manner of flawed thinking is this? If one has nothing to say, the best conduct is to remain mute instead of puking such intellectually bankrupt verbature like what you just raved off above. Look at the case of Ben Mwila, Kavindele etc, they were all well empowered when they came into office and yet they looted government cont
    racts like there was no tomorrow. Democracy can only work when embaciles like you learn to vote for people with honour, whether they are economically empowered or not, period!

  179. Interesting comments and majority of which are shots from the hip without understanding the issue at hand. Firstly, by the President abolishing the Post of Secretary to Treasurer and appointing only one Permanent Secretary for the Finance Ministry was saving the Government coffers serious money as previously we had 2 Permanent Secretaries both reporting to the Secretary of Treasury. Now think of this, Secretary of Treasury is paid at a level of Deputy Secretary to Cabinet ie number 2 in the Civil Service. So what has happened now is the President has elevated the same PS he appointed and given him the title of Secretary to Treasury thereby adding a couple of millions to his salary for doing the same function he was initially appointed for as PS    

  180. Follow up … the Secretary to Treasury is now a done deal so moving on to the defeat in Parliament that led to the President issuing his threat to dissolve parliament, which for those that don’t understand means calling for an early General election instead of the normal 5 years – thus suspension of the constitution. This is lawful and practiced when Government don’t have sufficient majority with the hope that by calling for early election the ruling Party may take more seats. Naturally in this world nothing is taken for granted as the President could lose the election and the Party fail to retain majority – that risk however, is calculated as chances are that the President would be retained and the majority MPs obtained. It is an expensive option but not far fetched.

  181. Follow up … Addressing impeachment. For impeachment to be successful 2/3 of parliament, which is 100, must vote for it to be successful. For that to happen you would require some PF members crossing the floor and voting with the opposition – for the simple reason that PF has 65 seats which implies opposition can only get 85 votes. So all those calling for impeachment please speak with facts and be knowledgeable 

  182. #177 You must be a very dull fool if you cannot discern the illegality and dictatorial tendencies being exibited by the cobra. This is the problem of having a president who is not educated.

  184. What ever MMD & UPND can try to do, it shall not work, its time for PF GET IT, You have another 5 years to prove yourselves. Not in this Foolish manner of being against realistic motions, because Zambians will not vote for you.

    MMD prepare a real shock in 2016, You may end up with ZERO MPs in Parliament.

  186. #178.
    I DONT JUDGE OTHERS, I JUST CONTRIBUTE LIKE YOU. THATS YOU OPINION. MIND YOU GOD MADE US UNIQUE. IF YOU HAVE MONEY TODAY, MAYBE YOUR FIRST REACTION WILL BE TO USE THERE AND THEN BUT SOMEBODY ‘S FIRST REACTION MAYBE TO MAKE IT MULTIFLY. THATS HUMANITY, DIVERSITY BUT ONE RACE. WHAT I MEANT WAS THAT AFRICAN POLITICS BECAUSE OF HIGH LEVELS OF POVERTY ARE GREATLY AND MOSTLY INFLUENCED BY DESIRE TO BENEFIT. THERE ARE FEW WHO DISENT FROM THOSE IN POWER WHERE IT IS BOUNDERING ON LIVELIHOOD. IT IS EASIER TO BUY A VOTE FROM LESS ECONOMICALLY PRIVILEGED PERSON IN VILLAGE OR TOWNBY OFFERING CHITENGE, CHIBUKU .

  187. Gee… send Guy Scott to Australia and when the veep is not around to keep an eye on his boss this is what the old man comes out with the very next day.

    Only I can see it now how he is setting things up blame Parliament for when he fails to deliver on the 90-day miracle. If only Mr. Sata could have dictated everything, surely the 90 days would have been enough but instead everyone else is to blame except himself. Alas! If only this wasn’t a democracy, right Sir?

  188. Iam very disapointed with the opposition members of parliament for even opposing such progressive way of doing things. Let them give reason for opposing the PAC.

    • The reason was given. There was no Secretary to the Treasury. Even the Minister of Finance acknowleged this mistake. Thank God the President has now appointed the Secretary to the Treasury.

  189. There was no need for the opposition MMD and UPND to shoot the PAC. This is being selfish as they want to be stealing people’s money…what a shame on MMD and UPND. Be carefull we Zambians are watching you well. You will never still our money again. You thieves …useless people..shaaa.

  190. Wow! I’m loving all of this. I’m lovin it because to me it is a sign of a working democracy where the ruling party is frustrated. I know it can hinder progress (such is a case in America) but in Zambia, I have been dreaming for this for so long. We have had pretty much a rubber stamp parliament for such a long time in Zambia, since that temporal strong parley formed by the opposition of Mazoka – it lasted only a short time before Mwanawasa started poaching opposition MPs. I hope this parliament continues like this; only then can we dream of a working parliament. Let MPs be scared of the voters and not govt. As for Sata dissolving Parley, this is yet another sign of TOO MUCH POWER by the President. How can he dissolve parliament single handedly with MPs voted in by the people of Zambia?

  191. #181 Voice of Reason. Impeachment comes about when a breach of constitution has occured and all well reasoned individuals with democratic beluefs will call for impeachment. This is regardless of partisan politics. It is to uphold good governance in a nation. MMD, PF, UPND. FDD, independent and Milupi will rally behind a correct move to remove an individual or president standing in the way of democracy. Mr Sata is potentially impeacheable at the speed and carelessness he has demonstrated so far. This you know as as I do, so are MPSs#. Zambians would be better off without a dictator as we are mature enough to elect another able Zambians who will respect our republican constitution.

  192. Within 90 days, MCS has managed to reduce fuel by K500 and to auction Zambia to Dr Buziano at US$100M. A president with real action

  193. #191 Mind your nonsense,don’t think you know much,we want to clean the mess and you are talikng nonsense,just because you have feeding on corruption.

    Corruption is in the mind of your so called MPS,Zambia would have developed should there have been people thinking like MCS.

  194. The Opposition did no wrong. All they wanted was for Govt to clarify whether the office of Secretary to teh Treasure was abolished or not, since it is that that appoints PAC members.

    Sata is not being honest. or he is ignorant.

  195. Well,well,well Mr.President you certainly need the support of the people,but not in everything.And we strongly urgue the opposition to be objective, support what is good and oppose that offers no direction to the future of the country.Mr.President, the numbers in parliament speak of the wishes of the people.Threatening disolution of parliant so soon sounds like intimidating the parliamentarians who spoke for the people.USE PERSUATION AND NOT INTIMIDATION to get your bills approved.OUR OPPOSITION REMAIN FIRM AND STEADFAST YOU ARE THE CONTROLING FORCE.THE BACKS STOPS IN YOUR HANDS.

  197. @146 SHYTEX

    You are a fool for voting for Satan, and a double fool for blaming KK for Satan’s total chaos twenty years after KK left office.  Just admit that you are a kaponya who could not analyse Satan’s diabolical behaviour and weakly hoped he would change when in State House.  Unfortunately, cobras are known to even bite their keepers!  There will be no jobs or more money in your pocket within the next 90 days.

  198. You people are complaining about this simple statement of ‘I will dissolve parliament’. The worst of King Cobra is not yet on sight….this is just an appertiser!

  199. To all you my fellow young zambians we should know that we only have one zambia which we should preserve morally,spiritually,economically and all to mention but a few.What we should be thinking is how we want zambia to say 10 years from now.If you look back a few months before the election at how rampant the corruption was in the last administration would u say we were heading somewhere?The president has powers to dissolve parliament and call for fresh elections if those mps want to support corruption.All we want now as zambian is to a have a nation where services will be provided because you derseve it and not because you have a relative in the office.Lets talk sense.As young ones we are the future leaders.

  200. Fellow Zambians especially PF members ,if you are still doubting about the dictatorial attitude of ba Sata,please check howm many lone descisions he has made.It’a alll on eman show,naminf of airports,hospitals ,stadiums,dissolving boards,contracted Army officers,appointing and firing police commissioners(pity Dr.Malama),appointing family and clan members to government and the list goes on and on.Now dossolving Parliament,mwasamwa sana.The way forward for fellow Zambians is to reduce the powers the Zambian president wields.Give some powers to parliament.A president is a servant of the people and not a slave master.

  201. # 193 Mulopa. Mr. Sata is not immuned from erring and as public figure where he has gone astray we the outsiders have the right to point out the wrong. Its on record and memory of well meaning ZAmbians that Mr Sata was involved in corrupt practices that led to resignation of 1st VP of MMD the late President Mwanawasa. This was confirmed by late president Chiluba later. I do not want to comment on Mezarf housing project saga in Chilenje where Sata was at the centre of corruption. In all these and other issues Mr Sata was involved does not make him a saint or saviour as some ofyou would want us to believe. Just now as head of state has made numerous breaches and ommissions in law. So to claim that he is the innocent man Zambia has waited all these years is folly beyond any real

  202. Zambian who follow issues consistently. However, having said all that Mr Sata is our republican president not just a particular group but the whole Zambia. This Mr Sata has to demonstrate positively and be seen to be so. To begin to hold Zambian people at ransome by threats of dissolution of parliament falls short to the Zambians expectations of him as president. As a matter of fact I would support him if he’s urging us to have as few by-elections as possible because of time wasting and money things that need channeling to developing country. There fore to support him blindly is fatal to Zambia and his legacy.

  203. Yes i do quite remember Yamba of KAMIS from about 10 years ago.He was running a pub
    there and we all knew that his wife is a Kaseba,sisters with Sata’s wife.He did a CABS qualification at HONE,then somehow found himself in UK for some booking keeeping or accounts
    course.

  204. Try to do anything fun and see how we will chase you from state house. You can’t breach the contract we signed with the parliamentary members because of your insatiable desires. Zambia is not for you alone and don’t try to bring a tyrannous environmental. We won’t let you take us for a ride. I am a patriotic Zambia and i will not watch you destabilize the country. You are already failed to keep the 90days promise. we are not fools to let you in that office.

    Just work hard and adhere to the principles of democracy. Wish you well.

  205. So what is his agenda when he dissolve parley? is he thinking more PF MPs will be elected so that there is absolute power? for those of you who ride on this PF boat, I hop u are now seeing the dictatorial traits in your president….he is a joker and m sure he has even forgeten that he promised a better zambia in 90 days. Someon pliz educate me on the development PF has madein relation to the 90 day joke before I start lafing

  206. Heya i’m for the first time here. I found this board and I in finding It really helpful & it helped me out much. I’m hoping to give one thing back and aid others such as you helped me.

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