The opposition United Party for National Development(UPND) says it is ready for fresh elections should President Michael Sata dissolve Parliament. The President has threatened to dissolve parliament and call for fresh elections if the opposition parties in parliament continue to frustrate government business in the House.
President Sata was referring to the decision by opposition MPs to vote against the motion moved by Finance and National Planning Minister Alexander Chikwanda last Tuesday on the formation of the Public Accounts Committee for the first session of the eleventh National Assembly.
Both UPND vice President Richard Kapita and the party’s deputy whip Likando Mufalali says the UPND welcomes President Sata’s statement and wished he could go ahead and dissolve Parliament.
Mr Kapita has however cautioned that such statements can scare away investors. Mr Kapita has however reiterated that the UPND will continue providing checks and balances to the government.
The duo was speaking at a media briefing in Lusaka on Friday where MMD member Paul Moonga defected to join the UPND.
And Mr Moonga says he has decided to join the UPND because the MMD has no President.
[ZNBC]
Here we go again!
Nosense Mr. Kapita, why can’t you wait for his term to come to unend instend of start issuing such nonsense.
You are the one issuing nonsense and your Kaponya president Sata. What an embarassement! Is it Kapita who threatened to dissolve parliament or Sata.
Do you read the full article or just the heading? Sata is the one threatening to dissolve Parly just because his motions r not being passed. This happens everywhere in democratic nations when the rulin government has less than half of the seats. There is no need to issue threats. Don’t just follow blindly
Dictator in making at plot 1.
I wonder how your adherents look like. Tell me the church you belong to so that I don’t make a mistake of associating my selfself with it.
can the president come up with another card to scare these MP into rubber stamping his decisions please. This one does not do the trick, they are clearly not scared
IWE RICHARD KAPITA YOU ARE JUST A CHANCER,DO YOUR HOMEWORK RIGHT BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH,UPND IS NOT READY TO RULE ZAMBIA YET AND NEVER UNDER H.H.
WOULDN’T CROSS THE ROAD TO LISTEN TO THIS LOSER
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#7 some of us we are priests please stop that language.
This is just a bluff by MCS he fought so long for plot 1, he wouldn’t do it for his life. Plus with all the (to put it lightly) fk ups, the opposition would scoop it
NON SENSE!! TO HELL WITH upnd AND YOUR SO CALLED mmd!
clom you are stupid
Sata is a Dictator who can’t operate in a democracy. Plot 1 is not for those who get frustrated easily. Someone needs to advise Satan to take a chill pill and start doing the people’s business rather than always yapping like a mad dog in state house. Sata is not in the opposition any longer and it is time to govern. By the way more of Sata’s blunders will happen during the times that Guy Scott is away, because it is Scott who usually guides him and tells him what to say. Sata without Scott is useless. This will come to light in the days ahead. Lets continue watching this drama.
King Cobra….Shut up. Just Shut up!
How dull does this Kapita sound
Thanks
Sata should learn to be a democrat. If RB was not democratic this Sata thing could not have been president today. Its all about numbers in Parliament. If you only have 48 and the opposition 52%then you have already lost even before you vote. But elections for what kashi. This man needs guidance. Where is guy scott kash mwebantu. Atleast we have a bit of sanity when he is around. Regards!
President Sata’s problem is that he has chosen see the world in ideological and binary terms i.e. us against them. For the record, President Sata and his party was a terrible nuisance while in opposition. They are the ones that denied descendants of Zambians living abroad dual citizenship through the unreasonable behavior of their MPS. I hope what happened last week serves notice to his government that they can’t just plant committees in parliament. Judging from Sata’s reaction, it is clear he thinks he can benefit from a monologue rather than dialogue of equal players. Perhaps now that he is head of state, President Sata will do well to rise above the partisan silo and see the world not in binary terms but as a complex interaction of forces.
Let me get this right!. President Sata, wants to get through parliament a bill which will assist with the problems of corruption and the MMD&UPND want to block this bill. Question: are MMD&UPND in parliament for the benefit of those who put them there or for the benefit of their own pocket. Most of the people blogging here will never wake up because it is in their interest to stay a sleep as they or their family have benefited from the corruption of the past regime.
UPND should not be excited, Zambians are watching you. It is not Sata you are frustrating but the majority Zambians.
The problem with UPND is that they never listen and currently have gone 100 steps away from plot 1. Time will tell us Zambians will speak again. ask Rupiah.
MOONGA FINALLY HAS GONE TO WHERE HE BELONG(BANTUSTAN PARTY),HE HAS TRIED TO WITH US IN THE MMD BUT FAILED
As Zambians that are patriotic and put national interest first are not going to tolerate any unreasonable opposition to any motion in the national interest . Even though we are not in politics and not in parliament we are watching you seriously. We just had elections a few weeks ago and kapita thinks his upnd can do better than pf. Hallucination of the highest degree. Only afflicted like you will give you votes. Greedy and corrupt people!
Through the useless Ncc,the conduit for plunder ,you robbed us. During compaigns of the last elections where you came a distant third togather with mmd you robbed us(mmd helped you with your compaigns out of suspesious funds). Now you have teamed up to rob us again by frustrating us more through your uselless opposition. We are watching you. Bitter,jearous,greedy,corrupt and childish people. Don’t take us for a ride!
UPND is ready to lose all seats, except the Southern one which will forever remain theirs.
UPND is ready to lose all seats, except the Southern ones which will forever remain theirs.
Do not align yourselves to emotions, democracy in simple terms can be defined as opposition. President Sata should know this and expect now ever more. We voted for PF UPND FDD heritage and independents my prsideny mr. Saga should accept this too. It’s called demoractic checks and balances lol.
* my president* mr. Sata.
The most useless people i have seen in my life are from the UPND. Why can’t you see it that once the Parliament is disolved, Sata isadvantage side, PF will get more seats and there will be no nonsense in Parliament.
Mr Sata, so far you are on target but just tone down a bit and forget about the 90 day nonsense. You are now running the show, just don`t mess up.We would like to support you but be reminded that you are not just a President of a political party but a republic. Not all people voted for you nor like you but you still have to love all and accept divergent views. There is no room to express your emotions in that office and the best you can do if anger is a big issue is to take anger management classes. Yes, it is in your powers to dissolve Parliament, just as it is in the power of the National Assembly to impeachment you for any constitutional breaches which you currently owe them. We all need to see you succeed but as i have always said, talk less and act more. You have our back Mr President
You are just bitter guys.
not as dull as u Mushota,by the way how is that pig you call a husband?i hope he is shugging your a.sss by now
Yes, you have nothing to worry about as you are a very tribal party from southern Province…wait till Sata moves capital to Choma and your tribalistic members start to see development!!!
Why has Kapita got cotton wool (khonje) above his ear?
Sata should just be careful…be very very careful. He shouldn’t take Zambians for granted. Zambia is bigger than just one person, even the president. He has some good policies, he shouldn’t let himself be distracted from his good mission by getting overzealous. The bottomline is he has less than 50% of support nationwide, both in parliament and the presidential votes. He won because of the nature of our electoral system, he didn’t win because most of the population wanted him. This is just fair criticism, and I’m not saying that he is completely bad. I just think that his good side will very soon be over-shadowed by the tactical blunders he is making. Unfortunately, people remember the bad sides more than the good sides…and that could play against him if he dissolved parliament…
Please UPND,… you are a MINORITY party. We are tired of your empty yapping. Kapita wanted a job as speaker, which he did and will NEVER get. One thing you must know UPND, HH will never rule Zambia. After PF will come people like Chipimo.
Dont be tribal stupit animal
@25
LOOOL that’s why he doesn’t listen…only takes ’em off when talking to HH!!!kekeke
SATA IS JUST PLAYING A CHILDISH GAME HE MUST NOT BE FOOLED BY HIS SIMPLE WIN, IN FACT HE NEVER SCORE ABOVE 50% TO HE IS A MINORITY PRESIDENT, LET HIM TRY AND HE WILL BE EMBARRASSED, ITS NOT NICE TO HAVE DICTATORS IN STATE HOUSE, SEE HOW THEY ARE HARASSING THE PRINT MEDIA THAT TRY TO HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS FROM THESE THUGS. IAM REALLY UPSET WITH THIS FLUKE GOVT
SORRY I MEANT HE NEVER SCORED ABOVE 50% MEANING ABOVE HALF THE COUNTRY REJECTED IT, TO ME HE IS SIMPLE MINORITY PRESIDENTS FOR BEMBAS AND A FEW SYMPATHISERS
i do honestly think the new govt. needs tu get its act together and stop politicing situations which shud be left in police hands. T hey will end up paying tu much in compensation and eventually lose what they were trying tu do.
How do u expect the opposition to react. Sata called it first they are just reacting. Thumbs up to Mr Sata fighting corruption but thumbs down in management. The fear that he is putting into his worker and opposition might result in him teasting his own medicine “Donchi kubeba”
UPND leadership appears shallow. Opposition is not about being unnecessarily aggressively confrontational, and it does not mean being “opposed”. All of you political parties are answerable to us the people, not to each other. PF is answerable to us the voters (and you also in your capacity as an individual citizen) not to your political party. I am the voter. I once voted for MMD, then for PF a few times until we won. I could also vote for you, but you have to show me better reason (and reasoning) than this.
Amwanta a Kapita, even the guy sitting next to you does not seem to believe you. He seems to be questioning your sanity. Zatenuku yuma yamaana. Oyu party yenu yinakang’anyi. Zatenuku nawantu acheng’i.
When parliament is dissolved ONLY parliamentary elections would be held. The president remains in power. Get your facts before you blog.
And do you think those of his MPs who will end up losing their seats because of his arrogance will love him for that? He is our president yes and we all wish him well because he has a heart for zambia. However, he can also be erratic and that will one day punish him. He needs to start acting like a president in a democratic country.
I am surprised someone called Moonga joining UPND has been called defecting.
hey world! its not about witch hunting, u have to understand democracy , not what all sata promises will be accomplished in the USA Obama seemed to walk on water @ first , the opposition almost blocked the health bill and now he seems jst to be sinking politically fingers crossed he wins the next terrm ,no dramas, so its kinda of new experience to zambia but dont hunt on trible or party grounds, democrats and republicans keep to there policies no blood. be happy ONE Zambia.
Why is it that some pipo cant just make a comment without adding tribe to it,#30 pliz it is not necessary.Back to the issue at hand i dont think desolving parliament is the answer,the president shud try to work hard and let the pipo judge these opposition parties,mind you five years is a very short period.
With due respect, I didn’t say anything about tribe in my comment. Correct that.
How i wish most pipo reasoned like #33,it is the pipo who matter the most and this thing of monitoring how CDF is being used is for the good of the pipo and shud be supported,because every voter needs to know how CDF, their money is being used regardless of what tribe,race or province you come from.It’s about time zambia grew up and forget about foolish things like tribalism and other rubish things,if HH,Chipimo,Magande,etc will sale themselves well they will get my vote coz what tribe they are does not matter.Sata sold himself well period and now let’s give him a chance to prove himself,only then can we judge him.
RK, HH’s attack dog. What a shame.
This UPND should understand what the Zambians want and that is exactly what President MC Sata, the visionary and genuinely patriotic leader, has set in motion to deliver. So leave him alone. Right now Zambians need to have there self esteem raised and I think MC is the currently the best to do just that. UNPD have failed under HH becase of his blind arrogance. By the way his is a complete constrast to inteligent Mazoka! Mr Richard Kapita and your UNDP allow HE Mr Sata to lead and if you don’t Zambians won’t forgive you. Chipimo & Magande arer coming.
You satan talking about impetchiment, do you know what we zambians are thinking, Mr. President will be supported through and through, if you dont like it go to hell, this is Sata’s time , mwacilamo ukutumpa bashetani. We stand a better chance to get 110 seats if parliament is dissolved, it will be like that if that is the way to go . You will see that even those people who made a mistake to vote for you UPND/ MMD will this time vote against you. Davies k\:d/
mr sata should know that the job opposition parties is to oppose him and he should be ready for that. but oposition parties should also excise proffesionalism in thier criticism. UPND are you going to fund the same elections? my TAX money will never be used for any by election
Opportunist mentality.You are preventing a check and balances committee to be formed so that public funds should be protected and used wisely without corruption and yet you say you will provide for checks and balances in the house.LooooooZa
We all know that UNDP are always prepared for election..cos they have mazabuka and choma covered…typical opportunists…
You are just ready to loose.I have come to believe that UPND, tribal party Cherises loses. Concentrate on National development, m****** mweee, not fake oppositions in the name of checks and balances. If HH become president, I will become Zimbabwean
HH will never be president of this good country called Zambia, monkey tricks will never be entertained,’ tribalism champion’. NEVER,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.
UPND, can only be ready for 20 seats in sothern. They bosted but only came out with 28 MPS. Overating will not take UPND any where near power.
BANTUSTAN
viva PF thy will fall to frustrate you PF. mmd and upnd have failed zambianms thy are thieves to hall mmd to hall upnd
A tonga leader wil b one of the best leaders in Zed. This is bcoz tongas are inteligent, hardworking, strong wiled & generally honest as compared to others. The problem now is upnd’s image is tarnished as a tribal/regional party. And as such it will b dificult for it to produce a Zed tonga president. UPND shud strategically select a diferent leader frm other tribes for now other than the bantu botatwe. When the time is ripe then bring a tongaman. As things stand HH wil not last the next 10 yrs in oposition. And depending on how he goes, he might go down with upnd.
#4 Maybe a yellow card this time can make the difference. What do u think?
Who will Vote for the Party that it’s President is protecting CORRUPTION? HH is protecting Mr Banda from the removal of his immunity, What is THAT? People voted for change and TRUTH on what happened to their National resources. UPND has shown to the Zambians that they are not for the people but but personal interests. Zambian have eyes and ears! HH alifaula pali PACT with the well known corrupt and failed party. VIVA SATA!
This clown said Sata was dying during his rally in Kafue and you think people have forgotten.
It reminds me when Kaunda failed to reason with Ian Smith and declared a State of Emergency and Smith UDI. Smith wanted to work with Zambia and promised that he would dismantle racism by 1975, but Kaunda went on and on about black power which polarized the whole region into liberation wars. To day the liberation war is corruption, and “UDI’ is re-elections. Sata is good but he should have learn t from Kaunda’s mistake, being that could he have handled Ian Smith’s UDI through the democratic process rather than a State of Emergency. Kaunda used the State of Emergency to hide his failing economy. Can Sata work out his policies with the current parliament through the existing democratic process to produce a stronger Zambia? If not we will all be losers.
Mr. Kapita, your party is ready for nothing but loss. UPND has no national appeal at all and if you cannot see this then you have a real problem at hand. You are popular only in a few districts of Zambia- this is what the last elections have shown us and nothing has happened between 20 Sept and now to change your fortunes. Show some maturity by supporting progressive policies of PF being brought to parliament. We know that even when you vote against progress you still get your pay check but think of the million Zambians who are currently suffering, who yearn for good policies which will uplift their living standards. If you cannot do that then you are not fit to be in parliament. We want progress from you honorables, that is what your title demands.
My advice to PF is this: If the opposition in parliament continues to cause us grief as a nation, please force a few by-elections and we will give you votes so that in a month or two you will have a reasonable majority to neutralizer the opposition’s filibustering tactics. Make sure you win in Chongwe, and wherever there will be by-elections and you will be home and dry.
#46 DAVIES K – You are making too many dangerous assumptions. The probability of PF losing seats if parliament was to be dissolved is equally high. Do not ever assume that everyone thinks the same way as you (however right you may be on an issue). After a few blundering pronouncements in his first month in office as president, I’m sure there are people who are now wondering if their vote went to the right person and may vote for an MP from a different party this time. I can assure you that those that voted for the opposition are now even more convinced that they voted correctly..after seeing some of Sata’s behaviour over the last few weeks and are not likely to vote PF. Politics is a strange animal. I personally would advise the President to chill and just carry on working.
My real contribution to this debate is this: So let Sata dissolve parliament, but for what reason? This is a trivial reason for which to dissolve parliament and end up Zambia spending billions of Kwacha on unnecessary by-elections throughout the country. If Sata did that and end up spending those billions, he would end up being the most irresponsible president that Zambia has ever had and people might never forgive him for that ever. Secondly, considering the calibre of ministers in his cabinet, zambia may never recover from such a massive expenditure as an economy and may trigger a serious economic downturn. Donors for sure would not fund such an unnecessary undertaking. Sata still lives in that past and that might prove costly for him soon…
It was stupid for Sata to have said this.He knows too well that not even half the number of voters voted for him.Its only oral incontinence otherwise he never meant what he said.Its clear either age or power drunkeness if influencing Sata to just bark anyhow.Am sure he wouldnt win elections if elections were to be held now.Chipimo is gaining ground from MMD and even PF
I HAVE 5 THINGS TO SAY ON THIS MATTER:
(1) WHY CAN’T PARTIES BE ALLOWED TO CONTRIBUTE MEMBERS OF THEIR CHOICE TO THESE COMMITTEES? (2) WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR PARTY IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE PROPOSED MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THAT YOUR PARTY VOTES AGAINST? (3) IS PAUL MOONGA A SANE PERSON FOR HIM TO ADVANCE SUCH A STUPID REASON FOR LEAVING A PARTY? HE HAS THE RIGHT TO ASSOCIATION AND OWES NOONE A REASON, SO NO REASON AT ALL IS A BETER REASON THAN SUCH A SILLY ONE!!
Good morning
Does Mr. Kapita know what he wants? He is daring the president to dissolve parliament and then turns around to say “such statements can scare away investors.”
While opposing government decisions is useful for the opposition in defining their own role in a democracy, UNPD & MMD would do well to cooperate instead of using parliament as a platform to snap at the heels of PF.
Republicans have also realised that America’s problems wont be fixed if they permanently shoot down Democratic bills, so they’re now cooperating with Obama. It’s important that the oppositon does not just keep an eye on the president but also listens to what the public is saying. Their most important role is to make sure that government delivers the needs and wants of the electorate.
Opposition please note;;;this is time for MCS to rule, please give him a chance. remember you are yaping with full stomachs but there are pipo who have zero food. we can trust this man coz he is doing what pipo want and is allergic to your way of life. stop the rot!
UPND seems to be totally out of touch of reality. If parliament is dissolved they are likely to lose all the seats in Northwestern and Western provinces and only retain those in the Southern province. Surely, Kapita should enlightened enough to know that the President’s threat to dissolve parliament is constitutionally correct.
No chance for you UPND. Just close the office.
Kaabaalwee at work! I said it HH is up to destroy our economy as long as sata and pf are rulling I haaaaaaateeeeee! This ngombe boy!
This time round if fresh electionz were held, PF would win 100+ seats. The UPND would be very lucky to win 20 seats.
What on earth is happening in zed?
Paul Moonga? Oh, he is Tonga. What a surprise!
Damn UPND and MMD losers???? can’t you just shut up, if you have the confidence let the president dissolve Parliament. You will see how your MPs will perform because your parties will lose more seats.
Don’t get it how some dull bloggers would call president SATA a dictator?? Do you understand or know what the word mean? Go to Zimbabwe for some lecture on dictatorship.
These UPND Chaps have nothing to offer Zambia only southern Province and HH.
How do you expect to rule a country when you are only popular in one part of the country?
I personally voted for Mazoka in 2001 simply because the man was a true zambian who believed in Zambia for all, not Zambia for Southern Province
Nice message from UPND Real Change, pa-Mano, team.
Let Sata MC Mr of PF realize that Zambia is not a dictatorship and is a democracy unlike his PF.
UPND continue preparing for tripartite elections or all by elections that will be coming soon.
OCTOPUS PAUL BWALYA, the world cup is very far away stop using juju,evil spirits,voodoo to talk about our president and pf. when used to win by 40 percent you never mocked them. what stopped upnd the bantustan party and its under 5 to win by 42 percent. Richard kapita you always put up a brave face tellin us the bantustan party is for elections when results your bantustan party’s share dwindles, so what are you telling us? stop fooling yourself.
CRY TH BELOVED COUNTRY – Get up, Standup if UPND has to survive.
Zambia still has a big problem ahead. Currently there’s not credible alternative to PF.
Currently UPND is still prostituting around. No party can win by simply taking advantage of another sickening party. It’s like a hyena following after an injured buffalo hoping to eat it once it is very weak. But with time it ‘d recover. The hyena will then go hungry and start looking for another animal looking sick. Eventually, the hyena itself will die of hunger and get eaten by wild dogs which have no patience to wait.
All UPND supporters need to analyze the situation, accept their mistakes and weaknesses and start building up from ground up. Floating around won’t take UNPD anywhere. TIME-TIME. Cont…
TIME-TIME. New parties are coming up with fresh agendas and ideas. UPND risks being swallowed in the history of time if its strategy is not reassessed.
Mazoka worked hard. Removed the stigma of tribe from the party. The party attracted many people an d supporters became confident. Alas! here comes HH constantly basing his decisions on tribes, not aware it is very detrimental to UPND. PF was a long way behind UPND/Mazoka. PF got focused and preached unit and embraced all. Never talked about tribes. UPND/HH wanted shortcut, the went out with any party they thought they could swallow. Today, UPND has contracted HIV and we don’t know how it will heal itself. Ask this question: Why was Mazoka so acceptable to all people North, South, East and West?
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Because he discussed issues and and moved away from using divide and rule. He helped to Unite people and not divide them. He criticized people based on each individual merits and not which part of Zambia one comes from.He rubbed shoulders with those who helped him present issues not hatred.
When Mazoka died, those who did not understand politics destroyed UPND in a short time. They gave it a bad name. Who was the first to cry tribal connotation in everything done in UPND? SAKWIBA SIKOTA. To-date SAKWIBA is still in political wilderness crying.
All Zambians and many independent southerners are wondering the direction on UPND.
Time will tell. It is now or never.
All UPND supporters should swallow pride, take the bull by its horn and speak the truth.
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I know some wont buy it, but it is good to face reality than to follow someone’s dream into oblivion.
We all need credible opposition, but UPND is not positioning itself for that. Every sensible person knows when to speak or keep silent.
UPND should re-brand itself. Five years is very long so UPND should come back in a positive way, help PF build a frame work for development and then campaign to show people what they can do after the people have seen them in a positive light. Currently, UPND should openly join PF in fighting corruption, even champion it so that all corrupt practices are attended to. Work with PF to plan Infrastructure development for whole Zambia. Help workers and the poor. These are ways to make UPND come back.
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Fighting PF from first day in power is a fast lane to political archives.
I beg all UPND supporters to read this and think about it. If we all speak with one voice, then UPND will come back instead of sinking.
AMEN
checks and balances for real..the pf cadres are no longer drunk..its has dawned on them that they wioll not get their more money coz its no money in your pockets..
If you have never heard how an ***** thinks, well now you have. This is the mind of dire looser who has lost miserably and redoing everything is welcome because it posses them a chance to grasp at something even when they know that the result wouldn’t be any better in fact would be much worse because they will end up loosing even our southern provice which they think they own. Mr President disolve parliament and the revolution would be even bigger. It is clear the UPND will never have national appeal they are bent on just causing confussion. They had a chance to be part of governance andthey blew it. A sad end for a once popular party.
MMD = Plunder of national resources, hooliganism, poverty, unemployment, corruption, cadrism violence, underdevelopment, high taxes, self worship……endless.
UPND = MMD
If a general election is called, MMD will be hurt the most because resources for campaign are limited in supply…UPND is likely to keep its numbers but PF will have an outrught majority.
I can imagine what would have been of parliament had this quack called Kapita gone through as Speaker of Paliament. God have mercy …..
UPND pls stop that you chancers. You have been in opposion longer than PF, give them chance to work. For MMD, UPND want to take over u. They will gain some of MMD seats. MMD will finish completely as for PF they will gain more than any other party and will have a majority in parliament. Ba Kapita you wont gain anything u will jst waste ourb Taxes. Thank GOD you aint speaker of the house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its ironic that human beings can change positions so easily. 2 months ago, PF were in opposition, and they were a needle in the flesh of the government of the day. You could hear Given Lubinda tear the MMD to pieces, and people cherished it because he was objective. Now that positions have changed, anyone who opposes anything wrong that PF does is called names. Why has so much mud been thrown at HH even when the poor soul has no idea what is going on? If our democracy is ever going to grow, we must learn to accept each other’s divergent views and live as zambians who are united in diversity. I do not agree with people calling UPND and MMD as frustrating government efforts for shooting down Chikwanda’s PAC motion. continued…..
The President made a constitutional error by scrapping the ST position without consultation. What they were saying simply is, Mr President, we wont allow you to rule this country the way you were running your party. Get on with the job and stop being emotional. In case PF supporters don’t know, the President has made so many mistakes including:
1. Scrapping ST position
2. Replacing directors at Zesco without advertising the positions
3. Telling the world that Zambia was supplying arms to UNITA (intelligence privilege)
4. Merging ministries without approval from the legislature ( they corrected it later)
5. Accusing a foreigner of buying gold illegally before all facts are know
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What am saying is, there is nothing wrong in people having divergent views. You cannot always agree. Its not a monopoly for PF to run Zambia the way they see fit. Its our contry all of us. If PF has numbers, let then continue making those changes which they con make without anyone stopping them even if those are mistakes. But as for issues of national interest, they will be oppossed until they learn to consult even those they feel they cannot work with because after all, they are in the business together.
Pls PF, stop being emotional, we all voted for the President, but that does not mean that we can just watch him change this country to his liking even when we have a constitution to guide how we conduct ourselves.
Long live President, Long live a vibrant opposition to offer checks.
Is it true that Sata has appointed Xavier Chungu the fogery convict as PS Northern Province and Emmanuel Mwamba Chiluba’s press aid as PS Northern Province. If this is true then l wasted my vote on this guy and am afraid at the rate we are moving, Zambians may just live to regret their decision.
Michael Sata is a hypocrite.He knows he cannot dissolve parliament; his PF party will not win presidential,parliamentary and local government elections because the electorate now knows that Sata is a liar with no leadership qualities.His ministers are failing to defend his useless policies.Hakainde Hichilema and the UPND should continue exposing Sata’s lies and poor governance.