The Young African Leaders Initiative has called for a probe on whether Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini breached the Constitution by declaring the Kasama Central parliamentary seat vacant.
YALI Governance Adviser Isaac Mwanza said in an interview that a probe should be called to establish whether Dr Matibini was in order when he declared the Kasama seat vacant.
Mr Mwanza has since called on Dr. Matibini to reflect on his conduct in determining the question of the membership to the National Assembly in light of the matter that the PF had used the due process of the law as provided in Article 72 of the Constitution to determine the question of Mr Mwamba’s membership.
He said YALI was of the view that Speaker Matibini could have waited for the High Court to rule over the matter.
Mr Mwanza said the High Court was best placed to determine in the application by the PF with recourse to the Supreme Court.
He said Speaker Matibini knows very well that only the Courts can determine whether the seat has fallen vacant.
But Law Association of Zambia President George Chisanga has supported the decision by Speaker Matibini to declare the Kasama Central Seat vacant.
Mr Chisanga said the ruling by the Speaker is consistent with Article 70 and 71of the Republican Constitution.
He however said he was not sure that the Speaker did the right thing considering that the matter between Mr. Mwamba and the PF was in court over his earlier expulsion from the party.
I have been extremely busy…will be back when campaigns start for 2016… GBM will not win that’s my verdict.
Dankie
Mr Isaac Mwanza please stop wasting your breath. GBM is contesting the seat under UPND which renders your sentiments redundant. The speaker only declared the seat vacant. It was up to GBM to decide which ticket to contest on and he chose UPND!
Pa Zambia napo ….even guys who are semi-illiterate with basic education want to be experts on everything…time wasters. Ba Yali plz find something usefull to do… selling munkoyo or kalembula
YALI has no purpose and no direction, bye Felicia!
This Matibili chap is corrupt! why Only GBM`s seat?,,,,,, declare those seats for those kachemas from UPND hiding in PF chitenges also,,,,,,dont forget those traitors in MMD who sold off man of God Nevers Mumba for a afew pieces of silver
There is no hope for the future of Zambia and indeed the whole of Africa with young leaders like these YALI chaps. Iwe Isaac Mwanza, can you please develop the culture of reading and or take yourself to school.
If RB cried in 2011, Lungu is going to Weep in 2016
Zambians have now awaken from their sleep….
A starving man is a wise voter
Ba Engine man u can vote for your Kachema tribesman. Non kachemas will also vote ECLungu
ECL will never lose to your Kachema HH who is even failing to win parliamentary seats but Pf was winning prior to its grand finale. UPND is still boasting for nothing. I can not wait for 2016 to see HH sent in political retirement. GBM will definately take over from him if they block him then he will cry foul that he is marginalised because he is not Tonga. Watch the space. What I say always come to pass.
The speaker made the right decision to fire GBM. The decision has been long and I cant wait to see the popularity of GBM. This is test. He will see
A starving man is a wise voter, i supor that, the tongue always turns to the aching tooth.
Yali…please!!
Ba YALI – Refer on a precedent by Speaker Nabulyato on the powers of the House before you expose your ignorance.
We call what YALI is saying ukusabaila. As for GBM and the UPND that seat belongs to PF and to PF it will go back. Both HH and GBM will try to put in a lot of cash into the bye-election but that will help only a little. PF will still retain the seat and it be the beginning of woes for fat Albert because you cannot have a vice president for administration who will have lost elections in his constituency and expect him to be effective in that opposition political party.
Cimbi….. another thing, those who think UPND will defeat PF in the 2016 general elections should learn to heed to what the GENIUNE and TRUE prophets of God have uttered. I have heard and believe that PF will win those elections but there is a time when HH will later win and rule Zambia. Those who think this is not true should not die but live to see what God revealed through his servants, the prophets. Remember God still speaks today, I mean the True and Living God not the idols and names of dead people that some people worship.
atase GBM ichilufumo
….there goes another K6.5m(K6.5 billion)….down a sewer drain just like that…imagine what that lot would do if by miracle the by election is averted..????? with a considerable queue of begging bowls from ministry of health….ministry of education….etc…
We have potentially the most expensive, violent bye election on our hands. PF don’t want to open floodgates of northern province to UPND, GBM is the man who sponsors violence especially the time he was minister of defence, one hand this is a bye election so it favours the ruling party, on the other hand, GBM has been denting holes in PF all along and he is been getting sympathy voters. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the president camping and finishing all the eurobond in kasama just to win this election
yes the speaker shud be probed and perhaps the laz president shud tell us why mps facing expulsion from their parties have been turning to courts of law for protection and not the speaker, assuming he has such powers.
How much has GBM paid mwanza for him to vomit like this? ??
Probed? This YALI is dull!
Legislature and Judiciary are two different arms which operate independently! One cannot rule over the other, but they can rule side by side!
Just because GBM expulsion is in court does not now mean Speaker shouldd tolerate GBM’s confusion! PF expelled GBM and he went to court so Speaker didn’t declare vacant, now the same ***** that went to abuse court process has now broken parliamentary law, should Speaker again wait toothlessly?? Come on
It’s GBM who has made the move
Well, Mr YALI, that does not call for a probe. If GBM thought that he had a case, he would have asked for judicial review, or whatever they call those legal processes (ab)used by Zambian politicians.
This YALI mann is talking nonsence
The speaker did the right thing at the wrong time because the case was still active in the courts of law,so GBM can still obtain an injuction to be allowed to continue as an mp till the case is disposed off the courts of law.