Grand Coalition says it will not take part in the proposed constitution Indaba because it will not yield anything positive.
Coalition Spokesperson McDonald Chipenzi said the PF Government has continued to keep the Constitution under lock and key something he said makes the indaba ill~conceived & misplaced.
He observed that government has been insincere on the constitution making process hence making it difficult for stakeholders to believe that the proposed summit will yield anything positive in the absence of the final draft being released.
“The insincerity on the part of the Executive in this process has eroded stakeholders’ confidence and trust hence the reservation by majority stakeholders that there would be no meaningful dialogue on the constitution in the absence of the final draft constitution being released to the Zambian people,” Mr Chipenzi said.
He further said government’s uncompromising stance on engaging in dialogue with stakeholders has dampened the morale for the grand coalition members to participate in the summit without the release of the final draft constitution.
Mr Chipenzi further said the zeal to embrace the spirit of give and take has been dampened as stakeholders do not know the contents of the draft constitution.
“This also has dampen the zeal to embrace the spirit of give and take as there will be nothing to take or give out because we do not know the contents of the final draft constitution.
“Our standpoint is that consensus and unity will only be achieved once government becomes magnanimous and releases the draft constitution to the Zambian people which it has kept under key and lock since December 31, 2013,” Mr Chipenzi added.
He however said the Coalition will continue to call for the Constitution to be released immediately.
The coalition has joined other stakeholders who have shunned the constitution summit proposed by Southern African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes which is slated for 30th April 2014 in Lusaka
Ba president sata please open your eyes you have more enemies in pf than in upnd and mmd your own so called senior officials are doing a serious donchi kubeba on you …Friendly warning from hh tubulu supporter
LET THEM SHUN ALL THEY WANT, WE DNT CARE. ATTEND OR NOT, WEITHER INDABA GETS CANCELLED OR NOT, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH WORK
And dont rush to the media crying like babies,why not use this opportunity to voice out your concerns? This is how useless our so called opposition and ngos have become.