The People’s Alliance for Change is surprised that President Edgar Lungu is casting the blame on some church officials and traditional leaders for the recent spate of mob attacks that have left at least 50 people dead countrywide.
Party President Andyford Banda says his party is taken aback by the President’s utterances targeted at the Church and the Traditional Leaders when he updated the nation on the progress made in the application of national values and principles instead of uniting the nation.
Mr Banda said such statements have potential to further divide the nation because the accused groupings are key to the promotion of peace and unity in the nation.
“President Edgar Lungu has time and again called on the same Church and traditional leaders to give counsel to politicians on various national issues and we are surprised that today he is blaming them over gassing”, he said.
Mr Banda said the attacks on citizens suspected to have been behind the chemical spraying was as a result of frustration caused by the failure of the police to arrest the situation when it started in Chingola.
He said instead of finger-pointing, the President should, therefore, engage the Church and Traditional Leaders on the need for them to start educating their subjects and congregants on the importance of not taking the law in their own hands.
Meanwhile Mr Banda said President Lungu’s intentions to set up a Commission of Inquiry in the gassing of citizens will be a sheer waste of resources considering that the country is broke.
He said Zambia currently Zambia currently is facing a lot of challenges that require attention from government other than a Commission of Inquiry on gassing.
He said the President should therefore allow the security wings to conclude their investigations on the matter.
Mr Banda said the constituting of a Commission of Inquiry will be passing a vote of no confidence in the Security Wings who have indicated that they are making progress in concluding investigations and bringing the culprits to book.
Well said some PF leaders are just irritating. Commission of enquiry over the self made gassers by PF is a sheer waste of time and resources. By the way these commissions are just a way of stealing cash from the government. We have seen none of such enquiries coming up with reasonable findings. I get irritated whenever PF form such commissions of enquiry and I am sure a lot of us get irritated. I am still wondering how we found ourselves in such a mess with PF.
Disaster!!!!
Some headmen , some councillors are involved in nob justice. They have to be pointed out and brought to justice and also made an example. This business of criticizing someone for calling a spade what it is , is wrong
Going by Pareto principle also known as the 80/20 rule for those that have mastered problem solving, it’s becoming clear that Lungu has become Zambians main problem.
Ask yourselves how did he find himself patronising or being captured by the best dictators on the continent – Robert Gabriel Mugabe and Yoweri Kaguta Museveni .
ALN in the head. Absolute hogwash!
Lungu must know who is behind this gassing.
In the meantime, Sparks is a hotel somewhere enjoying slay queens.
This is what happens when you make pacts with the devil.
We do not need such in our Zambia.
Mu7 of Uganda wants company. Even dictators can be lonely. Mugabe planted a bad seed in his country. I don’t see Zimbabwe becoming a normal country again any time soon.
We have been telling you.
They also blame the opposition for the poor economic performance of Zambia
It’s KZ
Lastly, P.F, KUYABEBELE!