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LAZ backs Technical Committee, final draft constitution should released to the public immediately

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LAZ president James Banda
LAZ president James Banda

The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) says there is no reason why the final report on the constitution and the final draft constitution cannot be released to the public immediately in the interests of transparency and accountability to the Zambian people.

LAZ president James Banda in a statement obtained by QFM news says the association is concerned that a simple matter of printing and distributing the final draft constitution to the people of Zambia has suddenly become a complicated and contentious venture.

Mr Banda recalls that the first draft constitution was presented to the President and the public at the same time,wondering why this should not be the case with the final draft constitution.

He says proceeding in this manner helps to remove any suspicion and will help the government to continue building consensus around the process.

Mr Banda states that LAZ supports the decision by the technical committee drafting the constitution to insist that the release of the draft constitution be done simultaneously to the government and the Public.

He adds that the decision of the Technical committee is in keeping with the expectations of the Zambian public who have long awaited a constitution encapsulates and protects their wishes and aspirations.

The LAZ president notes that the history of constitution making in Zambia makes sad reading as it is filled with manipulation of the wishes of the Zambian people and ultimately disappointment.

Mr Banda says there is need to preserve and protect the will of the Zambian people who have been yearning for a people driven constitution for a long time at all costs.

The Ministry of Justice has directed the technical committee drafting the constitution to print only ten copies of the final draft constitution for the executive.

On Sunday, Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba has confirmed being behind the directive to have only 10 copies of the constitution printed.

Mr. Kabimba, however, says the decision by the technical committee not to sign on the draft report is tantamount to disobeying the appointing authority who is president Michael Sata.

20 COMMENTS

  1. Kabimba is really an imbecile he’s never said something sensible in his whole political career.If you had doubts that this kabimba is Sata’s disciple,there it is in black and white! These PF monkeys are taking the country backwards mwe! next time please dont vote for a demagogue like Sata.

    • This is what happens when you have FULL for a President. Why are PF Caders calling 4 Wynter to resign? The person who should resign is Sata the FULL.

    • KABIMBA is just following instructions from the president. I don’t know which English you people understand. We know that some of you only speak your mother-tongues, but please when you are reading English try harder to understand what is being said. Otherwise stop reading articles written in English because you are danger even to your own selves.

    • I want to urge all the pipo out there to follow this Wynter.He is hanging by a thread in PF and he seemingly appears to being used to manipulate the constitutional making process.The result will be a constitution that does not represent the pipo’s wishes or no knew constitution at all.Before he knows it his foes will succeed to get him out of PF and he will find himself facing an all too powerfull president thanks to the failure to curb constitutional powers.He should learn from the MMD.If for example they had given us a constitution that provided for 50+1 they would still be in power.

  2. I dont blame kabimba,,, the medication the man is on is too strong,, his skin has turn into a crocodile skin, his hair is falling off,,ili bad!! the man is doing everything possible to be normal but its not possible with his medication and `worms` in his blood streams

  3. But what is the problem with PF kanshi mwebantu? I dont understand them especially when they start practicing things they were so much against just yesterday. Awe mwandi just looking. No wonder they have now resorted to butchering each other. The other person who has dissapointed me is Meembe. I thought he had all along been fighting for the majority zambians, only to realize how wrong I was; he was only interested in having political power and exercise it wrongly- SHAME.

  4. A dead man does not know he is dead. It’s the people around who knows. This is exactly what is obtaining with Kabimba. He doesn’t realise he has become irrelevant to the democratic process the people of Zambia chose to pursue. We the people need to hold hands and work together and defeat this political cancer currently going on in Zambia. It’s very sad when neighbours start hacking each other to death and life goes on as if nothing happened.

  5. Sata made his position clear through his shameless mouthpiece Wynter. He will end with the TEN copies demanded in this constitution process. Of all people, Samuel of Caritas, should know better that each of the TEN drafts to be delivered has been inspired by one of the TEN commandments! If Samuel has now been on the road to Damascus, let him repent and ask for forgiveness and accordingly change his name to Pamuel.

    This is how MCS decreed from the genesis!

  6. I personally don’t understand why there is so much noise about the President asking for just 10 copies to be delivered to him. How many copies did you want him to read?

    Please note that in the directive to the Committee no reference was made to printing of the other 10 million copies because the president wants to see only 10 copies. That is why most of you failed your examinations and never completed your education properly because you failed to understand instructions. The protocol is that, first, you deliver the signed 10 copies and at the handing over ceremony the President then makes the national announcement about how the draft should be distributed to the whole country. This stand-off is completely unnecessary and just shows how dull the leaders of the Committee are.

    • look at your dullness before you talk of other people. The TORs for the committee was that the final draft would be shared with the general public at the same time the committee would be handing over the same to the President. Peoples access to the draft constitution should not be at the whims of SATA and PF.

  7. Wynter needs wisdom and diplomacy, a lil humility will do him some good too. Just answer the questions no need for all the sarcasm.

  8. Despite, I’m loving what Sata is doing. it makes it easy for the opposition to campaign against him. Imagine if he had delivered a people driven constitution, what ammunition would the opposition have against him when he has fullfilled one of the biggest promises he made before elections, although beyond 90 days.

    • Excellent analysis bro. Sata is giving Zambians a platform to fight him. You remember the ‘Third Term’ debate which united Zambians against Kafupi (Chiluba)? The Zambian people won. I can assure you we will win this one against this Dictator!

  9. Eco mwebela ati muli fipuba. What do you expect from Sata? He will change the constitution with kabimba and Mmembe to suite themselves. Imbwa sha bantu ishi?

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