Patriotic Front (PF) Media director Sunday Chanda says the decision by the opposition UPND to successfully kill Bill 10 which meant well, has killed the dreams of the youth, women as well as the disabled whose representation in parliament would have increased.
And Mr Chanda has emphasised and clarified that Bill 10 had nothing in it to advantage one party over another and neither was it linked to President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility as being portrayed,but was being supported to ensure that the country’s governance system is enhanced at various levels.
Speaking this morning when he featured on “Let the People Talk Programme” on Radio Phoenix, Mr Chanda said the opposition lost an opportunity to address the many constitutional issues by ignoring what the bill wanted to address such as succession wrangles among traditional leaders, application of the public order act, delimitation of vast constituencies among other very progressive provisions.
Mr Chanda however said the UPND’s decision to celebrate the failure of bill 10 is not a guarantee that they will be victorious in next year’s elections and further wondered how they will stand before multitudes of the youth, women and the disabled to tell them how they killed their dream of increasing their participation in governance matters through a constitutionally backed representation in parliament.
“We had clauses in the bill such as the introduction of deputy ministers which we as the PF did not support but the bill had a lot of very progressive issues which unfortunately the UPND decided to ignore but chose to sacrifice national interests for the sake of politics and instead of embracing consensus” Mr Chanda observed adding that no constitution is cast in stone but requires unified parliamentary participation to amend to improve it.
He questioned what kind of democracy espouses to sacrifice national interests for the sake of partisan interests as evidenced by the conduct of the UPND when they similarly successfully managed to kill the 2016 referendum which would have increased the rights to education, health shelter among others.
“If democracy entails that you have to shoot down the referendum, if it entails that you have to kill progressive bills, then I doubt if I can support that type of democracy” Mr Chanda said adding that the UPND have shown recklessness by ignoring the important aspect of constitutional reforms which President Edgar Lungu has shown so much commitment to.
Nothing surprises us about a party like upnd which puts political interests before country
The nation doesn’t you guys in power anymore Kaizer! Can’t you get it in your head you freak!!!!!
No Sunday you have it all wrong
In BILL 10 Zambia killed the dreams of a dictator to rule people who have refused is over stayed welcome….
The sooner you get that the better….. Zambians are intelligent enough to read your lies.
A few more months and you and your empty jacket in statehouse will be history
Its very clear that you little men have been rattled.
You go and hold a convention and see what will happen…….
Dream on ashore…you got caught paints down…the end is near.
You don’t need Bill 10 to do all those things!
These are little boys in men always crying! First they were bragging about numbers in parliament, now it’s UPND this and that.
Edgar Lungu wanted a third term bid. These evil people in PF.
PF must go!
Ba PF is your adoption process for the MPs in the hands of UPND? its your responsibility to adopt women, youth and disabled at party level and campaign for them to be in parliament, thats how a mixed member representation will be achieved.
Iye uluse ba pf. Can you please stop crying over spilt milk.
Justify why you want to rule until 2026 because the people of Zambia have more reasons to terminate your existence for good.
Development doesn’t come from having a few useful idyotis shouting yah, yah, yah! in Parliament. What has killed people’s hope is PF’s reckless borrowing and haphazard management of the economy. The nation is on its knees because of grand corruption and pilferage. How was Bill 10 going to prevent the illegal transfer of black lechwe to private game ranches? How was Bill 10 going to stop the plunder of mukula? How was Bill 10 going to ensure that those that were involved in the purchase of 42 wheelbarrows at $1M each account for their misdeeds? If Bill 10 didn’t address these issues then it’s good to be used as tissue. People of Zambia, if you had doubts about a lack of ideas in the PF, there you have the proof. The whole Party put hope in a flawed bill and now they’re stuck. They…
The Youth,Women n disabled should always be taken care off regardless of Bill 10, Indeed , you don’t need bill 10 to do all that…please iwe Sunday.At the rate you’re going mukomfwako ati we need Bill 15 to buy medicine in hospitals….be serious bane.No Bill 10= THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. In fact you tried so hard because Bill 10 died long time ago in July. CREMATE IT THIS TIME, don’t exhume it as you did trying to force it down our throats …twakana!
Even without Bill 10 Lazarus Tembo was appointed minister by KK. So what’s this nonsense you are telling the disabled that they need Bill 10 to receive public services?
Munapaye. It has died. No one asked for it. The birth of your evil bill 10 was to kill UPND and burry the 2016 confusions. But now as they say umulandu taubola, we shall ask for the Commission of enquiary after 2021 elections to probe Lungu when his immunity has been revolked.
Nowonder you are saying ba UPND will arrest us when they form government. Its not UPND but the law of ZAMBIA.
Most bitter tablets are sugar coated bill10 was sugar coated the good outside and the bitter inside
As others have said a party Constitution can nominate youths, women and physically challenged, you do not a constitutional amendment.
The truth behind Bill 10 was perpetuate the rule of PF,and it’s not only UPND who saw through this,why can’t Sunday comment on LAZ,CCZ and others position?
Can we forget this chi Bill 10 and move on? I’m tired of hearing about it day in and day out, like a broken record. Let bygones be bygones already. Let’s talk economic upsurge, national prosperity instead. Zambia deserves much more than boxing bills through parliament and then spending time to analyze why, how and what went wrong when the bills flop. Leave such luxury debate to developed countries where people are saturrated with easy life and have nothing else to do… our people need solutions not bills. Jobs, opportunities and food on the table!
Please people forgive this red-lipped serpent. He is still in denial and can’t believe what has befallen their evil party. Still crying like constipated little puppies….Kikikikiki
The mourning continues. The truth is that the current law allows the youth, women and disabled to participate in national affairs, the onus is on each party to adopt them, so let’s confuse people.
Actually even the public order act is a very good legislation if not abused by the Police. The act says people intending to assemble only need to notify the Police, and NOT to get a permit from the Police. The public order act did not even require bill 10, all that is required is for the Police to be professional, period.
I heard a deputy secretary general of some party say those that have been in parliament for a long time should give way to the youth, now this is ignorance of the highest order, democracy does not work like that madam, the people in parliament will be whoever people want, for easy understanding, whether tall, short, dark, old, youth,disabled, in parliament for ever, as long as people choose somebody they want, that is democracy, there is no other route, sorry. Free education here
Monday stop your barking and misleading gullible people. Youth, disabled and women can still be represented in parliament without bill 10. All it requires is conviction from the President. Even now your president has the chance to nominate the youth, disabled or women in parliament but he chooses to nominate snakes like nakachinda so whose fault is that?
Kwena ba LT, you even managed to pick something positive from what this said morning? His saliva dried to justify his position. By the way, was bill10 just about the youth and disabled?
These guys have nothing to do The bill is now the thing of the past. Why can’t you move on?
In Eastern province we say olila samugwila pakamwa. Let them mourn. And strategically they are just mentioning the piece which talks about youth, women and the disabled. They are not talking about the junk which was placed in that bill that poisoned even the good ones.
I am PF but I should confess our chi party is finished. Dollar is going to K25, how do I convince people. Meanwhile ministers and paid civil society are falling all over themselves crying over bill 10. Don’t blame UPND, blame democracy. You lost the vote democratically in parliament, so why blame another party.
And PF will rub it in. Upnd has created fodder for a PF campaign onslaught. Rural dwellers will not like this message and how it affects them. All Sunday Chanda is emphasising is that politics is not personal but sharing of ideas. Upnd should have prepared solid counter arguments against the non-progressive clauses and sensitised their supporters and constituents thoroughly. They would have been seen as a progressive and positive political grouping who mean well for Zambians. But like the Bill of Rights they deprived our future generations of, upnd don’t mean well for this country.
“…how they(upnd) will stand before multitudes of the youth, women and the disabled to tell them how they killed their dream of increasing their participation in governance matters through a constitutionally backed representation in parliament….”
Sunday just try another strategy for your lazy sleepy boss, you can fooooool him with mobs for hire in PF chitenge NOT us … you silly boy!!
No Sunday Chanda. UPND killed your dreams and that of your entire PF team
Ba Sunday please stop crying over spilt milk. Go back to the drawing board and review your failed plan to convince the electorate for 2021.
UPND killed our dreams because they wanted to fulfill their own dream.
I wonder how all points mentioned in bill-10 were wrong. If it was bad then 105 MPs wouldn’t have voted in favour of the bill.
PF said they had the numbers, what happened? The don’t kubeba hit them?
It is 100% true that from day one UPND was against the bill only because it was introduced by the PF government.
In political rivalry women, youths and disabled people lost. And UPND members were doing party because they feel that they had defeated PF but actually they crushed our dreams.
It is temporary happiness for UPND, let them enjoy it. We will see their crying faces when PF will win in the 2021 elections.
The failure of Bill 10 killed the dreams of one disabled president.
Doreen – Bills dont just spring up like mushrooms…go back to NDF and recall where it started PF pretended to throw a forum full of their ow bootlickers like that rat Tayali
we gong’ad our selves by voting for ba mwankole. thank God, 2020 is almost over.