President Levy Mwanawasa says the Constitutional Conference would have no legislative power to make or alter a new Constitution.
Mr Mwanawasa said this when he explained to party officials during a meeting in Livingstone on the difference between the Conference and the Constituent Assembly.
This is contained in a Statement released to ZANIS in Lusaka today by Special
Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations, John Musukuma.
Mr Mwanawasa said the process to amend the current constitution through the
constituent assembly would be long and very costly to the nation and fail to
achieve the desired result.
He further said legislating for a Constitutional Conference which would have no
power to make or alter the Constitution but pass its resolutions to Parliament for
enactment, is simple and less time consuming.
Mr Mwanawasa said because all the Members of Parliament would be members of the
Constitutional Conference, there is a high probability that Members of Parliament
would vote to legislate whatever the Constitutional Conference adopted.
He stressed that the method was inexpensive, less acrimonious and would make it
possible for Parliament to legislate those provisions which were not contentious
and defer those that require the holding of a Referendum.
”It is possible for an agreement to be made on almost 80% of the document. At the
end of the day except for this explaination, there was no difference between a
Constituent Assembly and Constitutional Conference. You can call it what you want
‘Constituent Assembly, Constitutional Conference, Convention, National Indaba, it is
all an exercise in semantics”, Mr Mwanawasa said
Here again he is confusing and confused as the whole process. Why hijacking? simple the fear and panic for the 2011 and consequence of misdeeds by the PIG. Just wait for 2012 these pipo the likes of Chuchu will cry and regret why not doing the right thing as demanded by the pipo.Wasting billions on by elections that are found by the courts null and avoid is cheap and for the constitution that will be inclusive, gender, legitimate and will never leave anybody behind but be partners in governance and where pipos’asperations, needs and choices will be met is denied by selfish PIG.
Panic and fear is a sign of being dastardly and living like a wolf preying on pipo who have put you in that position.
Chuchu be ready for us zambians in 2012, you will regret having accepted to become president after Kafupi waked you up in the night.Tulelolela ukachimona ichamwene munsholomwe