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Edgar Lungu may discard or change Constitution roadmap once elected as president – Grand coalition

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The Grand Coalition has expressed concern that the presidential candidate for the PF, Hon Edgar Lungu has refused to sign the social contract and ignored with impunity the demands for him to commit his government in writing to the delivery of the constitution if he wins. The Grand Coalition feels the Roadmap may be discarded or changed altogether should Hon. Lungu win the presidency, going by his refusal to commit himself in writing through the signing of the Social Contract. The Grand coalition said the people of Zambia are tired of the current defective constitution and we need to deliver unto ourselves a new constitution.

Meanwhile Civil Society Constitution Coalition Chairperson Judith Mulenga has charged that the release of the government roadmap for the constitution making process is an election gimmick to make people believe they are committed to enacting a new constitution.Ms. Mulenga said that if the PF government is committed enough to the enactment of a new constitution, the PF Presidential candidate should not be reluctant to sign the social contract with the Grand Coalition.

Below is the Press statement

Grand Coalition Response to the Government Roadmap

Ladies and Gentlemen, as you may be aware, on Tuesday 13 January 2015 the Ministry of Justice shared with us the Draft Proposed Constitution Roadmap and Guidelines for Public Validation of the Contents of the Final Draft Constitution, which was presented to Parliament on 23 October 2014.

From the onset, we have emphasized our demand for the Government to release a clear Roadmap and also guidelines for the validation of the Draft Constitution in a manner that would protect the content. We got very concerned when the Government released the document to parliament without a roadmap, and got even more concerned when we learnt through media reports that the Roadmap had been lost.

We therefore welcome the Government for finally yielding to our demand to release a roadmap and also to share clear guidelines of how the Draft Constitution making process will be finalised. We have noted that the proposed roadmap is in line with our demand of a referendum before the 2016 general elections.

While we commend the Government for finally releasing the Roadmap and Guidelines for the Validation of the new Constitution with timelines that are in line with our demands, we are concerned that the presidential candidate for the PF, Hon Edgar Lungu has refused to sign the social contract and ignored with impunity the demands for him to commit his government if he wins, in writing to the delivery of the constitution.

It is therefore, interesting to note that government’s Roadmap may be discarded or changed altogether should Hon. Lungu win the presidency, going by his refusal to commit himself in writing through the signing of the Social Contract.

It is for reason that Grand Coalition feels this may not be in good faith, particularly that the PF government, through their candidate, who is also Minister of Justice, have refused to demonstrate their commitment to deliver a people driven constitution by signing the Social Contract. This could be part of tactics aimed at helping the ruling party candidate.

Our concern comes due to the fact that the ruling party has refused to commit by signing the social contract which is in line with their proposed roadmap. In this vein we demand that Hon. Lungu does sign the social contract to prove that he buys in the government released roadmap failure to which we conclude that the road map is not owned by the Lungu team but government through the Acting President, Dr. Guy Scott, who has already declared that Zambia needs a new constitution.

Ladies and gentlemen,
In conclusion, allow me to emphasise that the finalisation of a people driven constitution is already long overdue. As the Grand Coalition, we remain committed and resolved to ensure that this process yields a people driven constitution. The people of Zambia are tired of the current defective constitution and we need to deliver unto ourselves a new constitution.

We demand the urgent finalisation of the Constitution making process. No New Constitution, No Vote.

God bless our lovely country Zambia.

Issued By:

Sara H. Longwe

Grand Coalition Vice Chairperson.

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132 COMMENTS

    • Your statement ba Grand Coalition is also a campaign gimmick to campaign for your preferred candidate whose name such not be mentioned.

    • Grand coalition, you are wasting our time. You are very indecisive and behaving as though you are operating on someone’s agenda. You should have concluded that you are therefore urging the nation not to vote for Edgar Lungu on Tuesday next week as he has demonstrated that he is not willing to be tied to a social contract, meaning he wont enact a people driven constitution. we are not kids or chicken who will be fooled over and over by successive governments. Lungu thinks he is Sata and therefore can bulldoze anything and get away with it. He can’t even read the mood in the nation against his party. We now know that the bad constitution is responsible for bad governance including corruption which has killed many citizens and continues depriving them from basic goods and services.

    • The good thng is that Lungu is not winning these elections. So we should not worry whether he has or not signed the contract. Lungu is just a use.less man and he is not even presidential material.

    • Its like these guys called the Grand Coalition dont know what they want.. or maybe they sense their relevance dwindling.. and eventualy they will be irrelevant after the consititution

    • My hero in these elections has been the Zambia Police and Madam IG Stella Libongani

      Never have the Police been so fair and yet as firm despite the inter and intra party violence.

      Madam IG, continue with the great work and jolly well done.

      To whoever emerges as President next week, I personally appeal to you to maintain the IG. She has done well.

      Let us not change office holder just to please cadres. Irrespective of how she was appointed, she has earned her stars as they say.

      Once elections are over Madam IG, focus on stamping out corruption at roadblocks where your officers are unashamedly pocketing money for dubious offences.

    • No bwaice bwaice mwayamba no kwenda ne nkoli bushe cikaba shani nga mwafika pali ifwe. Bushe emuli umuti umo?

    • walking what? and now that is when they know. HH after the debate is looking stronger. deliver the constitution guys and lets move the country forward

    • I agree with the Grand Coalition. What is disturbing is that the same coalition will vote for him and again he’ll tell them that the constitution is not urgent, people won’t eat the constitution and the current constitution is valid. Again the Grand Coalition will start moaning about how deceived they will have been.

    • Thats mere speculation with no basis whatsoever.

      PF has adequately addressed this issue stating that they can not and will not subordinate itself to Akainde led coalition.

      How hard is that to comprehend?

    • I wonder which source you are getting this information from, it seems to be unreliable, the dissatisfaction in air is too much, only a magic ward would save them, mark my word, I will be last person to laugh.

    • GRAND COALITION. AS MUCH AS WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. PLEASE DON’T TAKE LEADERS FOR A RIDE. U PROTESTED FOR THE “NO CONSTITUTION NO VOTE” THEY GIVE U THE ROADMAP, YOU THANK THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE MOVE. NOW YOU SAY HE WILL DISCARD IT? U WANT ZAMBIANS TO FOLLOW YOUR IMAGINATIONS? STOP PUSHING PEOPLE JUST SO U CAN LOOK RELEVANT.. ITS BETTER TO FOLLOW A PROCESS STARTED AND SEE HOW IT ENDS THEN U CAN COME IN AND SPEAK OUT, NOT IMAGINING THAT HE WONT IMPLEMENT & BELIEVE IN YOUR IMAGINATIONS, LATER ON WANTING ALL ZAMBIA TO DO SAME.

    • DOES IT MEAN NOW ONE CAN ONLY BE TRUSTED WHEN HE/SHE SIGNS A SOCIAL CONTRACT? IF SO THEN THERE ARE MANY SOCIAL CONTRACTS AWAITING TO BE SIGNED…..

    • Mushota, politics is about the numbers. Obama traverses the whole US just to ensure he relates with voters, not being on TV with Red Eyes, for what. Afterall, Edgar Lungu will be on TV everyday starting 21st January 2015. And please Mushota, change that photo, its pathetic to say the least.

    • Grand coalition you must be renamed Grand Confusion.It’s just yesterday when you were praising Lungu for releasing the constitutional road map today you are realizing that Lungu is up to something fishy.Wake up!
      Only HH will fulfill what he has promised.

    • You have your intel wrong and am glad that Jan 20 is very close. Edgar Lungu will win the election.

      Northern, Luapula, Copperbelt, Lusaka, Eastern and Central Provinces will secure the majority win.

      Canicius Banda and HH to claim foul play!

    • PF is full of theories that don’t work such as 90 days, he is fit and working hard, medical check up and somebody dies. Only insanÉ people can trust PF.

    • USELESS COALITION! HAS THE CONSTITUTION GOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH NEXT WEEK ELECTIONS? THE CONSTITUTION IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO THE 2016 ELECTIONS SO YOU HAVE TIME TO DECAMPAIGHN THE PF DURING THE 2016 ELECTIONS. THE ROAD MAP IS ALREADY WITH YOU, WHATS YOUR PANIC? YOU UPND CADRES!

    • The so called Grand coalition is just campaigning for the one the sympathise with. Who told them EL will not keep his word?

  2. Why with Grand coalition, why not direct with people of Zambia? Zambia is full of people whose only job is to attend meetings and yap. They are liability to Zambia. Lungu shall openly declare on ZNBC and his church the timeframe within which he will deliver constitution. No need to have parasitic superfluous organisation, giving them credence for existence.

    • where were you when grand coalition said they will decampaign any political party that will fail to sign the contract! Ubututu pa Zed bwalifula.

    • Here is how it works; the NGO’s in the Grand Coalition have to eat and finish their NGO funded house construction projects. Billions of Kwacha will have to be put into the next phase of the constitution making effort – most of it will be chewed up by these NGOs as sitting allowances, sensitisation programmes etc. The people who speak loudest now, will be the ones appointed to committees and to lead parts of the process. Since the budget has already been passed for the year, additional borrowing will be required to feed these chaps; farmers will be paid late, there will be drug shortages in hospital; as there will be no money. Gullible donor agencies will promise funds for this; the money will be misappropriated and used to finish the house in New Kasama.

    • Mulekwatako ne nsoni ba PF.Issues of the constitution tefya Kupenenako.This is about life and death.It defines the future of our children.One day we shall have a dictactor like Idi Amin,thats why we a good constitution.

  3. The Grand Coalition is claiming to represent Zambians, how come my grandmother and I do not know the contents of the Social Contract? I deserve to know

  4. Imwe ba so called coalition what is your problem? leave us to campaign in peace. Just come out and say you are campaigning fo HH. Who doesn’t know your agenda? EL is alwayer and he has already committed himself. Why are you forcing things. Please give us a break. Just go and vote for your HH and us the majority shall vote for epyani EL.

  5. Grand coalition is toothless,they dont act on what they say…last week they said they will decompaign Pf if by 8th January they dont sign a social contract,and today is the 16th and nothing they ar doing inline to what they have being saying…act for pipo to see your seriousness.

  6. Luapula 100% votes Northern 75% copperbelt 75% Lusaka 80% Eastern province 80% Central 65% Western 55% Northwestern 45% Southern 30%. These are the result for EL on Wednesday and Thursday.

    Viva PF

    • In your dreams. That is according to a PF cadre. But according to the Zambian people it will be the opposite of what you’ve given in favour of HH.

    • HH becoming president of Zambia? Imposican’t ! Maybe in the underworld. Come next week, HH will be retired for good.

    • dream on. it appears there are some pf cadres sitting 24-7 at the computer to put comments in e.l.’s favour even when it is a known fact that pf has not really fared well in the last 3 years. anyway, you need to brace up yourselves because your job with pf is ending on 20-21 jan 2015. the only consolation is that 4 months down the line hh will provide you with a job through the economic reforms he will make with UPND and MMD and PF partners. there are many PF MPs who are ready to support hh in parley. just wait and see this evolution

    • Next week Tuesday is just 4 days away; some day dreamers and key board warriors will have a shock of their lives. It is not a secret who will carry the day. The writing is on the wall and even blind people can see it!

  7. It appears people are now sobering up and reconciling themselves to the fact that Edgar Lungu will be President!

    Northern, Luapula, Copperbelt, Lusaka, Eastern, Central Provinces. UPND covered in an avalanche of votes and will claim malpractice.

  9. This is Tom foolery on a grand coalition scale. The gov’t has released a roadmap. The grand coalition is biased and merely are de-campaigning Lungu. The fear they express is unjustified, since Lungu released the Draft Constitution pretty sharpishly. It is unfair and is an underhand tactic to promote HH. Also the same said applies to ALL parties who may win the election. They too may discard their road maps AND the signed Social Contract. It is not a legislated requirement in elections to sign an agreement with social society groups.

    WE STAND BY LUNGU as the BEST CANDIDATE into 2016.

    However Lungu must deliver the constitution, in the time remaining before 2016. Lungu should be more emphatic on delivering the constitution. He must seek the peoples support.

  10. Give us the projection for HH.

    One you UPND suppoter told me yesterday that we shall chase HH if he loses elections this time round. Is this true? if it is, it won’t be fair after you have chewed his money? please leave him alone to hang himself if he wishes.

  11. In the first place why did he refuse to sign the contract? I smell another sata constitution in 90 days but when time came for the constitution he said “what constitution “. Zambians should never vote for such characters.

    • They (UPND) seem to dislike statistics, they seem to want to ignore the fact that HH will not enjoy votes in Northern, Luapula, Copperbelt, Eastern Provinces. Also, they do not want to admit that the largest mistake HH has made is not taking Central Province as seriously as they the PF are. Edgar Lungu will be President.

    • HH in malole Nachila .lol cow horn formation at work.Lungu AZAZITUNDILA.He was so drunk in solwezi due to frustration.

  13. Sign contract whith who? who gave the UPND supporters the mandate. it is the same behaviour MUVI TV is showing. We know their manuevers

  16. lungu is just inconsistent he can not implement the constitution at all.If he knows he will why cant he sign the social contract with us zambians? pf so you cant see your candidate is a disgrace and a disapointment tou you? someone who cant make you proud by doing what other sectors want to show is capability of ruling zambia hahahahahaaaaa HH is amazing you right? here we are done.

    • THOSE WHO THINK HH THE CHEAT (SUSPENDED FROM UNZA IN SECOND YEAR FOR CHEATING DURING AN EXAM)

      THE SATANIST . FREE MASON AND DEVIL WORSHIPPERS CAN RULE ZAMBIA NEED TO SEEK THE LORD IN THEIR LIVES
      I WILL KEEP ON PRAYING FOR HH AND HIS FELLOW DEVIL WORSHIPPERS IN THE HOPE THAT ONE DAY THEY WILL SEE THE TRUE LIGHT OF THE LIVING GOD.

      2015 LET ZAMBIA VOTE FOR A TRUE CHRISTIAN
      2015 LET ZAMBIA VOTE FOR EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU

  17. The so called coalition, go ahead and decampaign us. Why are you wasting time talking? tukamuchapa pa Tuesday we have enough numbers to win in Luapula, Northern, copperbelt, Eastern, Lusaka, Central etc. Tell us where you will get votes from apart from Southern Province 100%

    • If……. there are only 10 provinces. If one does bag 5 provinces there is not much of a game plan for the others, is there? The 5 (3 as2HH), provinces is spoils shared by all.

      It is just numbers. The social contract is not a legislated requirement for elections. You seek a mandate which if all required things are in place you deliver if not you keep tabling the issue. It is advisable PF do deliver or else 2016 is never gonna happen for them on a grand scale as they will loose massive support. If that is a fact, then Grand standing coalition is doing nothing more than that. The fact of not delivering the constitution comes with its own merits or demerits.

      Voters please don’t lose sleep on this. It’s all about continuity and completing Development projects. PF DO IT…

  18. What UPND released is not a roadmap. It is an assemblage of heresay. I wonder if at all they have constitutional lawyers.

  21. What mandate does Lungu have to sign any contract – social or otherwise – NONE. Ba Grand Coalition are being openly partisan on this issue. Have Nawakwi, Chipimo or Mumba signed the social contract? The fact that PF have released a road map (plaigarised by UPND) is surely a good statement of intent and for me that is good enough. Who the Eff are Grand Coalition to start insisting of signing of social contracts – whatever they mean.

    • This is absurd on the part of the so called Grand coalition. Who are they and where are they drawing the mandate to even ask candidates to sign their useless paper? That is why lawyers are not people to play with. Do you expect Edgar to sign your useless social contract? Edgar is busy campaigning because he has got no mandate from the Zambian people to sign any thing meaningful. He is going into a genuine social contract with us after being elected not with you HH groups. Take it to Hichilema again and let him sign 20 times if he wants but not to the lawyer Chagwa. He is far ahead of your plans.

  22. PF is in government, so they cannot be forced todo what is not right. These are all HH tactics. Same like MUVI TV organized debates.

    It was not a bad idea but it was organized by a wrong and biased station

  23. No real Zambian will vote for self professed tribal party UPND.Indeed HH will be president for southern province after 20th January.Right now in choma his cadres are making noise to try and disturb the rally for EL.As Police we are ready for them and they will be disciplined if they become stupid.

    • The true tribalists are well known.Those who have appointed all the diplomats from one tribe.Those who have appointed all PSs from one tribe are the tribalists.They insult others saying I would rather vote for afrog.We shall teach PF a lesson of there life time on 20th.Mwanya Zambia is bigger than PF.

  24. EL has made it a public document. You Grand Coalition are not Zambians alone to start doubting the document. Its release is enough testimony to implement people driven constitution. Why are you a doubting Thomacy? It seems now that you have hidden interests. Other candidates who have signed cant even draft a detailed raodmap has done by EL.

    As a fake Coalition with hidden interests, just come out open and indorse your candidate without fear or favor period

    Bravo EL

  27. THE FAKE OPINION POLLS BY A TELEVISION STATION SOME WHERE WHO ARE BENEFICIARIES OF COW DUNG MANURE MONEY WILL BE EXPOSED SOON…….VIVA EL.

  28. The grand coalition is supporting HH. I was amused how some member where celebrating during the presidential debates. Civil society has gone to the dogs. Grand coalition is totally UPND.

    • Just like it was totally PF during MMD rule do you remember one Emily Sikazwe a full time cadre for PF who retired when they came into power. Google what she is doing with the money of the NGO which she now claims is hers so has the right to draw “benefits”.

  29. The Grand Coalition has spoken on behalf of millions of Zambia who are tired of PF lies and the time of reckoning is here now and PF are in the dock. PF has failed to commit itself to aspirations of Zambians over the new Constitution and therefore PF has become irrelevant to Zambia.
    Mushota, once PF guru has seen the delusional imagination of PF.
    Weldone Mushota for your capitulation and transparency on PF.

    • Not on my behalf. Signing that rubbish does not guarantee the guy will not make a U-turn once in office. Being a president is completely different from running a business. There things that you cannot do even if you want. Don’t fool yourself that this thing called HH will just do abracadabra and all be open sesame: No

    • NOT ON BEHALF EITHER . I JUST ASKED MY WIFE. SHE SAYS NOT ON BEHALF EITHER. SO ON WHOSE BEHALF IS THE GRAND COALITION SPEAKING?
      THOSE WHO THINK HH THE CHEAT (SUSPENDED FROM UNZA IN SECOND YEAR FOR CHEATING DURING AN EXAM)

      THE SATANIST . FREE MASON AND DEVIL WORSHIPPERS CAN RULE ZAMBIA NEED TO SEEK THE LORD IN THEIR LIVES
      I WILL KEEP ON PRAYING FOR HH AND HIS FELLOW DEVIL WORSHIPPERS IN THE HOPE THAT ONE DAY THEY WILL SEE THE TRUE LIGHT OF THE LIVING GOD.

      2015 LET ZAMBIA VOTE FOR A TRUE CHRISTIAN
      2015 LET ZAMBIA VOTE FOR EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU

  30. zambians will not vote in a person with a criminal record and with moslem links.

    google the following…… islamic banking comes to zambia……this was implemented after sata’s death by edgar and rupiah and gondwe, ignoring Guy.

    this is a serious matter, think you people think.

    His name, his own folly, Chagwa is falling, he is losing this elction

  31. Don’t take Zambians for granted PF ask Kaunda and RB since their both alive to tell you! Fail to deliver, we boot you out FULL STOP! HH get ready for work we want tangible results! Tiye tiye Zambia!

    • Can you define a constitution to my mother, uncle and brothers in the village and what immediate benefits they gonna derive from it? Doesn’t Zambia have one already?

      I expect the so called NGOs if indeed they represent the people to support the new mines Tax regime, but alas they are damn quiet, why?

      Be real, talk issues imwe bapompwe.

      Ifintu ni Lungu.

  33. Grand Coalition, what makes you think that those who signed the social contract will honour their word if they do get elected? Is the contract constitutionally binding on those who signed it?
    With what we have seen so far, Edgar is more likely to finalise the constitution making process, and he has the electorate to face in 2016 to motivate him.

    Ba Grand Coalition, don’t behave like small kids and fall for chocolates. You are dealing with politicians, and some unknown quantities among them, grow up!

    • Fortunately the voters don’t even know this thing called constitution. people want food and jobs and not papers in the day, papers in the night what for?

      Agitate for wealth creation, that’s what people want not fake NGOs.

  34. What is the guarantee that whoever has signed will AUTOMATICALLY enact constitution.

    Because if that’s the way to state house, even MULIKELA would have appended his signature knowing that that’s the way to fool Zambians.

    Grand whatever STOP your CHEAP propaganda.

    Edgar for Presido

    • These guys don’t know how government operates. They think a president will just do things like a shop owner. There dos and don’ts there. A guy you used to drink chibuku with will all of sudden become a stranger one he enters State House. At Grand Coalition! You are warned in advance- don’t cry that you have been betrayed. EL has acted president so you cannot manipulate him at all. HH can even eat faeces if you tell him that this will make him president.

  37. zambians were is the chairman of RDA is he in the country or is in southafrica,and do what ? pls let us check this guy.

  38. According to Mendelows matrix of stakeholders classification i have placed the Grand coalition in terms of the” level of interest” in the elections as high and in terms of “power” as low, hence need only to be informed that Edgar Lungu will enact the new constitution. The Grass Roots also known as passive stakeholders i have classified them in terms of “level of interest”in the elections as high and in terms of “power”also as high, hence these cannot be ignored.Therefore the Grand Coalition has no legal basis to hold Edgar Lungu, HH,or indeed any other opposition leaders to ransom.

  40. These NGOs are the biggest thieves Zambia have. They come in different shapes and names just find ways of stealing Donor money, thank God its not my tax money, and try and justify the unjustifiable.

    If the so called social Contract are not legally binding, why would one waste his precious time putting ink on it? What if those who have signed the so called contract decide not to honour it, what will be the consequence?

    Listen Zambians are very learned and intelligent lot and NGOs must be careful. We know that they are composed of broke individuals unfortunately some who pretend to be Holy, twapapata, STOP STEALING HIV MONEY IMWE AND LEAVE LUNGU ALONE.
    Zambia has seen and witnessed massive development under current constitution not so?

  41. Even artificial fuel prices my go up if Edgar wins cos he has no idea how to reduce it..Zambians op[en your eyes HH is here, if HH also fails we can remove him too.God will not forgive this country if again they vote for mediocre leadership like was the case with SATA.

    Sata called us yappers,so lets yarp in the ballot box

  42. Who the phuck is this grand coalition anyway? There is another election coming up in 2016. Do you really think that he will do something that stupid and jeopardize his chance of winning 2016? And if he does, then we get rid of 2016. Simple. Now please bring something more sensible for sensible people to think and talk about, not this bullcrap.

  43. Grand Coalition for heavens sake, stop remote controlling President people. Stop it now. In my view the so called road map will just delay the process for another two years. Mind you, people are fed up and tired of waiting for the enactment of the new constitution. We are tired, now what we want is enactment. You know what? Very few Zambians understand even the term ‘referendum’. How long is it going to take to go round the country to educate people and then prepare for this activity? We will be coming from an expensive election and then we should go into an expensive referendum. We do not have the time. So much money has been wasted in the past years on sittings, and allowances over a thing which is not yielding fruits. We are tired. We need enactment not signing contracts.

  44. UPND SUPPORTERS LIKE COMFORTING THEMSELVES ELECTRONICALLY WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THEIR CANDIDATE CAN NOT PULL FROM 18%-40%. HE WILL JUST HAVE A GOOD SHOW BUT LOSING TO EDGAR LUNGU. HH 31% EL 45%

  46. Agony is after de-campaining some one today, next week he gets elected as the president, I don’t know how u will approach him for the way forward on constitution. Insoni !

  47. Ifintu ni Lungu, kabwalala, chakolwa, Mr Me Too, Mr Violent, ala mwandi Mr Moslem.

    iyeee kwena, ati ifintu ni lungu, uuuuuuukoooooooo! Not pa Zed

  48. Imwe Ba grand confusion please the people of Zambia to make their own choice. Stop confusing them. Who in fact told you you have an impact. Even in the rural areas, people are enlightened now. Ba father Chiti, I do not know if you are a catholic or an Anglican priest for sure.In our churches, we know priests to be very logical. They make good judgements. The peopleof Zambia have made their choices already. What I have been told is that you an hh supporter, while your vice – Sara has openly said she has chosen Nawakwi for the presidency. So you can see that you as an NGO are not neutral. People know you already and have stopped following you. And you know that your support is dwindling but you want to make the most noise in order for people to hear you. Sorry very will mind you. Viva Lungu

  50. Sorry I forgot to tell you that, once Lungu so elected president next week, do the honorable thing; resign or better still disband that NGO. Join hh’s upnd, make be you can make a good spokesperson. You surely do not mean well for Zambia.

  51. lets try to understand these guys, they are paid to do exactly that. so apa zangena for the this statement. it appears to them whatever Lungu does is wrong. waste your time, am voting 4 him period

  52. It’s injury time and EL has just made another spectacular maneuver, dribbled himself and scoring an own goal – the third own goal by himself in a roll! What a player!

  54. TELL ME, IS A SOCIAL CONTRACT LEGALLY BINDING? ONE CAN SIGN IT BUT STILL ABBROGATE IT. SO THE NOISE IS IRRELEVANT. WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THE COMMITMENT THAT ONE HAS SHOWN SO FAR TOWARDS ENACTING THE NEW CONSTITUTION. FIRST HE HAD THE DRAFT RELEASED, THEN HE RELEASED THE ROADMAP. THAT IS ENOUGH GOOD WILL. INFACT EVEN IF LUNGU SIGNED THE CONTRACT, THE DOUBTING THOMASES WILL STILL RAISE THEIR UGLY HEADS. EL WILL STILL SIGN THE SOCIAL CONTRACT AFTER WINNING THE ELECTIONS.

  55. I think the team to watch is HH or is it flight HH2015 .Remember ,in southern Zambia they say “suffering is prior to attaining success or perfection” I have not seen this in our EL team! The other issue is Lungu is not known across the country except at city market(Lusaka) ,Kulima tower and mugubudu ( Eastern province).

  56. Live from Kopala land and Midlands:- HH has lost what seemed as Early Victory wen PF was Practicing Intra Party Democracy and now UPND is Creating Technical excuses to use after loosing next week.
    News next will read UPND is comfortably leading in their Clan Stronghold (Southern Province) of Zambia where all Chiefs are Partisan. However, the PF is Headed for a Land slide in the 6 Provinces where democracy is deep rooted as we expect Shared Votes in the remaining 3 Provinces.
    Later CJ declares Edgar Chagwa Lungu duly Elected 6th Republican President of Zambia.

  57. I put it to you that the so called Grand Coalition is the agent of the UPND’s HH, I have verifiable proof. I have said it time and again ibuti, is is not constitutional basa! It’s not there in the electoral code of conduct neither is it a prerequisite for electorate to put a tenant into state house. With or without the signing Lungu is the 6th National president, a Kabyesi! Oga tenant in Red Brick. A WORD is better than some damn Signature! An action is even better, ECL is on it already. What’s the fuss about? NGO campaigning in an African country? Mupamba!

  58. “UPND can only be ruled by a Tonga” (not any other Zambian) Quote from UPND Constitution. This is what Made Sakwiba Sikota and Chisanga who were Vice Presidents leave.
    This seems is the reason why HH and his UPND are quick to Sign those Contracts with Valueless Social Clubs. UPND has never known democracy so how do you expect them to implement and practice it. Dont trust HH you Zambians this Guy doesnt mean well just like he has failed to Condemn what Badala Munkombwe said at his rally. It took a an Indian to disassociate UPND from the old Man’s statement.

    Ifintu ni Lungu, EL 2015

  59. Mwanawasa (with roots in Lenje land) got overwhelming Votes from Northern and Luapula beating Michael Chilufya Sata. That’s democracy so lets see if UPND can do the same this time around show us that you are Democrats by Voting for otherwise.
    EL 2015 no one Else.

  60. ba grandcoalition who voted for you, who gave the mandate, why are sowing a seed of mistrust, what are you upto? are you satanist?why dont you wait until you cross the bridge. you are dangerous to society and am warning desist from whatever you are doing before you land in trouble

  61. am very happy my president wont be hoodwinked into signing those fake papers as its intimidation,,we will focus on the most important things first!

  62. THOSE WHO THINK HH THE CHEAT (SUSPENDED FROM UNZA IN SECOND YEAR FOR CHEATING DURING AN EXAM)

    THE SATANIST . FREE MASON AND DEVIL WORSHIPPERS CAN RULE ZAMBIA NEED TO SEEK THE LORD IN THEIR LIVES
    I WILL KEEP ON PRAYING FOR HH AND HIS FELLOW DEVIL WORSHIPPERS IN THE HOPE THAT ONE DAY THEY WILL SEE THE TRUE LIGHT OF THE LIVING GOD.

    2015 LET ZAMBIA VOTE FOR A TRUE CHRISTIAN
    2015 LET ZAMBIA VOTE FOR EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU

  63. The problem with these so called educated people is that they can’t make a decision. This Lungu is supposed to be DE-campaigned so that others learn a lesson. Even father Chiti is swallowing his own words; why are you wasting our time? We already agreed that any candidate who does not commit to constitution delivery is an enemy to Zambian democracy and you guys are again sitting on the fence. Come on, you can do better than this.
    No wonder late Sata used to call you yappers!

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