The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) director-general Rosewin Wandi has said that he has received a letter from the lawyers of former President Rupiah Banda stating that the the former president will, tomorrow, not make himself available before the Government Joint Team of Investigations to face corruption and criminal allegations against him.
Ms Wandi said that she has received the letter from lawyers Sakwiba Sikota from Central Chambers and Patrick Mvunga of Messrs Mvunga and Associates saying that that their client was enjoying Constitutional immunity against investigations.
The lawyers further stated that the former President enjoyed immunity under Article 43 of the Republican Constitution.
“As rightly stated in your letter, our client enjoys immunity under the Constitution. The framers of the Constitution were minded to put in this Article for good reasons. It would be wrong for us to agree to a scheme that circumvents the Constitution of this land, ” the letter read.
“If we are prepared to circumvent even the Constitution of the land, what guarantees do we have that the other laws under which the proposed investigations and prosecutions will be held are going to be followed,” the laywers asked.
The letter further read that, Mr Banda was not going to be tried in the media adding that he had already been convicted before going to court.
“We have read in the newspapers that the press are already aware of the steps you are taking and looking at the editorial deadlines the papers have, and the time when the letter was delivered to our client’s residence, it is clear that the press had the letter even before it was delivered to our client, ”
“Our client has seen that you wish to have conviction through the press before you even go to court. This is borne out by the fact that you saw it fit to leak your letter to all the State media and the press you consider favourable to the state. Our client is not prepared to subject himself to a media trial,” the letter read.
Ms Wandi has not stated the next course of action in the matter.
“All I can say is that the ACC has received Mr Banda’s letter, that is all,” Ms Wandi said.
Yesterday, Ms Wandi warned that other legal avenues would be deployed to pursue Mr Banda once he failed to avail himself for questioning.
RB my President… The President for all…. I miss you sir.
VERY CLEAN, HUMBLE,AND A WELL EDUCATED PERSON.COMPARED TO THESE SATANISTS RULING,VERY DIRTY UN EDUCATED DEVILS…………….
PRESIDENT FOR ALL,THEY AREACCUSING YOU THAT YOU ARE SURPORTING NEVERS-PLZ START DOING SO THAT HE KICKS THIS DIEING SATANIST OUT OF STATE HOUSE
mwalelya bonse kabalwe iwe. no wander u miss him.
Isaiah 41:13-15
For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. Do not be afraid
We claim these words on RB
Rupiah, you have wasted an opportunity to vindicate yourself by hiding under constitutional immunity with the hope that the criminal enterprise you ran during your two and half years as president will in the process be strangled to death. Nay!!
Its fallacious of you to think that you can circumvent the wheels of justice through this design. You looted and raped our public resources with impunity, you must and you will be held accountable!!
The fact that you have refused to be interviewed, just ramps up the suspicion that you designed executed and presided over criminal endeavors.
Only the guilty are afraid, but be reminded that the long arm of the law is going to tap your shoulder some day
@Nshi Sunda…..
How come the “circumventing” of the wheels of justice is now being placed on RB? The Law of the land is very clear and it is the ACC, under instructions from the PF, that are trying to circumvent the wheels of justice by calling a former president to answer questions to help with investigations. If the investigations are in relation to his, then the Law does not compel him to answer questions unless under arrest. If it is to do with other, then the ACC must be clear in which case RB can choose to help or not. It is as simple as that and I would not be suprised if these investigations are to do with a hammer mill perhaps found at Thandiwe’s mothers farm. Trivial in other words…this Govt has lost even the credibility it didn’t have…
@Nshi sunda
leave RB alone! just take diapers to state house prostate cancer naku tolula kwavuta… ba mudala can´t sit properly on the office chair…. leave RB.. you bitter snakes!
from those who know,,,, not just yapping!, your prostate cancer of the head satana iwe!more diapers required at state house,,, things are bad
@ ndobo
As justice seekers we are not going to be distracted by your contemptuous naivety. Your unsophisticated and primitive sadistic outbursts settles why your Rupiah raped our public resources and was uncompromisingly determined to take our country to the medieval times.
You can apply your vulgarisms all you want but will not break our fortitude and endearing spirit to get to the truth of the criminal enterprise planned, executed and presided over by Rupiah.
Rupiah’s loot in two and half years as President made the combined loot of Chiluba (10yrs) and Mawnawasa (7.5yrs) look like child play.
Ba @Nshi Nsunda… Inasmuchas I’d support you against @Ndobo outbursts, you also really over stretched the ‘badness’ the former President did. Talking of “taking the country to medieval times….”, I wonder where we’re heading under PF! So, is the answer to Investigate/prosecute anyhow?
Ba Nshi SUNDA…
I know you have little time or sympathy for any contribution Rupiah made to this economy but I read your posts and they are usually well argued. I may be wrong but I think you have gone over board today. Can a person of your caliber make such fantastic accusations such as “criminal enterprise” or “looted and raped the country” without even a simple example of what Rupiah did. In my view, making such rants indicates a desire to persecute some one for reasons other than the fiction about criminal enterprise. This of course is the case with Mmembe who is making all these accusations against RB because of the K14bn loan which Sata is covering up for him. Rupiah is within his rights to use the Constitution safe guards to protect himself from persecution.
Chizakana kangati bazachfyanta ni time chabe!!!
fuseke satana iwe
Wamulya mubwa musimbi yebo
dog!
The constitution in this matter must be protected since it is the supreme law of the land. Why should people be prosecuted through the media when the honourable of justice refused.
Some people need to scrapped off the blog.Honestly what contribution did RB bring to ZED than plunder our economy.People if you had a hand in the plunder the long hand of the law will catch up with……
Uko ! Ololwanya.
RB is within his rights to decline an “invitation” to assist with investigations just as anyone is. The Law does not compel anyone to attend to answer police/investigative questions especially questions that will incriminate oneself. It is incumbent upon the investigative wings to undertake necessary investigations and then charge someone with offence(s) where there is sufficient evidence to rely upon. thereafter they can “warn and caution” an individual over the information they provide during questioning and if the person exculpates themselves, they police can drop the charge and be open to face any consequences.All these sentimental opinions that RB is “not immune to investigations” is childish talk and asual aimed at exciting PF cadres.
Absolutely correct.ACC should be bold enough if they are sure of the criminal acts RB committed to request President Sata to present to Parliament RB’s shortcomings
bordering on criminality so that his immunity can be lifted.Nobody wants to shield a criminal but procedures must be followed.
Constitutional crisis looming
RB’s Cadre for forever. Satanic is inviting serious war in Zambia
Declaring Psalm 91 over Zambia there will be no war in Jesus name. Jesus will punish the root cause of violence over Zambia and issues will be resolved maturely between the opposition and the ruling party, God will punish all evil schemers and their families whether from ruling or opposition parties trying to perpetrate violence. Zambia needs peace so that people can come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ all hindrances will be removed by the mighty hand of God.
Cobra….You are talking of WAR? Do you know wat war is?RB would have shamed the ACC if he had just gone there but in this situation,one will think he is guilty and thats why he doesnt want to approach them (ACC).But i tell you, he stole and law will catch up with him.
just take the next step as you had promised and see who will have the last laugh…
Poor and dull Lawyes you have exhibited your dullness.The Law does not stop the President to be given the opportunity to respond to any accusation.Remember Zambians cried including the learned lawyers like Saki ,when the late former Chiluba was not given the opportunity what has changed today? SAKI our dear Br Nevers ,why are you question our President Sata,knowing that he enjoys immunity poor judgment.Let him avail him self if not let us remove his immunity.
This ignorance of the highest order by the blogger. First you have to lift his immunity before the lady can start questioning RB. I doubt very much if Parliament would do that because PF does not have the necessary majority.
Iwe then President has the immunity and remember he cannot say anything because of the oath of secrecy that he publicly declared to defend. This why even Xvier Chungu suffered the consequences because he had to keep quiet throughout his persecution. Tell me what was retrieved from him?
Round One:RB10-ACC/MCS 0.Awaiting round two in the making.
In short the ACC must push to have his immunity lifted. Cook up some allegations e.g. undelivered oil (nigeria oil scam), abuse of office, source of mmd campaign funds etc etc to convince parliament to lift his immunity then he will be a sitting duck. So a former president cannot be sued for adultery commited while he was in office. Even for that he has immunity from prosecution?
Why do we have to be malicious? There is no need to “cook up” or in other words fabricate offences just to target a former President. Such suggestions are the things are trying to stand up for. If there is evidence of wrong doing by RB, put it before parliament and let them consider it. Period…circumventing the that is an abuse of authority..
Great question…..Does it mean he will not be called for questioning in case of any murder committed while he was a president?Let us be reasonable bloggers!!! Even Sata,if he steal frm the piblic he will be questioned and he has to knw this.
good move RB.Let that fool at acc start with winter and gbm.this pf thugs if we are not carefull they will take away all our rights.stop foolishness in our country and start developing the country
“All I can say is that the ACC has received Mr Banda’s letter, that is all,” Ms Wandi said. You could have been more explicit madam – more like: “I m waiting for instruction from Ukwa, Mmembe, Nchito, Kabimba or all of the above, on the next move” 🙂
The Lord hears the cry of the poor. Justice will prevail in the end and all who stole from the poor or caused prmature deaths because of diverting money for social services will pay the price.Watch this space
my advice to Sata, Mr president you also just go ahead a plunder this country economy just like RB and his son’s did. The same immunity RB is using to shield his corruption allegations will come and protect you when you leave office, so don’t worry about RB just keeping ripping this country immunity will protect you. Above all by now Zambians are used to be ripped by their corrupt leaders from the time Chiluba showed his MMD folks how to do it. RB removed anti-corruption clause in order to protect his did, he thought he could win 2011 election thank GOD he lost and the clause he removed is back.
and how is the brought back clause helping us as zambians? any convictions yet from govt officials yet?
@Ba Malenga. The “abuse of office” clause which the RB government removed from the ACC Act was already in the Penal code. That is why some MMD Ministres are being charged with abuse of office under the penal code. The noise over this clause is what is called propaganda. It amazes me that there are still people who think that anything has changed by making a duplication under the ACC Act.
ACC should not have submitted the letter to the media before delivering it to R.B. The whole pIt should actually have not informed the media, it should have actually waited to be asked by the media to confirm if it had sent the call out to R.B rather than being the first to inform the media. Members of the public should have first heard it from R.B camp, then later ACC confirming sending the call out. Even me as dull person, I can read in between the lines that the whole purpose of ACC directly sending copies of the call out to the media was just to raise debate the matter and tag R.B as a person under investigation, in this way the PF government would have discredited R.B before he travels to Kenya as Head of Delegation on Elections monitoring.
Wandi you must be very dull my dear sister. How do you call someone you very well know enjoys the immunity? Olo nibu cadre, awe mwandi. Pipo lose the normal sense of reasoning like you stupid Wandi. You are rily stupid, you failed to interview Winter Kabimba and you are calling Rupiah. What precedence are you setting iwe hule?
I pray that the current constitutional making process going on can look and amend this stupid presidential immunity clause, as long as we keep this clause Zambia will remain vulnerable and presidents will continue abusing the powers invested in them by Zambian voters
Really a good one….as long as that clause remains,presidents will be stealing and the country will remain poo and poor no matter wat.
This is the problem when you put a Kaponya in State House. Anyone can trick him. Winter and Mmembe are making him into a fool. Agony is having standard 4 education (grade 6) and you are 73 and president of a country in the twenty first century. The alternative is to continue barking like a dog.
How about you disgruntled lot why cant you take the challenge and rule.The problem with Tonga is you are too bitter to realise you will never rule. Too Bad guys Under five will die yapping !
better a kaponya coz u can come up with a well thought out strategy of getting into state house than a degree holder who cant master or act like a degree holder.all we see from the degree holder is grade 7 yap. Even more better than a pastor whose speciality or expertise is stealing tithe from the poor flock and shows off.
But this Kaponya is worse. He thinks in vernacular and he has phobia for Press Conferences.
Good move by Dr. RB former President, Mr.Kabimba refused with the Blessing of the Republican President to appear before the same ACC why should the former President who has immunity be investigated. Investigation and Prosecution are inextricably linked. Good job by his lawyers and they ask a very important question is “what guarantees do we have that the other laws under which the proposed investigations and prosecutions will be held are going to be followed” If the ACC has enough information on the former President let them do as the late Dr. Levy Mwanawasa SC did. To take evidence and convince parliament and get two third majority vote, to lift the immunity of the former head of state.
The last time he went to Parliament it was stand-up comedy, so why would Parliament take him seriously if he did such a feat?
They are diverting attention for the one in state house in name Rupiah Banda for what is not there.The issue here is that we want to about the fitness of our president period.What did he go to do in UK?
the constitution is clear that he cant be charged or prosecuted in the courts of law, the constitution does not provide him immunity to attend interviews or being asked questions in the event another person claims that he committed an offence under the directives of the president. ACC is in order to summon RB but now that he has chosen not to attend, he has left the state with no option but to strip his immunity
Better, let them remove his immunity and we will see who is next…. It is so nice drama, the world is watching the witch hunt, all I can say is more popcorn pls… atleast there is something to talk about.. good move PF for creating drama.
RB IS A GOOD PERSON BUT AN ‘ACCIDENTAL’ PRESIDENT. PEOPLE ARE NOT STUPID AND CAN SEE WHO REALLY RUNS THIS COUNTRY JUST BY THEM SOMEHOW ALWAYS GETTING A POLITICAL POST REGARDLESS OF THE RULING PARTY….. THE ACC SHOULD START WITH THEM BECAUSE ANY PRESIDENT INCLUDING MR SATA WOULD BE FORCED INTO ACTING LIKE A PUPPET FOR THE REAL CULPRITS AND YES THESE PEOPLE SERVE THE INTERESTS OF THEMSELVES AND EVIL ITSELF. RB HAS GOT THINGS TO ANSWER TO, HE KNOWS HOW HE ABUSED HIS POSITION TO HELP HIS FRIENDS AND CHILDREN DO WRONG THINGS TO PEOPLE. JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BECAUSE WE ARE ALL EQUAL IN GODS EYES. AND NO – THERE WILL BE NO WAR IN ZAMBIA BECAUSE ZAMBIA WOULD BE TORN APART AND DESTROYED JUST LIKE THOSE ARAB COUNTRIES. MAY GOD HELP ANY PERSON WHO WANTS TO CREATE WAR IN OUR…
WHAT IS HE HIDING? SOMEONE HAS ALREADY IMPLICATED HIM. I SUSPECT ITS FLATELLI. I SIMPLY DECIDED TO FACE THEM IN THE EYE…WHAT IS HE HIDING?
Pathetic Failures have destroyed the Agriculture sector. It only took 16 months. Food prices have gone through the roof! Kaunda, Chiluba and Sata have a couple of things in common. If you do not want the Agriculture sector to be destroyed any further , then avoid Chipimo and Mumba in 2016. Agriculture is simply not their thing!
Goncalves, You are a pathetic tribalist. Go to hell you fool. That attitude will not take you anywhere.
Another Disgruntled Tonga Lot
Dear Ala Bee,
If you are truly an honest man and not a two bit pompous thieving clown in a pricey suit and fancy tie. I challenge you to avail yourself for questioning to ACC tomorrow morning for the sake of the poor starving children you deprived of essential services via your corrupt rotten regime.
If you have any once of integrity you surely do not need to cower behind legal jargon.
Warm regards
Maxwell
Mr Maxwell Sir, What sevices are now better now that the “pompous thieving clown” is no longer President ? Let us see. Agriculture is in a mess and mealie meal prices have gone through the roof, health services are in shambles, education is in confusion whether Basic education has been abolished or not. What services are now better Sir? The country will not improve simply by parroting ficticious accusations against Rupiah from Fred Mmembe.
Mr max we all want this man to be tried so as to set a good example to others for the benefit of our children.doing it this way is just showing ignorance on what our laws are saying.whats the rush?lets follow the blue prints of our beloved constituition if we honestly respect it.if not then we are injuring it,of which we are going to face long term effects coz next it wont be something to deal with R.B but something which will then affect you using the same short cuts in reference to this same situation.lets respect our own laws, let this mans immunity be removed. simple as that.Remember what mwanawasa did over FTJ? He was a qualified lawyer who carefully followed and respected the laws of our land.lets not take it personal. lets follow procedure.wake up winter and sakeni.LUV ZAMBIA.
This was obvious! we all knew that nothing will come out of this noise making, just raising our emotions, us innocent spectators! Alluding to these happenings that has haunted our nation since we gained independence, what should or rather must we the young generation learn? How are we going to prevent history from repeating itself, from all the comments that have been layed out whenever a subject of corruption or development of our nation arises, i see the past and the present following those to come, tribalism, thieving, yapping just for the sake, greedy bloody zambians we are, in the end, we will still be at zero! what a shame, oh how i mourn for you mother zambia, oh oh what a curse!
if i were R.B i would go with a 100 mmd cadres and ask to be interogated in front of them.not that i need to go there but just see how that pans out. lol
THE SAME ARGUMENT AS THE FUGITIVE SON!
THE SAME AMSTERDAM LAWYER!
THE SAME REASONING…!
THE NEXT STEP? – NEVER TO COME BACK..
ATA SE…
The ACC should understand that the wise men (generic) from the East (except one and his children), have a famous proverb which says, ” when a tortoise is dying, it scatters fire.”.
Lifting of immunity for RB will extinguish the fire that will currently be scattered.
Ms Wandi has played all her cards , check mate. He has hired some very good constitutional lawyer ( Mvunga). I not RB’s supporter , all I would like to see is the people at ACC following our constitution.
She should be fired or asked to resign for trying to bypass our laws- she swore to uphold this same constitution . They are behaving like they own this country and they can do to the subjects as they wish.
We stated it right at the onset of this disgraceful and incompetent move made by government of Kaponyas by Kaponyas for Kaponyas that NO Zambian court has the madate to try RB as of now. Parliament should remove his immunity. As at now members of parliament can not listen to PF govt move including its own members who have gone to school will not agree to politically motivated motions of PF govt. Shame on PF for being incopetent and ignorant and ignore laws of the land.
Thanks Mr President for refusing to appear before those partisan idiots.These kaponyas have no clue about rule of law and just rule thru fear,repression and applying laws only where it suits their narrow partisan interests.
Chichoseni bombasa (immunity) chi mambala.
Fi PF, muli fyachabechabe fishinka manyela baswaini!!!
This action by ACC is buffoonery of the highest order … how do you proceed with such action devoid of parliamentary provisions in Article 43 pertaining to the removal of immunity?
These are high levels of incompetence and the smart people of the Zambian Enterprise deserve better, whether RB is guilty or not. Any miscarriage of the normal course of justice is improbable for any body regardless of who is involved.
Such things make a mockery of our justice system around the world and we can do better than this … and why did MCS even authorize this course of action? The presidency is a sacred institution and should not be played with to fix political enemies, our fantastic franchise deserves better … very disappointed indeed.
Mumba am glad you have left the PF & Kabimba, you one who was screaming among the PF cadres. You called Kabimba as man of action when he tried to go after GBM’s wealthy.
Ba Nostradamus: I am a patriot first and Zambian at the core … even if I am still UNIP (probably the last one standing) I don’t subscribe to cadre mentality. I call a spade a spade, even when KK went wrong I was the first to criticize his wrong doings.
By the way, I don’t ever recall categorizing Kabimba as man of action … I don’t even know the guy. I left our fantastic franchise called the Zambian Enterprise before Kibimba even cut his teeth in politics. I don’t know GBM either, I know MCS though but above all else I just want my Zambia back.
Which version of constitution are the PF using, which Patrick Mvunga is not aware of?
Its unfortunate that law enforcement agencies are losing confidence of the people they are supposed to protect. This emanates from having cheap scared leadership. You will note from history that repressive regimes are corrupt inefficient leaders who rule through intimidation using state machinery. This is eventually challenged by the people who eventually see enforcers as enemies. We had Zero option in Zambia. Waiting to see the face of resistance this will take. RB could have done wrong, but with the offenses against the people being perpetuated by PF, he is now a hero. His prophetic prediction through messiah Chanda Chimba coming to pass. PF should be ashamed
These ACC cum PF agents are just bitter and envious at all the international recognition ,invitations and accolades bwana RB the president is recieving.Go summon and question your own bitterness first you ACC id1ots.
This immunity applies to both past and present presidents right? If RB can be investigated as claimed by ACC, does it therefore mean MCS can also be investigated, just that he cannot be prosecuted?
crimes committed while immune. if he is clean why not go against the norm so that thieves are shamed. why hide in a constitution which we all know is never respected by many African presidents? Lets just remove this clause and put up something that will protect presidents only when they are within norms but outside, they should be charged or else lets just say the president is above the law while other citizens are under the law of the land
Ever heard of the famous Bobo-Dioulasso and Ouagadougou?
PF shall soon going to have more than the neccessary number of MP’s in parliament, this will make it very easy to remove RB’s immunity,So RB, just humble yourself before immunity is stripped off from you. Do you think the cobra has forgotten about poeples money that you stole???? wait and see!!
GOOD DAY DREAMING!!!!!
Tell these blind followers of this criminal called RB. Very soon things will start happening
@ Wapya Baisa. Please educate all of us who are in the dark, what crimes RB has committed? It appears to me that this is not about crimes he allegedly committed but about discrediting him before he leads the Observer Mission to Kenya. A government discrediting a citizen it is supposed to support and protect is an abrogation of government’s fudiciary responsibility to its citizens and it is abuse of office by the ACC for which Wandi can be prosecuted in future.
please, differenciate between arrest and interview for which RB was called for. He was called for just interview and not arrest. RB can not be arrested because he has immunity but can be interviewed if need be to help with the investigative wings.
You cannot claim that you do not eat meat but enjoy the soup prepared from the same meat.
I am waiting for ACC’s next move. Convince MPs to remove his immunity? Interesting and still waiting…
This is becoming very interesting. Wisdom from RB’s lawyers. However, the Bemba’s say Umulandu Taubola! RB may still answer for his alleged atrocities some day. It may not be today. Sometimes the wheels of justice seem to be very slow…but they do turn in fact.
I admit i know very little about legal stuff, i know former Presidents are immune to Prosecution until their immunity is lifted by Parliament but how is Parliament going to left or maintain the immunity without investigations and without giving the accused opportunity to defend themselves.
chimangeni chabe chimudala .
WALITUMPA IWE KOLWESTIAN,GO AND SEE WA PROSTATE CANCER ON A DYING BED.FUSEK!
All you bloggers calling the pf govt corrupt,re wasting time.ala bee has shown the way to go,after 10years of. H. E.MCS he wil also refuse to be questioned.in zambia ni ziba zako simple
Rupia is only immune d to prosecution and not investigations period. ba fikala.
Arrest Dora, Maxwell Mwale, Liato, Namulambe, and all thoz with pending cases. Then u can end with RB, a lot of cases still pending without concluding them ata bane. RB was a better President than Cobra, too much hatred and raping the constitution. No fertilisers to farmers upto now, amafi ku Lusaka uko everywhere in compounds. Dollar naipena nomba ni 5400, everyday ma election, no jobs, strange pests in the land devouring crops, poor AFCON outing, No oxygen in hospitals, Mealie meal prices so high name them ni etc etc etc
It is obvious that the lady boss at ACC has been compromised by HEMCS, or she is looking for non-existent brownie points from him. Folly and sad. More worrying for Zambians is the incompetency being shown by these important institutions of Government. There is no denying, evidence abounds, that even the Police are sadly focussed on oppressing the opposition at the expense of protecting the citizens from thieves and murderers. Am I the only concerned citizen.
I would say the same thing regardless who was in power.
This woman is a disgrace. Even worse, Lobongani.
Sata is a genius. Underestimate him at your peril.
ALL THOSE ADVOCATING FOR WAR ARE FOOLS!!! YOU HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED WHAT A WAR IMPLIES.
NEVER IN ZAMBIA WILL THIS HAPPEN AGAIN AFTER THE BOERS AND RHODES ONCE BOMBED ZAMBIA FOR SUPPORTING THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE AGAINST OPPRESSION IN THE REGION!
CONCENTRATE ATTACKING EACH OTHER ON OTHER ISSUES IN THIS DEMOCRACY. BUT FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE, NEVER ADVOCATE FOR WAR.
WAR IS BAD!!!!!!!!!!!MUMFWAKO FYE!!!!!!!!
pf should learn to follow the law of the land..!
The reaction from the two law firms is unprofessional and it has disadvantanged their client. Granted the background of Sakwiba Sikota of Central Chambers and Patrick Mvunga of Messrs Mvunga and Associates, a more carefully thought and well researched response would have been an acceptable legal approach from the above defense attorneys. The defense attorneys’ argument about the circumvention of the supreme law of Zambia is a laughable argument. This is a deservice to their client. Their client is paying them to think and to improvise not to read article 43. What the above two attorneys have done is unarguably copy and paste.
In legal arguments experienced attorneys be they prosecutors or criminal defence experts,they interpret the law and apply it to fit the case and interests of the…
Carefully read article 43 of the supreme law of Zambia. Read it word by word and balance the two opposite arguments which it encompasses within its own explanation. It creates an argument that a former president cannot be tried for any criminal deeds committed while he/she was in office provided it is not against the interests of the state. And no court in the land can try him. Note that I have paraphrased article 43. Article 43 contains an argument about the interests of the state which clearly override the immunity of the ex-president provided the argument is tried in the National Assembly. Believe me investigators and prosecutors have a winnable argument and Banda will see his day in court. By the I am not a PF supporter and your insults directed at Sata & the PF lack merit
From above, an omission in the last sentence ‘ By the way I am not a PF supproter…….’
SUPPORTER not ‘SUPPROTER’
That is a Ngoni bull for you coming out of a presidential car and not the Bemba/Bisa ox we have. Some jobs are meant for fully functional bodies. You can’t take an ox for breeding because it has no interest in ‘life’ activities. It is just to eat and eating they know!
The accolades of recognition RB has received from credible institutions and real democracies around the world since honourably conceding to Sata’s narrow victory continues to choke state house with envy. Nothing Sata and his PF shallow minded savages can do to change what RB earned in his time as president- respect for upholding tents of good governance and diligently excecuting the Zambian constitution. He remains the only surviving former president worthy of the title ‘Statesman’ and remains the only source of pride to the outside world that Zambia has at the moment.Rupiah Bwezani Banda must be left alone.
People are confirming this sad development. This Fatherless Bwalya took the country in a wrong direction. Catholic Bishops can you come to the aid of the country? All this is happening because of one of your own.
This mad Bwalya has even been repaid by a position on the ZESCO Board.
He must be feasting on human blood which he later sends to keep his boss alive!You can’t expect God’s mercy when you assume power by cheating and bloody sacrifices of beheading his creatires like chickens during rallies. Sata mus travel to the accident with immediate effect and drink the blood of the victims at john chinena
Yes RB president of all thieves in zambian we still wait to see what comes next if he did nothing wrong no worry if he wronged the people of zambian the law is there to visit him at the right time it may not today but it is still coming cases don’t govt away
Zambians were very angry with RB because of the way MMD guys were behaving at the time. But because of the way PF is running zambia, we don’t care about old corruption issues during MMD and what we only want is a good leader now who will lead us to development. If PF is counting on MMD corruption to cover up their promises of cleaning corruption without dealing with their own people like GBM and Kabimba, Mmembe, Nchito etc they are in for a rude shock.
we all want this man to be tried so as to set a good example to others for the benefit of our children.doing it this way is just showing ignorance on what our laws are saying.whats the rush?lets follow the blue prints of our beloved constituition if we honestly respect it.if not then we are injuring it,of which we are going to face long term effects coz next it wont be something to deal with R.B but something which will then affect you using the same short cuts in reference to this same situation.lets respect our own laws, let this mans immunity be removed. simple as that.Remember what mwanawasa did over FTJ? He was a qualified lawyer who carefully followed and respected the laws of our land.lets not take it personal. lets follow procedure.wake up winter and sakeni.LUV ZAMBIA.
“UYOPA CINJI MAMBALA IWE”.SAME WORDS HE USED TO MY PRESIDENT. I AM ALSO ASKING HIM AYOPA CHANI MAMBALA ACC IS FOR ALL.YOU ARE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
fear of the known, RB is still a factor to zambian politics. a lot of rural people will vote for him if he decide to stand in the next elections soon to be held. farmers especially.
ayopa chani mambala?yamunyokola accusation.
OFISANJI MAAMBALA!!!
By RB declining to appear before ACC shows the guy is already guilt. He fears to stammer and contradict himself at the interrogation.
When a country is governed by retards, all you get are such stupid schemes.
Sermon RB TO Anti corruption fellow country men be carefull what you are trying to bring to this peacefull nation think twice what is happening in mali,congo and kenya please stop this nonsense of taking former head of state to the most corrupt institution in zambia,why cant you take the british to court for the copper money they stole in zambia please dont turn zambia into rwanda…..please mr Sata you are the head of state dont let this bakabwa fool you around in 4 years you will be out of office they gona treat you like makaka niba muselela kwakaba ba Dr advise the old man to be carefull pipo are just using him.let him take care of his heart and cigarette deasese we pray for him and his cousin RB To get good they are cousins forget about cheap politics.Zambia is a small jungle that need
Rama lama ding dong. Be glad tou aim’t a livin in da usa bro
We told those who thought there was any substance in a single handed run PF that they would regret their action. This is a very very important lesson for Zambia. We need a strong constitution to protect us from leaders who cannot distinguish left from right. Those who think that our country is still floating are in for rude awakening because we are dangerously descending and our vision-less, arrogant and dull leaders have no clue of doing anything sensible except to continue drawing tax payers money for their bellies. If they do not understand basic national constitutional principles, they will never uphold our constitution. The honourable thing left is to use our current constitutional provisions to remove the vision-less head and all his hench men will follow him later.
FOR ONCE LET OUR TECHNOCRATS BE PROFESSIONAL. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS WATCHING. DONT ALLOW THESE POLITICIANS TO USE N ABUSE U. MWALISAMBILILA! WANDI, U R AN EMBARASSMENT TO THE LEGAL FRATERNITY. THATS THE PROBLEM OF BEING SCHOOLED, U NEED TO BE EDUCATED SO U UNDERSTAND WHAT U R DOING. SO, U LOOK LIKE U DONT THINK! HAVE PRIDE MADAM
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