The Oasis Forum has expressed worry that the ongoing constitution making process runs a risk of failure due to government’s lack of political will.
And the Oasis Forum has demanded that government publishes a detailed breakdown of how the K95 billion released for the work of the technical committee has been spent.
Addressing a media conference in Lusaka today, Oasis Forum Spokesperson Fr. Cleophas Lungu said it is a matter of concern that the whole process of constitution making process runs the risk of failure.
Fr. Lungu said the Forum is concerned that government is failing to positively respond to what well-meaning Zambians have been demanding thus far.
He said consensus building is at the heart of any constitution making process adding that adopting a secretive and know it all attitude is a recipe for disaster.
Fr. Lungu said government should immediately start the process of putting together a constitution bill which will give legal backing to the ongoing process.
He said having an Act of Parliament to govern the process would protect the entire constitution making process of political manipulation.
Fr. Lungu said the likelihood of political manipulation is still there especially that the final report would be present to the President and his cabinet.
Meanwhile, Fr. Lungu says the Forum is concerned over the lack of transparency in the utilization of public funds allocated for the constitution making process.
He said despite several promises from officials like the Minister of Justice, the budget of the Committee has to date not been published.
“We wish to restate our call that the budget for the whole process must be made public with immediate effect in the spirit of promoting transparency and accountability in the utilization of public resources,” Fr. Lungu said.
“We are of the strong view that the said budget be published showing the source of the K95 billion, the budget lines and what amounts are being used for the personnel, printing of various materials and the organisation of district, provincial , national and sector conventions.”
And Fr. Lungu has raised concern that the PF government is becoming more intolerant to divergent views.
He said the manner in which UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has ill-treated at a police station is a clear sign that the PF government is becoming intolerant to divergent views.
what the hell are you chaps doing, this thing has been in process for years when is it going to be implemented??? I think people are just making money out of the whole thing coz there are no results. People are beeing paid for sitting and not doing anything useless
Now the Church has started controlling the Police Force party Wapya Munzi!!!! pop corn must be bought!!!
The process has been fraudulant from its conception. The chiluba, the Mwanawasa and now the Sata Consitutional Review commissions are all being done not with the interest of the Zambian people but rather for their own poverty alleviation programmes. It is all fraud and a real sham.
Police Force (PF) party . kikikikikikikiki
It’s all about making more money not about constitution makig process. By the way what are they making,their main job was to compare and compile,that was all. But Silungwe and his bunch of misdirected lawyers are busy makig more money in their pockets.
CNP
Oh! # 6, you remind me of some old care free man addressing workers on national issues in Lusaka at lunch time. The man predicted typical current CNPs. Today Zambians are more aware of political manipulations and hold political leaders to account their promises to the nation. Viva Zambian watchdog, the media to depend upon on relvelations and transparency.
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