The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) says it has been taken by surprise by Acting President Edgar Lungu’s statement that Parliament will decide whether to hold the Referendum on the enactment of a new Constitution or not.
Acting President Edgar Lungu is quoted in some sections of the media saying Parliament will determine the roadmap of the constitution-making process because it is the only arm of Government that is mandated to make and change laws.
But YALI Governance Advisor Isaac Mwanza told QFM News in an interview that what is most surprising is that Mr. Lungu is very much aware of the provisions of the Referendum Act that places the responsibility to call for a referendum on the President and the Executive.Mr. Mwanza said Mr. Lungu has received enough proposals on the way forward in the Constitution reform process from YALI and the Grand Coalition and that it is the responsibility of government to help guide the process.
He noted that if Mr. Lungu is serious about letting Parliament to have a say whether the Constitution will be adopted via the Referendum or not, the Justice Minister should introduce a Constitution Bill in Parliament.
Mr Mwanza has since called on Members of Parliament, especially from the opposition to avoid the temptation of introducing the motion on the roadmap in Parliament as past precedent has shown that very few of such motions would be passed considering that Parliament is dominated by the PF.
Like a game of draughts Lungu is playing and winning but he knows that when the king comes from the temporary recess his game is all but over.
I dont like him mostly because I would prefer a Bemba to be the helm, that doesn’t mean i am tribalist.
It is just that I feel that seat is better off being occupied by a Bemba.
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@mushota it’s regrettable to have such shallow thinking individuals like yourself have access to such media, your contributions are undeniably clouded with pettiness, you have really embraced the notion of segregation thanks to your habitation.
F PF…. you are USELESS like a used Tissue which has no purpose but to be thrown away. let us flash them out through the 2016 toilet.
voting is like going to the toilet you know what you are going to do but you don’t know the out come, either green or yellow.
Jay Jay (426 votes, 46%)
Mushota (296 votes, 32%)
MMD Chief Bootlicker (69 votes, 7%)
Ndobo (33 votes, 4%)
Nostradamus (27 votes, 3%)
Saulosi (16 votes, 2%)
Wanzelu (63 votes, 7%)
@ZED 1
iwe, why are you telling people, what they already know??
Sorry Mushota, but Sata is a Bisa. Zambia has suffered from having bembas in any form of office. Thank goodness none has ever been Zambian president.
@ZED 1
Remove the criminal Nostradamus (Chanda Chashi a.k.a. Reuben Mwansa). He is wanted in Chicago for threatening a Zambian with death. He does not deserve to be even at the very bottom. He is foul mouthed and a danger to fellow Zambians. He should be caged in jail for a long time. By the way his comments are helping investigators to track his whereabouts.
Of course PF is full of surprises! Why are you surprised? You are yet to get a big surprise of your life on this issue. Recall what the boss said about those calling for a New Constitution? Yappers!
Applauding AG President Lungu right now.
Yaba jus shut up and let hon lungu do his thing,ninshi ifyakubwata bwata?
This YALItumpa guy has not even quoted the Constitutional provisions that he is referring to. The referendum must be passed as an act for that particular exercise because under the current constitution this is an amendment that can be dealt with by parliament. However, if the Bill of Rights is going to be changed, there is no question about its being brought to the people as a referendum. I hope the parliamentarians will do the right thing and at least consider tabling the matter of the referendum in the meantime.
YALI are a bunch of misguided ldiots who don’t know what they want. They recently differed with the other bigger grouping they are supposed to be fighting for this thing together.
LUNGU IS VERY RIGHT. YALI IS JUST A GROUP OF FAILURES IN LIFE TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING IN NOISE MAKING.WHY NOISE TODAY WHEN YOU FAILED TO DO THE SAME UNDER MMD.INFACT YOU ARE EVEN LUCKY THAT LUNGU HAS EVEN TAKEN A STEP FORWARD BY RELEASING THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION.
these guys so called YALI are just making noise,allow the govt to do its work.this is the problem when you have *****s in these NGOs who dont reason.
what wrong has lungu committed? what has supprised you? muchili muledabwa m******mwe ba swine.Dog style money is tomenting your you ninshi.
We kno tht Lungu is taking us for a horse ride BUT SOON time will tell. We know Sata is NOT COMING BUT HE WILL JUST come as a cargo.
Zambia is for Zambians not for few individuals !!!
what is there to be supprised about YALI, you are just attention seekers trying to hold the able govt at ransom.
i dont think you are doing the country any good by condemning whatever the govt does.
Most people commenting on the draft constitution do not even understand the contents in that document. That constitution we are vehemently pushing for has aspects that are very “half- baked” to say the least. It is better Parliament votes for individual aspects of the document one at a time.
Whoever is refilling his glass, keep it coming. Its working just fine.
Ba LT surely you can delete mushota’s tantrums from your respected platform. Some of the things mushota is busy pushing for are a negation of our recently celebrated jubilee. Mushota I am very surprised that you claim to be educated yet is failing to adhere to tenets of democracy
I like consistency of these guys in engaging and pushing government. I think that is how NGOS are supposed to work as opposed to the past where it’s all been confrontation and this surprise is not just for YALI but we have all been surprised and more surprises are coming. Keep it up guys and let the haters keep saying what they do, u have a voice no doubt and no one helped to build your voice among strong CSOs. So don’t worry appoint some disgruntled fellows here who will see nothing good in u. They didn’t help u and u don’t need them.
Imwe ba #NEBA just keep quiet. Dont think we dont know u, u failed to run your own home with that chick whose father worked for Mastock and you tink u can ve a voice on national mmatters. U are a Tonga who thinks uses your tribe to think and that is why u can’t say anything gud about others. 4 once, where is your hatred coming from? Lucky Dube said, if you can say something gud, about somebody, just SHUT UP. How is yo ka printing company by the way?
We Totally agree with YALI on this one.
LUNGU IS A LIAR
THE UPND says justice minister Edgar Lungu is a silent opportunist who cannot be trusted over the constitution-making process. But Lungu said Parliament would determine the roadmap of the constitution-making process as the legally mandated arm of government with powers to change laws. Cornelius Mweetwa, who is UPND deputy spokesperson and Choma Central member of parliament, said in an interview in Lusaka yesterday that Lungu, who is also acting president, was “a liar that should not be trusted over the constitution-making process”. “Lungu cannot be trusted. He is a silent opportunist. The people of Zambia should not accept Lungu’s mockery. The release of the draft constitution last Thursday is a mockery to the people of Zambia…
You as a party cannot say otherwise. You hate Bembas and I wonder how you hope to without votes from other tribes
Me am waitin 4 the Post Editor to help us understand these issues but can’t dispute these yali guys owayz bring up good points, only tat therez So Much Hatred against Them But Keep It up. We following u guys, not all will listen but don’t stop talkin 4 us youths who ve no say including thez dat only know how to comment and hide their real names.
Read the current constitution then you will understand why Parliament has a say in the process. Ask the YALI to quote the chapter they are using.
It seems in Zambia we just want to talk for the sake of it. A constitution is not an ordinary document. Without going into many details, I wish to educate these juveniles that the current constitution has clauses which demand that to make certain changes we have to “unlock” certain parts for this to be done. It is incumbent on our MPs to be loyal to mother Zambia to do the right thing when the time comes.
What surprises me is that the MMD, UPD, Civil Society, Trade Unions spent 5 years on the National Constitution Assembly but failed to come up with a constitution. They spent the entire period discussing Michael Sata’s age and whether he had a university degree or not in order to stop him from contesting the Presidential elections. All this changed when RB who happened to be order than…
Yali is slowly sayg rite things, prblm is 1 their funders who think yali can manage 2 convince govt. This govt is full of unrepentant sinners nd they don’t care at all. So yali is being used…
Michael Sata’s age and whether he had a university degree or not in order to stop him from contesting the Presidential elections. All this changed when RB who happened to be order than Sata succeeded Dr. iMwanawasa and that Sata actually had a degree(s). Much as we all want a new constitution, morality must prevail. You can’t force someone to do what you failed to do. We should be honest with ourselves if we are to be true leaders.
Due to exam leakages we have ended up with chaps who just bark for no reason.
Please stop talking tribal, that’s y u can’t debate objectively. Wht ve Tongas done 2 u? U dunderheads! Is it not us in UPND tgat chased YALE from the Grand Coalition? So what re we to do with their statement? Just agree every moment YALE speaks, they send shivers in yo bones, that’s y u can’t ignore them but go to all extent to insult them. Don’t bring my party in2 yo madness
As long as the comments are anti PF/Bemba you jump on the bandwagon. You seem to think you can win without other people aid
Why do Bemba over rate themselves thinking u the only tribe that matter? U chaps from PF pick issues with those boys we chased from the coalition and you bring my tribe in as if they are Tongas. No they are not Tongas. In fact Nthewewe must be Bemba , so be ashamed of your own. U and yo ka party pulled those boys re ones giving us problems with the constitution because every time those chaps open their mouth, u see the mind of Bembas in them. Face it, u in an unholy alliance with them and we distanced ourselves from them. Just given Zambians a constitution. We know soon u ll dump Edgar coz he is not Bemba just as that arrogance man u chased was not Bemba.
U see, u chased them from that group that meet over tea saying they represent the people of Zambia when they represent their families and tummies because u re a more arrogant tribal party in the history of Zambia and always suspicious of others being Bemba. Chipenzi is UPND because he is Tonga. That is what UPND is. Us, we tolerate yALI because we tolerate divergent opinion and independence of the mind. So stop taking democracy as the coalition when u so undemocratic. Stop talking constitutionalism because the only Constitution u ve in that coalition, whatever you call yourself, is the opposition lead by a Tonga. What type of people are u who won’t respect the different opinions of your friends, people who helped u plan for that coalition. TURN THAT COALITION INTO A POLITICAL PARTY!
Fools from the North and South displaying their foolishness 50 years after Independence. Think we from Barotseland must leave this country to fools and take ours.