The Non Governmental Coordinating Council (NGOCC) says it is convinced beyond doubt that the people of Zambia will never be given a new Constitution because the party in power is allegedly supercilious.
And NGOCC Board Chairperson Beatrice Grillo has told Qfm News in an interview that if government delivers the Constitution towards the general election it will be considered as a political gimmick.
Ms. Grillo says this is especially that it is a known fact that there are a number of contentious issues that the Patriotic Front (PF) government is allegedly avoiding in the final draft constitution.
She says it is also for this reason that her organization maintains that unless the PF government is forced, it will not deliver a people driven constitution before 2016.
Anti-Voter Apathy (AVAP) has implored Parliamentarians to push for the enactment of the Constitution so as to ensure that there are more Constituencies in the Country by 2016.
AVAP Executive Director Richwell Mulwani says electorates have for a long time raised complaints over the distance covered in certain polling stations.
Mr. Mulwani cites out Mapatisia Constituency were electorates from Pukuma Village cover forty kilometers when going to cast their vote at the nearest polling station which is in chalimongela.
He notes therefore that it is imperative that the Electoral Commission of Zambia considers putting a tent in Mafikili so that the people coming from simulampa are able to vote form Mafikili as it is easy to identify a Church or a School in the area.
The AVAP Executive Director states that despite article seventy seven of the Constitution of Zambia providing only one hundred and fifty Constituencies in the Country, it is imperative that the Constitution is amended so as to ensure that the number of Constituencies is increased thereby allowing all people vote in the country.
Just wasting time trying to convince this PF government to do anything. We are better off just keeping quiet and watch them self distract. somebody must make a movie; “crouching tiger, hidden president” starring Charlie Sexx
This statement is inaccurate and I know with every fibre of my being that the
Constitution will be released but at a time which this great government see suit.
Wanting to expeditite that document without a worthwhile reasons is simply a scandal.
Why now and not next year for instance? Somethings are best allowed not to put a date by.
This woman is probably someone who knows UPND and or their president
Her comments should be condemned with the contempt they deserve.
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Mushota or whatever you call yourself, I stopped reading your comments along time ago because you come up with the most *****icc drivel ever seen on this website. You are nothing but a clown. I just saw your silly avatar and posted this. I would much rather deal with Saulosi because he seems to have a genuine love for Sata and PF.
@mushota.even if iam as educated as Sata(G7) iam able to tell that you aint a PHD holder because of your limping english.do some tuitions in english or speak to a lot of english people and I guese you will improve.
Debo I don’t know you. And probably rightfully so. It’s your prerogative to answer to whoever you choose. Stop mentioning my name you awe unworthy of my awesomeness.
I hope you will not mention me again. Enjoy your substandard life
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Ganja. Indeed you think I will ‘guese’ to
Improve whatever that means.
My English is brilliant, worthy of my high standard education. You are free to check it all the time and report any corrections.
Mind you, you won’t be the last one.
I am very good at everything I do and I don’t need anyone, let alone you to correct me. Join the club, I am not here to make friends but to seek justice and the truth.
I am one of a kind and consider yourself fortunate the great me replied to you. Unlike the other rep above you unworthy of a response from the awesome me 🙂
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Ganja Farmer you are absolutely correct, this thing claims all sorts of qualification but it’s written vocab tells a story of a grade 10. Ati PhD this and that when nobody has asked you. Many bloggers on here have various qualifications and achievements in life but they do not mention them because nobody has asked and it is nobody’s business but theirs. Even going out with a white person is an achievement for this waste of space. SMH
The constitution will be delivered by PF but govt will not yield to undue pressure from disgruntled and mentally challenged people like Beatrice
It was very clear even before PF came in power that their promises were futile. Explain to me how in Zambia you can put money in people’s pockets in 90 days, increase civil servants’ salaries and reduce income tax blah blah blah. It’s so embarrassing because we are a country with so many educated people and yet fell for this scam. Duped and robbed in broad day light!
Sata has Ebola. Stay away from him. It is not Cancer, it is Ebola.
Hypocrites always begin to read a book at the chapter that suits their propaganda needs.That explains how PF sold its hollow 2011 campaign promise on the constitution.
Give me an example that lived and implemented all their
Elections promises enksha
It is a way of life. You promise big things and you ‘try’ to do them.
A reliable Cambridge extrapolation I used suggested that PF have implemented 76% of their pre elections promises under sata unlike 43% under Chiluba. 39% under mwanawasa and a poultry 30% under Banda.
Who is impressive ?
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Yaba ati “my english is brilliant”. Ba PHD poultry? What have domesticated birds and RB have in common. It’s paltry you foool, and you can’t call that a typo.
@Mushota
Having a PHD is unfortunately not a measure of someone’s intelligence, but rather a measure of someone’s hard work.
Why do you portray yourself as a deluded bigoted shemale?
Its impossible for satanzee ( according to ndobo) to bring anything meaningful to Zambia,his goal was to die as a president.Zambians are sleepy people,next time we shall be told satanzee is the eternal president of pf and foolish mushota will accept that
PF are thieves. they robbed my parents servant quarters. my poor father now sleeps on the floor with termites as his neighbors. evans mfula reporting live from lusaka
evaduco is a scam people
Mushota*****!*****!*****
NGOCC, there is nothing they talk about. They only want to exist by saying something so that they are heavily funded. all of them are as fat as cows.
Government ya bufi
Grillo one side you are advocating for new constitution the other side you advocating for Barotseland. You want to eat with both hands. WENA SHILUMBA.
Please cant you talk about social issues seriously affecting our communities like early marriages, teen alcohol abuse and pregnancies? People don’t eat and live the constitution. Its just a list of laws that can be manipulated by the powers that be to suit their agenda. Don’t be like a buffalo that runs away from a lion only to stop and start staring back at it.
It is now more evident more than ever that there is no political will to have a new constitution
Well spoken NGOCC this govt is a batch of liars. There is need to begin to advocate for them to give back the money they spent on the constitution making process! We need to make them accountable for wasting that money since they are taking too long to realize the document! 90 days has turned to what…. days? Abashi PF! Enough is enough!
…AT LEAST WE ARE SEEING DEVELOPMENT. ANYWAY, PLEASE CONTINUE MAKING NOISE AS THAT IS THE ONLY THING YOU ARE GOOD AT
people like Mushota are like empty vessels; they make the most noise.I am yet to read a comment from this Mushota that contributes or debates against the topic. NOW SHIFTING FROM THIS BRAINLESS TWIT MUSHOTA, yes i totaly agree with Brillo about the constitution never to be given by the PF they have too much to lose. Nevertheless it is our right to ask for it.