Opposition Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) has accused the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) Government of not attaching the importance that public offices deserves.
And the opposition party says the PF’s continued stay in office is a serious liability to the nation.
Speaking in an interview FDD spokesperson Antonio Mwanza has noted that the PF has turned the governance of the country into child’s play and a platform for looting public resources and sharing the nations resources in the name of working for the people.
He observed that in a country with so many serious social and economic challenges there is no way one person can be holding 6 serious posts as is the case with the acting president Edger Lungu who is also the Minister of Justice and Defence adding that Mr. Lungu is no super human to also be the Secretary General of the PF, MP for Chawama and Chairperson for Discipline in his party.
He wondered if Mr. Lungu even has time for any of the offices saying the man could just be pretending that he is a hard work when he is actually doing nothing while people he is suppose to be supervising are busy lazing around in offices.
“Public office under the PF has been reduced to a platform were people can bambazonke, its just a platform to get allowances and its about sharing as well as personal benefits as Mr. Lungu himself once said.
“Edgar Lungu is no super human to be holding six jobs. He is the acting President, the Minister in charge of two important Ministries; Defence and Justice, he is the General Secretary of the PF, he is the MP for Chawama and also the Chairperson for Discipline are you telling me that this guy has time to be in all these offices. This shows that the PF do not attach great importance to public office to them public office is for bambazonking and enriching themselves and friends as well as families.
“No human being can work in 6 serious offices as is the case with Mr. Lungu. By the time Edgar Lungu leaves his offices he will be one of the most richest Zambians because of the allowances he is getting from the many offices at the expense of the majority of Zambians who gave the PF a chance to better their lives and not only a few individuals in government,” Mr. Mwanza noted.
Mr. Mwanza also noted that keeping PF in office for the remaining two years of their term is a liability to the nation as the ruling party has continued in its path of destruction of looting public resources since assuming office.
“Keeping the PF in office for the next two years is a serious liability to the people of Zambia because we are paying heavily. This is actually the highest level of ineffective running of the government, actually its child’s play, its governance made easy by the PF.
“What the PF are doing is simplifying and cheapening governance because they don’t care whether there is service delivery to the people no, for them its about sharing positions that’s why President Sata has gone on for the past three years with a ceremonial vice president in Guy Scott because he does not care,” said Mr. Mwanza.
He added: “keeping Guy Scott as Vice President has been a total waste of national resources and drain to government’s resources because there is no way you can be a Veep who can not act when your boss is not around.”
The FED don’t even hold 1% of the seats in parliament and now they should become experts on leadership? Win some seats and we may respect you as representing the voice of Zambians. As it is, these are just opinions of a party that constantly brings up the rear in elections – parliamentary and otherwise. The PF were ELECTED by Zambian people, just in case our FDD friends have got their history mixed up. PF were genuinely elected out of opposition into leadership for 5 full years.
The Joy, make that 20 full years. We all know the next 3 general elections are just a formality. Which true Zambian can swap genuine and visible infrastructure development for ethnic cleansing cows like (HH), thieves like MMD, low IQ clowns like FDD and other such nonsense?
And he is a Husband and father, does he see his wife and kids ?
He has a clone. That’s why he is so thin!
@Robin…
…perhaps in addition, even a very demanding role that of a man friend….LOL… just kidding..
nothing unusual with one person holding so many serious positions.
Take for example the president:
He is the head of state, the head of govt, commander-in-chief of armed forces, head of cabinet, president of PF, just to mention a few.
Lungu can do that too
I agree with you Mr Mwanza. I am beginning to think president Sata is deliberately setting a trap for Mr Lungu to fail so that he can eliminate all potential challengers to his son taking over from him.
About four comments from PF cadres that are attacking the individual and party instead of tackling the issue raised. Only Gen has made an attempt and people frown when I say PF cadres here are empty heads.
FDD is no super party to be commenting on topics that are of no value. This topic is nonsensical. One can tell from your talk that you think allowances come before service to the citizenry. Dull chap this Antonio. Antonio, nio nio nio is the only nonsense you can make from your mouth. Opposition parties are so overwhelmed by the PF government’s hard work, that they have nothing to talk about. Surely, is multi-tasking a good or bad quality to posses? definitely good. and what more in 2016 when more fruits of PF work come to light? What will you campaign about Antonio nio nio nio? You chaps simply don’t inspire confidence in us.
@kudos
You worship HH so much that you think of him every second that passes hey! To me your rants are about campaigning for him indirectly. What you constantly say about him is the total opposite of his true character and you know this fact deep down your heart.
HH is a great man and you know that. Please keep popularising him. You are doing a great job.
The Joy
Just goes to show how limited u are up stairs! The issue here is the ability to deliver services owing to aLungu’s six positions: which is not humanly possible looking at the capacity required for an individual in each of those offices to be effective and efficient. PF has lost direction, obviously because Sata was the wrong leader and his sickness has just made a bad situation worse…
Zambia on auto pilot. if these scenes continue, Zambia will disappear like MH370. PF and its government are a butch of cave bats. 6 positions to one drunkard, this is the only nation where such madness happen
It’s ailing dictator Michael Sata who has failed to rule our nation.Sata’s dementia and cancer makes him incapable of knowing what is right or wrong.
Edgar Lungu himself is unable to tell Sata about the trouble of holding too many positions because the dictator doesn’t like to be advised.Sata’s tyranny is destroying our country.
what do expect in a country with more political parties, NGOs and churches than manufacturing and processing industries? talking areas are workshops. I think FDD shud under stand the work of a system
What Lungu can do can’t be compared to the Entire FDD. We can only compare Lungu to HH and UPND combined. Ba Chikwanda said ‘Kalikwata amano and is very humble. Kalanda ifya mano lyonse nanga nakakolwa.” Now how many in FDD can speak sense nga bakolwa. I we antonio Bandala MwanZa waliponene napa university. Bakapokola bakusola ne lino in RB’s time. You must thanks ba Lungu and Dr Simbyakula that ba PF tabasokola ameno nga ba MMD and ba shikulu ba RB.
Good point of Order. Public funds being wasted..!
Thank you Mr Mwanza-FDD, you now providing checks & balances.Fred Mmembe has already pointed out the looting of Public funds by PF government.
Note taken.Time of reckoning shall surely come.
Not only six Jobs but instead should b Eight, seventh is being a Husband and eighth is being a Father. Have read most bloggers are complaining of not waisting time at home.
Matayachalo what a name