Choma Central UPND Member of Parliament Cornelius Mweetwa says the country is experiencing difficulties because the head of state, President Michael Sata has an attitude of not wanting to work with the opposition.
Mweetwa, who is also UPND deputy spokesperson, says remarks made by the head of state during the campaigns for the recently held by elections in Livingstone that he can never listen to any opposition parliamentarian in the province, is unfortunate.
Speaking to QFM, Mweetwa says any head of state must understand that the democratic mandate of the opposition is to provide credible checks and balances.
He says it is sad that president Sata has decided to not to work with UPND parliamentarians adding that by so doing, he is disadvantaging but the people they represent.
Mweetwa states that it is government’s responsibility to initiate policies but notes that it needs to be realized that the same policies require the support of the opposition.
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2016 MY VOTE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.ALL MEN OUT.THEY VE FAILED US.AM STANDING AS A PRESIDENT,WOMEN ONLY THIS TIME.USELES MEN
I knew this man personally from Unza,when he was voted Unzasu President I thought he has learnt.Shame now you have started blaming others and yet its you who does not want to co-operate.
the problem with you tonga’s is that tamwaishibikwa ico mufwaya, you keep on changing your positions. mailo we can’t work with sata lelo ati sata tafwaya ukubomba nefwe. the problem with you is that mufwaya ifilubo mu bantu. will see were your pride will take you.
I m failing to understand the opposition. Is’nt Nevers Mumba about to expel 9 MPs for working with Sata? But the UPND is an under5 regional tribal opposition political party. No one would want to work with it. HH has been in all these alliances. The moment it is clear he is not going to be the leader of the alliance, he pulls out to Southern Province to be bitter and cry baby. UPND find another leader.
I m failing to understand the opposition. Is’nt Nevers Mumba about to expel 9 MPs for working with Sata? But the UPND is an under5 regional tribal opposition political party. No one would want to work with it. HH has been in all these alliances. The moment it is clear he is not going to be the leader of the alliance, he pulls out to Southern Province to be bitter and cry baby. UPND find another leader.
On one hand MMD does not want its mps to work with Sata yet on the other hand UPND feel its being sidelined. So what is it that we want. Anyway Ku Muntu twakaba chisuma “Glorious Band”
I THOUGHT IT WAS UPND WHICH DOES NOT WANT TO WORK WITH SATA.
I am shocked these ba opposition yalimba kuma constituency you cannot work without the govt.
you boycott national functions with you proud headless HH, then today you want to cry foul. HH stands on a hill top with a mega phone saying I would not have accepted Sata invitation to RIO if he had extended it to me. What do you want you Tongas? Infact you should bless yourself for hard times because even the margin of loss by PF in Livingstsone is showing that the ruling party is gaining ground right inside your territory.
YABA WE HAVE FAKE OPPOSITION PARTIES THIS TIME.
THE OTHER WANTS TO EXPEL ITS MPS BECAUSE THEY RE WORKING WITH THE GVMNT WHILE THIS UNDER5 PARTY THINKS ITS BEEN SIDELINED, HAHAHA THE GVMNT HAS PICKED UPND MPS AS MINISTERS YOU FUUUUL.
2016 OPPOSITIONS GET PREPARED FOR ANOTHER DEFEAT!!!
Local bun.
Sour grapes
anyway,if you look @ tongas in politics,they ‘ve been in opposition for over 3 decades!
greed is the epic-center for their existence!
they’re cry babes !
they forget yesterday but,neither can they master the future!
greed all the way..
can someone assure them that they’ll never govern this country not until they learn to network with others.
anyway,if you look @ tongas in politics,they ‘ve been in opposition for over 3 decades!
greed is the epic-center for their existence!
they’re cry babes !
they forget yesterday but,neither can they master the future!
greed all the way..
can someone assure them that they’ll never govern this country not until they learn to network with others.
There’z not been a single moment on record when the UPND haz agreed with the PF on anything apart from going to complain to diplomats about the “numerous” wrongz the current government haz committed since 23rd September, 2011.
AaammHhhmmm Mr. Mweetwa come again? What exactly do you want?
Am not one for piping what I have heard from my parents, especially if they are Bemba, so I will not make sweeping statements about this tribe or the other. This Tonga this-Tonga that nonsense will not get this country anywhere. Why dont we work together as Zambians and push this country forward. That’s why the West shake their heads when they look at us. Even educated people, you d be surprised if #11 Shoe Thrower is not one of them, keep linking everything to ethnic origin. Why not look at the bigger picture which benefits everybody? In my view, this is why we have remained steeped in the 1900’s in developmental terms compared to the West, where such nonsense is non-existent.
@Mark you are right, except the tongas have elected to be very tribal oriented. Efforts to get them to work with other tribes has proved futile. I am very close to tongas from best friends to my beloved, but we cannot as a people let them dictate what they want. I have no hard feelings for the majority of tongas for I have grown up with them the last 40 years as neighbours, friends and relations. You need to start helping them see the bigger picture which they don’t want to see. Hiding one’s head in the sand, does not warrant they are safe because as long as they restrict themselves to southern province, they are doomed. I wonder what my lawyer friend who is married to a very nice bemba, is thinking about all this.
mindless chaps
thats how we zambians behave,if you cant beat them join them,and its better you have seen that PF mean bussines,with HE Sata incharge he wants to make history,God bless our president.
But, what does the opposition want?? I think that the opposition is just a bunch of confused politicians. Â On one hand, Nevers wants to expel MPs who have accepted the President’s appointments; on the other HH says he cannot accept working with the current president. These guys are like the Pharisees for whom the Lord Jesus told the parable to the effect that when Mormal music was played for them, they would not dance and when the dirge(icimbo camalilo) was sung for them they would not mourn. The opposition is slowly making itself irrelevant. If I were the president of Zambia I would also ignore them.Â
This man’s statement is as silly as that of Kabimba. What is it about today or yesterday for these two guys?
This boy is a noses, he has no sense at all, you are losers and you will never rule this country.Â
These people are confused, sidelining themselves then blaming others. Firstly accept defeat, then cooperate with government, otherwise remain on the sidelines for ever
They could be in charge right now if they had just accepted HH would not be president, now they are sidelined due to the ego of one man
having an inflated opinion about one’s self doesnt pay.
UPND  you are actually  are the ones who absolutely dont have a plan , if I checked from the time pf came into power , all we ve heard of  UPND and its minions  are compliants that are baseless. imwe mweba ntu  kanshi mufwaya inshi. you see what it takes to be in that boxing ring , got to have alot of strategy baba, otherwise you will remain an  oppositition party forever.
MWEETWA FROM WHAT I GATHER YOU ARE A UNZA GRADUATE- IN WHAT I DON’T. BUT TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND EVEN WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. IS IT NOT YOUR PARTY THAT IS OPPOSED TO OPPOSITION LEADERS HAVING ACCOMPANIED SATA TO RIO+20 IN BRAZIL? ISN’T PF AND SATA WANTING TO WORK WITH THE OPPOSITION? YOU SEE MWAICE MOST ZAMBIANS ARE ABOVE TRIBAL POLITIX ON WHICH YOUR PARTY WAS FOUNDED. I WOULD ADVISE YOU AND YOUR PARTY TO GO WITH INCLUSIVE LOGIC WHICH MOST ZAMBIANS SUBSCRIBE TO. APPOINTING MPs FROM OTHER PARTIES TO MINISTERIAL POSITIONS IS EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU ARE SPEWING ABOUT. CAN YOU IMAGINE SOMEONE POINTING AN ACCUSING FINGER AT ZAMBIA SAYING WE ARE RACISTS WHEN WE EVEN HAVE GUY SCOTT AS VICE PRESIDENT.
You are busy undermining every effort that govt. makes and at the same time you want govt. to keep coming to you regardless? For what? More embarrassments?
If you mean well, show maturity and seriousness to national issues and not seeking public sympathy and empathy when it suits you.
Sorry you can’t have your cake and eat it. You decided to sideline yourselves
Well put. Balefwaya ukufilila munsenga. They elected to work against the MCS and the PF during and after the brief marriage that they themselves broke. From the time the PF took office, they have never said anything good about it, from re-installation of the ACC law, pardoning of the barotse activists, media reforms, you name it. Basensela elo kawa ad they think zambians are going to wait for them. If they can’t change and embrace that fact that we are all zambians under one zambia one nation, then they go to hell anytime the so wish. Tulepapata abantu abamitwe nge fimpombwa despite having beautiful women we have married. Ata bane. Foko mwee! Â
Twisting facts to make YOU look GOOD! Just humble yourself and do the right thing.
Hehehehehehehehehehe, today you want to work with H.E. Sata????????? I think I am not getting this guy correctly! What is it he wants today?????????? lolest
Some UPND members must be biting off there own fingers especially after arrogantly leaving the pact. You guys could have been very nicely tacked in government shoes right now with hungry hyena as second in command, but alas, you guys are so big headed with nothing to show for it. lol. It’s so funny that even to so called “kaponyas” as you would like to refer to the PF, managed to beat you on the race to state house. lol
When sata lost for 3 tymz,some were saying he wil neva b the president of zambia jst the same way some silly bembas re saying to hh.the bible says man was created in the image of God.both tongas and bembas are images of God then y u *****s thnks that u ve god a given right 2 rule zambia.nonsense.
I beg to differ. There is absolutely nothing in the image of God that is in hakainde. How else would one bare so much hatred for another if they were created in God’s image. hichilema was created in some image, but certainly not Gods, for he is single handedly commiting a single tribe to the anals of hell by electing to be very tribal. I pray for the majority of the good tongas in my friends, wife, in-laws and colleagues.
THE OPPOSITION POLITICAL PARTIES IN ZAMBIA HAVE LOST DIRECTION AND AS SUCH THEY HAVE BECOME IRRELAVANT TO ZAMBIAN POLITICS THEY NOW SENSELESS LOUD SPEAKERS.
President Sata has tried his level to accomodate UPND since the September PF win; but what does he get in return- insults of all sorts from HH and his cadres. He is only human. Your complaints, Mweemba, are misplaced.
He appointed UPND vice president, Hapunda as ambassador
Good observation constitutional lawyer. I think Sata believes there’s still some good in the old and founding members of UPND hence the appoitnment of Frederick Hapunda as ambassador. Good job brother. We are all zambians and that’s what ishi imisepela sha batonga can’t seem to realise. We are not against the tongas, but just a few self serving and disgruntled newbie politicians trying to walk the Mazoka path and failing lamentably.
Above all what the bloggers wrote, I gather a lot of tribalism in play. However, these sound louder in writing than they are in reality. The point is that we need to be logical in our argument. Mweetwa made a conclusion based on the statement made by Mr SATA that he will not listen to any M.P who is in the opposition in trying to win votes for his candates. Whether the statement is true I do not know but if it is true then the president’s statement showed same sentments of a person pushing for one part state. On Mwetwa should not just make a careless general statement like that but could have remained in the realm of his premises.
No sane opposition can work with sata, he’s not normal, aligomaika mdala
Ur shunning government positions what else do you want opposition get a life
I thought Zambia had educated and knowledgeable people until now. What UPND wants is not to invited for trips but to be consulted on national issues as stakeholders once in a while. What happened to Nawakwi and Chipimo can not be called “working together” but simply put ukaboyi.
its the pf which is useless..people shopuld not be forced to vote for you on account of being in govt..Mweetwa…word..!
This is what we mean when we say UPND has no direction and no plan.This chap is now saying they are being sidelined.UPND has been in coalition or alliances with almost all the parties and have ended up pulling out the moment HH realises he is not going to be the leder of the pact.HH is the worng person to lead UPND.Sata and the PF are right to refuse to work with UPND because UPND does not have even a manifesto which they can sale to the people of Zambia.HH is a flip flop politician with no vision!!Guys go for a convetion and elect new leaders,especially the president of UPND.Your current leader is directionless,no plan whatsoever!!
The opposition has lost direction indeed!!They have abandoned their responsibilities of cheecks and balances and are busy talking about irrelevant issues.Why should the government care if you guys cannot offer anything except complaining?While UPND is busy complaining and calling people names Nevers Mumba is also busy misleading the MMD by threatening his MPs with expulsion,what a mess!!Does Nevers know that numbers matter in parliament?Does HH know that the Zambians rejected him because he has no plan?Why should he even call Sata chimbwi no plan when his party fail to publish a manifesto before the elections?No plan,no plan UPND no plan!!!Bitterness,bitterness,chikubaba chabe!
Yaba this party UPND is full of nothing but selfish individuals who does not want to associate themselves with others. Why are they complaining after all, its them who want to expel their member of parliament for taking development for the people through the Government. You would wonder what this part wants now yaba!
Yaba this cry boy with his visionless HH. Now you want PF to work with you??? Sure you are under5 party…no plan whatsoever.
The tongas,,,,,,just keep dying from Viagra!!!! hahahahahaha!!!!
He got a degree in Education from UNZA joined ZP, came back to UNZA for his LLB, became UNZASU Sports Secretary, then later became UNZASU president but he almost missed it when rivals said he was a cop and would be some sort of a mole, but he produced his resgnation letter and thats how he won the elections. A good guy, I recall, humble and he never became big headed, but I think real politics are not for these guys, they ought to get to the peolple not criticising daily. Maybe if he got into the “right’ party – politics is about reading the times, i opime GOD BLESS ZAMBIA.
Ba Mweetwa u are just lyk your Boss Hakainde, never a day passes without you just accepting that ba PF baleesha, chayafishe fye ifya shile ba MMD- RUPIAH,CHILUBA can not be corrected overnite. Critisise reasonably and we will embrace it all but this behaviour am sure those UPND is not worth joining at all.
Tatulekana tuletila fye Mind your language ama Degrees pa last yakaba meangless.
zoona ni Hungry Hyena (HH)