PATRIOTIC Front (PF) Lusaka Central member of Parliament (MP) Guy Scott was on March 30 suspended from the National Assembly for 30 days for breaching parliamentary privileges.
Speaker of the National Assembly Amusaa Mr Mwanamwambwa suspended Dr Scott after the Committee on Privileges, Absences and Support Services found the MP with a prima facie case.
Dr Scott recently wrote a letter to PF Chililabombwe MP Esther Banda, through The Post, in which he said the clerk of the Select Committee should make public its proceedings on the scrutiny of Justice IreenMambilima who was reappointed as Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) chairperson.
He told Mrs Banda to try to persuade the committee to ensure that all proceedings concerning Mrs Justice Mambilima’s appointment are in the public domain, contrary to parliamentary rules and regulations.
Dr Scott’s suggestions to Mrs Banda are contained in a letter published in The Post of February 23, 2011.
The committee, to which Mrs Banda was a member, was appointed to scrutinise the reappointment of Mrs Justice Mambilima as ECZ chairperson
In his ruling, Mr Mwanamwambwa said Dr Scott’s conduct was not just a mockery but demeaning to the House.
“The House is extremely displeased with the MP’s blatant misconduct of disregarding rules and procedures. Dr Scott’s behaviour to author and cause to publish the article prematurely disclosed the proceedings of the Select Committee to the public.
“So, in accordance with the decision of the House, you are suspended from the services of the National Assembly, accordingly. I now order that you leave the chamber through the main entrance on a 30-day suspension as resolved by the House,” Mr Mwanamwambwa said.
He said Dr Scott’s irresponsible conduct did not only interfere with the task of the committee and Mrs Banda as a member of the committee but had potential to injure Mrs Justice Mambilima who did not have an opportunity to defend herself.
Mr Mwanamwambwa said as a senior member of the House, Dr Scott should be familiar with the Standing Orders of the House which clearly set out the rules and procedures of the select committee.
“I take this opportunity to remind you, Dr Scott, that, in accordance with Section 28 (2) of the Powers and Privileges Act, Cap 12 of the Laws of Zambia, during the period of your suspension, you will not receive a salary or allowance that you are entitled to as a member,” he said.
Mr Mwanamwambwa said Dr Scott will not participate in any business or activities of the National Assembly, its committees and activities he participated in as a member outside the House in his capacity as MP.
He said the proceedings of the select committee are not open to the public but MPs have an opportunity to debate the report of the select committee in Parliament.
Mr Mwanamwambwa said it was during this debate that Dr Scott should have expressed his views and concerns on Mrs Justice Mambilima, to the House and not in public.
“It was, therefore, unwarranted for you to rush to the media and prematurely disclose the proceedings of the select committee. Furthermore, your reference to the National Assembly as a fake democracy did not only make a mockery of the House but also brought it into ridicule and disrespect,” he said.
The speaker reminded Dr Scott, who is PF vice -president, that the respect accorded to Parliament has been built over the years and the House expects every member to continue building on it.
Mr Mwanamwambwa said it was highly irresponsible for Dr Scott, who is a senior MP, to bring down the integrity and dignity of Parliament in the manner he did.
He said this should serve as a warning to other MPs because the House will not tolerate gross indiscipline and misconduct.
[Zambia Daily Mail]
King Kaponya
But mwandi this muzungu ? you see now with the good ideas you still fail to deliver in a normal manner what more as a VP. You behave like a white kaponya . suntwe respect the house.
# 1 Shame on you and s.illy education you claim to have, but let me remind you in my Kaponya mentallity that, The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and the desire that one’s contributions will somehow survive the ravages of time and if you have observed one Micheal Chilufya Sata is such a one.. Guy Scott is also one of those great political activisits of our times.
PF1! Vote in this year election on Micheal Chilufya Sata!
Good that Gay has been caged.But the kaponyas never seem to learn, the other day it was kambwili the ‘shadow finance minister'(ha ha ke ke) who was apologizing to the House.
What kind of quacks are these Post Failures? It was Kambwili recently,now this gay man.People these through these thugs
Gentle people. We need to start looking at a new way of dealing with information. Very soon we should have galleries of parliament and other law-debating fora filled up with people who wish to know the truth. Recently, in Namibia, electoral challenge court proceedings were given full TV coverage for all people to follow and see for themselves what was going on. I would imagine we should start moving that direction so that speculation and gossip is lessened.
If your grievances cant be adhered to in the right manner, you take to the streets thats the only way. guy is a learned man so stop refering to him as a kaponya after all all learned people vote for PF only villagers vote for MMD.
But nkhumba iyi is amano-less
:-? When information is deemed confidential it should remain that way. PF seems to rush to the media every time, recently it was the Chirwa proposals now this. fortunately for this one someone has to learn.
Red card # 8
this is racism then u are a monkey born from a monkey Father & Mother. Sorry me i insult.
Kaponya! just like #3
Good move………………..always poor fininshing, this year your career is ending!
Guy Scott your experience is meaningless if you flout the same Laws that you made i wonder what will happen to this country if by any chance you became the vice president; i am not sure how many laws you tramp upon
PF [pepa fwaka] lumpens at work.is there any sane person in PF
If these PF goons can’t respect laws while they are in the opposition, we should expect worse if ever they rode into State House. Consolation though is that they will never get near Plot One. Not in my life time.
Funny how people can just comment like that, they probably don’t even have the level of education to understand the article. And they call people kaponyas… Viva Scott!
Breaking of rules,procedures, lack of confidentiality and the capacity of breaking existing laws or not following them at all is the HALLMARK of SAT,PF and SENIOR INNER SATA/PF advisors.
KAMBWILI AND SCOT disrespecting the Zambians’ hournorable institution using the hate media to ridicle the ZAMBIAN institution in the eyes and minds of normal thinking Zambian and international community.SO KABIMBA DID NOT ACT ALONE TO RUSH CHIRWA personal opinion and confidential letter to the hate media. IT SHOWS THE TYPE OF SATA/PF supporters advisors.
You see what I mean MMD kaponyas? Ati the truth “pains”? =))
ANTHER GAY WHITE MAN GAYZESCORT PF ED SATA TO MBALA HE IS OLD HE DESERVE TO REST PLIZ.IFWE NIZI HEADING FORWARD.
#11,
I am tempted to go all out in reducing you to the level of an inferior person you are, but i will avoid that and focus on some thing that will add value to everyone who is reading this thread…I know UPND you are trying by all means to hide your shame and to come to terms with reality that you are just one tribal party heading nowhere (sale-outs), i wish we were fighting our enemy the ruling party not amongst ourselves but hey, what do i know?! UPND will forever remain a composition of people who suffer from highly inflated egoes under the guise of being intellectuals.
VIVA Kaponya…VIVA AKAPONDO! VIVA…Unomwaaka tuletonenaa!!!
PABWAAAAATOOOO>>>>>
Vote for Micheal Chilufya Sata in this year’s Election!
Sata and P.F are all alone in Zambian politics now. Nobody is willing to join with them now.
THE BOAT HAS SUNK – DO NOT VOTE FOR PF THIS YEAR
JUST A DAY AFTER YOUR MMD CONSTITUTION WAS SHOT DOWN,WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM GRIEVED AMUSSA MWANAMWAMBWA?
THE WIND OF CHANGE IS COMING AND MWANAMWAMBWA AND HIS MMD HAVE SO MUCH HATRED FOR PF MPs.
VOTE MICHAEL SATA AND PF IF YOU WANT CHANGE.
BEWARE OF SMALL TRIBAL PARTIES WHICH JUST SPLIT THE VOTES.
The PF stands for Publicity Foolery. They play to the gallery. Mr Sata goes around the country attracting thousands of youths to crack jokes and Scott spends much time on his Post blog doing the same. They criticise but offer no solutions to the serious problems the nation has. HH has seen nothing tangible coming from PF, now we know.
shameless swine!Go and eat your pig money you stole .
All this name calling and hatred only reflects poorly on our country and this democracy.
I’ve said it before and will say it again – How can we expect anything better from our leaders if the supposedly intelligent people posting at LT behave like children too?
ITS A SHAME. IF EGYPT AND TUNISIA WERE BEHAVING LIKE WHAT I AM READING HERE, THEY REVOLUTION WOULDN’T HAVE GONE ANYWHERE. PIPO WITH INTERNET ACCESS IN ZAMBIA BEHAVING LIKE KAPONYA’S AND CONTRIBUTING SHIT TO THE BLOGS?……. WHAT A SHAME
If you are failing to govern yourself then dont expect that you will be a good leader,if you can not be trusted with small things what about bigger ones,to me in PF the head is rotten so is the tail,Sata always publishes secret letters from state house,and internal pact letters when it was still there so are his minions and vultures who think like their leader,PF has the potential to set our country on fire,PF be sober minded have direction with your to ma tribal MPs,let our leaders have confidentiality that August house is bigger than that regional PF,lets respect our own exective organs i think diplomats have given us zambians names coz of these conducts being shown by PF
# 26 I share your grief. Us bloggers should at least exhibit literacy but unfortunately we react to articles just like market kaponyas. What about the people who cannot even read and write? Tunisia and Egypt looked at a bigger picture – ie moslems, Christians, all tribes, regardless of social affilliations. But we are busy talking about homosexuality and gays – Is this going to feed, educate, protect your youth, the future of Zambia?
Dora and GK have more than GS abused Parliament but what has this over stayed speaker done
We know what Guy did in Chiluba regime. He declared swine fever in the country (he was a pig farmer), had all his pigs slaughtered and compensated himself heftly from government coffers. Even FTJ had to let him go. Now I am sure he has perfected his act from Sata association. I have nightmares when I think of what Sata and his gang are going to do if ever they got plot 1.
Whoever has commented using racist remarks, homphobic comments and self righteous arrogancy is the one who is a KAPONYA! The word ‘KAPONYA’ was coined by people living on the copperbelt to describe the uncompromising, rowdy, dirt and bad mannered bus call boys.
Guy scott understands the biased nature of the speaker, he protects the interests of the MMD government and this atmosphere has created mistrust among members of the opposition.
In progressive democracies like India, parliament has galleries of the public who want to follow the discussions of their representatives. Are you telling me that these countries have KAPONYAS in parliament? Your suppressed parliament endorsed the NCC act which has gobbled K135,000,000,000, for FU.CK ALL! Start thinking and debating like N0. 6 Kalok.
why people insulting one another..i tend to wonder the calibre of people found here..arcording to the article..Mr Scott disrespected the house rules which should be condemed by any sane person..not diverting from the topic..it looks like there people who cant discuss the issue at hand without attacking other people..this is the reason why we are not developing we spend much time attacking other people at the expense of development..we should change our attitude for this country to go forward..with this kind of attitude we will always have a minority colonising us…just like the MMD though they could enforce there propaganded consititution.
Let us examine issues as they are. Guy is just telling us that parliament is not respected and lowered. He doesnt have confidence in it anymore though he is there and itz true. The house has is it is, is heavily manipulated by the MMD coz of arrogance of numbers. So I see nothing wrong in what he wrote.
nkuyuma yuma ba H nkuyuma uyma aa kulela bana kule cisi ye ba H nkuyuma uma.viva HH viva UPND
this muzungu is a gay and fake ..he introduced homosexuality in PF..shame on you..you are going..!he shud ve arrested..!
Even if Dr Guy Scott is wrong, I find the comments from some bloggers condemning him to be worse crimes than what he did. There is no need for us to resort to being racist to make our points. Small men think themselves big when as cowards they insult others in the comfort of their hideouts!!! Some bloggers here can’t say the same words if they met Dr Scott in person. Cut out the insults! Those who claim Dr Scott is gay, what proof do you have? Are you his gay partners? If Dr Scott was an MMD MP will you, who are condemning him now used the same vulgar language?