President Edgar Lungu has challenged the legal fraternity to freely engage him on pressing national issues rather than assuming an opposition stance.
And President Lungu says Government is doing everything possible to ensure a free and fair 2021 general election.
Speaking when he met the new Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) President Abyudi Shonga at State House today, President Lungu said lately some senior lawyers have taken to attacking his government publicly without formally writing to him and advising on pressing national issues.
The President also bemoaned the unwarranted attacks against institutions such as the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) with no evidence of their incompetence or fraud.
He asked LAZ to take a leading role in protecting institutions of governance.
The President also said conditions on who assumes the office of State Counsel need revision to enhance dignity.
And the LAZ President said for the Association to effectively carry out its mandate, it needs close collaboration with Government.
Mr. Shonga asked President Lungu to accord the Association an open-door policy so that it can have an input on various pressing national issues such as the rule of law.
He said the constitution-making process is of importance to the Association and that LAZ intends to continue engaging the Government on the matter.
Mr. Shonga said the Association will engage various political players on the importance of having stability in the country and ensuring that things are done in a correct manner so that citizens are not disenfranchised in the 2021 general elections.
So this new guy went to register his support to the president…. And the president is indirectly attacking John Sangwa. Thus y we don’t have independent organs in this country ….. Chalo ichi
The next President must remove the partisan lens and be objective. He thinks any advice and criticism is opposition. And by the way when is this President starting to work. Second worst performing currency IN THE WORLD, and you want to come back. To come and do what mbuya…
So this guy went to register his support to the ECL.. and the president is attacking John Sangwa indirectly
We used to have a slogan called Zambia in the sun, it seems the “u” in the sun has been turned to “i”
baKeteka beve chabe awe mwandi.
Very wise word coming from the eagle 1 lawyer. Engagement is vital. We need to do away with the upnd culture of criticism and confrontation.
Very wise word coming from the eagle 1 lawyer. Engagement is vital. We need to do away with the upnd culture of criticism and confrontation. Amen
Very wise word coming from the eagle 1 lawyer. Engagement is vital. We need to do away with the upnd culture of criticism and confrontation. Lusakatimes basop with this website. Bangwele imwe. Ah nalema with this chi site !!!
This President is so preoccupied with opposition, nefishilingile sure
Jameson ati work
The worst President, objectively judging by economic indicators, accountability and governance issues. And this is with due respect
He has broken the laws several times what engagement is talking about?
Thieves must go!
ECZ demonstrated its incompetence during the 2016 Elections. There are numerous illegalities and irregularities committed by ECZ during that Election. Talk of fake Lundazi Election results, fake Constituencies, no Gen 12 at Polling Stations etc. If ECL seriously wants undisputed Elections Results in 2021 then Commissioners at ECZ have to be replaced with new ones who have Professional Intergrity. Chairman of ECZ Justice Chulu must go becoz he cannot be trusted to conduct free,fair,transparent and credible Elections in Zambia. In Malawi the Malawi Electoral Commission was reconstituted leading to a Credible Presidential Election Re-run. Zambia should learn from Malawi’s experience in Electoral Management. The writing is on the wall.
The man don’t give a damn about the dead MPs. He shouldn’t be doing anything, but being respect.
And you suckers are even naming babies after him.
This president is a knockoff, please vote with your brains next year.
What kind of a leader is this who is afraid of giving a free for all questions press conference ????
What is he afraid of ?
Is he afraid incase someone asks him how he earned $2.3 million after 18 months in office or what ???
You are supposed to be a lawyer , lungu , talking and taking questions should be second nature to you……
have you stolen too much to face the press ???
This bum has to go ASAP
Lusakatimes, moderating a boss like me who holds so much power, you must be very brave. This time I don’t want your apologies
Lusakatimes, moderating a boss like me who holds so much power, you must be very brave. This time I don’t want your apologies. Amen
Lusakatimes, moderating a boss like me who holds so much power, you must be very brave. This time I don’t want your apologies. Amen mwev
Lungu was removed from LAZ register because of stealing a widows benefits and Sata pardoned him however did LAZ reinstate or pardon him? I am sure the LAZ membership still sees him as dishonest and a blemish to the lawyer profession! LAZ president besought respect for rule of law and meaning he should have reminded the president that “No one is above the law!”
And this is a comment from a failed and corrupt so called lawyer from chawama streets, this man is the epitome of 5tupidity
PF must go or zambia dies
I guess even when he goes to the toilet he is always thinking of opposition. Zambians you picked a president not fit even to be a head of department in any institution. Data thought because he was a lawyer he had something tangible he could offer. As a minister what work did he do? He is very useless
Ba Lungu twasebana pafula as PF ,ngamwalikwata amano, please resign and don’t stand for next years general election .There is nothing you are doing for zambians at this time
FUMANCHU,I MORE THAN 100% AGREE WITH U
HE WANTS THE LEARNED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN TO SEAT ON THEIR LAURELS SO THAT HE CAN ACT WITH IMPUNITY LIKE PF CADRES DO AT INTERCITY. FELL INTO THE WRONG JOB, YOU NEED TO BE TRANSPLANT AND ACCOUNTABLE TO THE ZAMBIANS. THAT’S WHY YOU GET FREE MEAL MEAL, ACCOMMODATION, TRANSPORT, SECURITY, TISSUE …
LEAVE ZAMBIA BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT.
I have been wondering why it is taking so long to honor the father of democracy in Zambia, he fought all the way through to bring about democracy in Zambia , but it seems as if he did nothing : to open up people to free speech and freedom of doing business for Zambians and building their own businesses .
Why are people so in grateful to doing the right thing.
FTJ deserves to be honored in all wisdom, you all enjoy democracy which you never fought for and you turn a blind eye to the champion who won you what you are basking in to day. !
Okay, so what happened to the directive of the Ministers staying in power after dissolution of Parliament? The Speaker taking over when a petition is lodged? The illigal arrest of Mtembo Nchito and his dismisal? The appointment of Concourt judges without meeting the requirements and provisions of the construction? All these are areas where he was engaged and written to. Stop playing politics, because even in politics you are a failure. Your strengths are in corruption, looting, masterminding violence on the opposition, abusing power, terrorising citizens and undermining the constitution and bringing down the country’s economy to zero.
Only go engage him after they are TAMED…
BIG MAN LIKES BOOT AND ASS LICKERS TOO MUCH…
IF ONE CHALLENGES HIM NINSHI CHAPWA…
@Mwenya, boot and ass licking are features of corruption.
OK now after meeting His Excellency Edgar Lungu, Abyudi Shonga should meet the other presidents, starting with his excellency Hakainde. This is necessary to clip some bloated egos. For some reason HE Chagwa thinks that presidency means that everything should revolve around him, I wonder how he will survive when he leaves state House, or will he?
LAZ messed up by removing Lungu from the bad lawyers after he stole cash from his client. Now we have noted that he is now stealing not from one Zambian, but from all of us via his associates in government. The guy has grown even firmer by not dismissing the thugs like Chilufya facing courts on corruption charges. He is comfortable sitting with such thugs in his cabinet when all world’s good practices require the guy being taken to court to be suspended or fired from public service. LAZ is now walking on a tight rope because it has not sold its soul to the devil. Perhaps this Shonga regime at LAZ may be the legal partner in doing evil with the PF. It is comon knowledge that the PF sponsored some people to the Avani AGM this year. And Shonga rushing off to State House to pay homage to a…
He critised the role of the state cousel (obviously ref to John Sangwa) lest did he forget that late LPM was not siding with Unip govt at the time they fought for multipartism and the repealing of article 4 in the constitution. If LPM didnt didnt do his role as lawyer there was not going to be multiparty and voting could have been one man against a frog and Mmd or Pf could not have been known by now.
To have Good Governance u need checks and balances. We need an Independent Judiciary and Parliament to hold the Executive to account. The Problem in Zambia is that ECL has captured the Judiciary and Parliament. Hence there is no Respect for Constitutionalism, Rule of Law, Good Governance and Human rights in Zambia under the PF Govt. We need strong Institutions to preserve Constitutionalism in Zambia. With a President with a Criminal Record Zambia will remain a failed State. The 2021 Elections presentan opportunity for Zambians to kick out of Power the Corrupt ECL and PF Regime.