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PF youths demands resignation of Attorney General Kalaluka

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Newly appointed Attorney General Likando Kalaluka during the Swearing in Ceremony at State House on April 8,2015 -Picture by THOMAS NSAMA
Attorney General Likando Kalaluka

PF youths in Lusaka issued a 24 Hour ultimatum demanding that Attorney General Likando Kalaluka steps down from his position.

In a statement, the youths have since challenged Mr Kalaluka to resign within 24hours failure to which they will remove him from his office by force.

They have also demanded that the inauguration of president elect Edgar Lungu must go on as earlier planned on Tuesday.

They have further accused High Court Judge Mumba Malila of being UPND sympathiser and that he is working with Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini to take over executive powers.

Meanwhile, the Patriotic Front in Shibuyunji district says calls by Dr. Nevers Mumba that President Elect Edgar Lungu should step aside and allow the speaker of the National Assembly to perform executive functions of government is uncalled for.

Shibuyunji District PF Chairman Joseph Kasonde says Dr. Mumba is a notorious leader who cannot be allowed to go scot free with his unwarranted attacks on President Lungu because most Zambians know who Dr. Mumba is politically and what he becomes.

Mr. Kasonde has accused Dr. Mumba of being a traitor adding that being an opportunist, Dr. Mumba has now sought sanctuary in the UPND under UPND Leader Hakainde Hichilema whom he castigated and openly told off that he would never rule Zambia.

He has assured Dr. Mumba that they will continue to monitor his media statements and respond to Dr. Mumba’s hypocritical criticisms accordingly.

84 COMMENTS

  1. When you let loose your semi-literate party cadres to harass constitutional office bearers; AG & Judges, then the country is in trouble. Accusing a respected Supreme Court Judge of being a party sympathizer is bang out of order.
    PF is now a den of thieves!

    • Leave confusion to confused and bitter mourners burning their people’s markets, clinics, schools and district offices hopelessly thinking they are hurting Zambia to induce insurrection.

    • Ignore Nevers he has no constituency in this democracy. His discharge is only recognized and honored by maggots you know where. Mumba Malila and speaker Matinini were nominated by M’membe no secret. Both appreciates a clear and present danger of landmark price complicity of usurping power can deliver in a blink of an eye. I doubt they would have an inch of escape to a nearest arranged embassy. It would be shocking if you have not put them on physical security of a 24/7 surveillance. This aside, the petition has too many deep holes to survive the bench of patriots. Peace!

    • I can not believe this. Sounds like am reading an article from Burundi. Cadres threatenening our constitutional institutions. I think Ba Edgar should put a stop to this immediately. Next they will be telling him to vacate the Presidency.

    • The senior in PF are beginning to hide behind their youth wing. . Please read the constitution. Even if Kalaluka misinterpreted it to PF’s advantage as you want that does not mean that the Chief Justice will just act on instruction. Take your ignorance to Timbukutu.

    • Here is the beginning of the breakdown in the rule of Law. PF cadres are slowly raising to a place where only elected leaders should be. Now, here is the issue, PF cadres do not realize a country needs to have all people respecting the constitution if order is to be maintained by the official implementer of the law. In this case some undertone can be detected that the AG is being victimized for some other reasons, regionism. We cannot have political party cadres ordering the AG offices to be vacated as though we do not have the police in the land. Where does the authority of the constitution lie if the AG’s office can be threatened by a group of drunkards. This trend is pointing to jungle law, please PF slow down, this country belongs to all even those who do not agree with you.

    • Matibini for President? No ways! Not everything should be allowed with instruments of power.
      Zambia need Mumba Malila in this. Lungu now regrets that he should have even kept Mwenya Musenge… now he has no advisors, except abusors. Zambians need to help Edgar, he a mentally disabled.

    • Just the other month, they filled up HEROES STADIUM with USEFUL ID1OTS to celebrate the new Constitution.

      Today they want to use it like a condom just because it doesn’t suit them. Useless Bigots.

      Lungu is the dullest lawyer Zambia has ever witnessed, at par with winter kabimba (and they were classmates!!)

  2. The party base has the right to express their feelings and frustrations, but tolerance and respect of institutions in this regard is a critical. It defines the yardstick of rulership. No doubt AG misdirected himself, but it is no ground to undermine the tenure of his office. His Legal interpretation on this particular constitutional issue is incongruent as such not an issue any more.

    • How did the AG misdirect himself.He has correctly advised ECL on many occasions and was told off.The constitutional court always vindicates his professional advice.The only people lost here are ECL and his bunch of illiterate advisors and supporters…

    • Ati Senior Citizen!!!! He!he!he!he! Siaziba na constitution kuti ikamba chani. Am sure if tables were turned and your president was the one petitioning HH, Kalaluka’s interpretation would have been screaming headlines in Zambia Deadly Mail and Dead NBC.

    • The AG should have consulted with senior party members including the president before issuing such a profound statement. Surely his days are numbered

  3. Look at these PF thugs who think they own zambia and every thing in it.
    The situation is so bad that they instruct the police on who to arrest.
    Is this the kind of country we have were ruling party huligans harrasse and disrupt the functioning of the state ?

    If this was UPND or any tonga you would have seen the dirty tribalists spouting tribal hate. Just goes to show who are the savages.

    • All this points to lack of leadership. The president should have shown the way by casting the people who are threatening constitutional office holders…but he is quiet.

      I’m baffled that a president uses the church pulpit to incite hatred against his opponents.

      The president talks like a PF cadre and not a president for all. If PF characters do anything wrong he is all quiet and comes out only when it the opposition.

      If the country goes on fire you know who caused it A PRESIDENT WHO DOES NOT KNOW HIS ROLE.

      Before you label Tonga let me tell u that I’m Lungus tribes mate and a Zambian who abhors tribalism whether by Tongas (pro HH) or Bembas/Nyanjas (pro Sata/Lungu). Some foolish people still think PF is Sara’s party.

      When this country goes on fire due to this…

    • Scared of what???? Look at the UP and DOWN petition and you will see that it is self defeating. If those judges on the constitutional court don’t think with their tribes but their brains, they will throw this trivial matter out with costs.
      Umuntu Ni Lungu Did he make a mistake to put Tongas as judges?

  4. Of cadres at their best. After harassing politicians and private citizens now you want to start beating judges. Tamwa ponona Ama parents Benu akale? won’t you beat the presidentity one day?

  5. Senior Citizen, am disappointed with your accusation that the AG misinterpreted the constitution, when this gallant man Kalaluka has performed exceptionally well. He accordingly advises the government but those in power deliberately chooses not to follow his legal advise, but when issues back fire on them, even illiterates what to sound clever. this is nonsense of the worst order. He advised that all cabinet ministers vacate office after dissolution of parliament, he was ignored and even illiterates from PF were sing that he AG does not understand the constitution. surely, can a grade 12 MP/Minister have a better understanding of the constitution than a learned Attorney General( Lawyer)???? we need to learn to respect our professionals and institutions of governance like the courts…..

    • @ 8 Good leader, So you are made to believe AG could error in opinion? Read the case of Padilla in the USA or Gonzales v. Oregon (formerly Oregon v. Ashcroft) to mention but a few. Get to the bottom of why AG Ashcroft resigned. AGs give their opinion to Governments which can be challenged..

  6. Presudent Lungu must not let HH and the cartel steal his victory given to him by the majority people who spoke through the ballot democratically and as required by our constitution, over 50%+1
    What Zambians must render is that even before people went to vote, HH was threatening that he will no accept the results if President Lungu won. What does that mean? Premeditated sychology. Further, Zambians must not forget what the cartel have been stating begone Zambians went to vote, they knew that they could not win the Augudt elections and let them not cheat themselves that the Constructional Court can be their savior, it can’t work. If the constitutional court tries to be funny and test the Zambians, it may be too late to reverse the situation. So all genuine PF supporters must be on guard…

    • Vote stealing and corruption at its best.

      First they plundered the money RB left, then they destroyed the economy, then they borrowed like there is no tomorrow charging zambia tripel the price for roads now they are stealing votes and threatening not to obey the law should their theft be proven ?

      What is lungu and PF leading zambia to ?

    • Why is it that PF cadres seem to be confused about issues of state and those of their party? When a PF cadre says “We Zambians…”, they actually mean the PF cartel.

  7. Do not let these PF theives rule. The country will be ruled by mob justice.

    Now the ministers are not illegally siphoning public funds to feed the PF thugs they want to attack anybody perceived to be siding with the law.

    That is what happens when you give handouts to youth to do your dirty PF work instead of providing jobs for them. They become mercenaries with no consideration of the law.

  8. Mwebanthu, Zambia has NO SPEAKER has we speak. U upnd ran to court to challange that there was no Minister on grounds that parliament was DISOLVED. In the same way there is no speaker, as he was oso disolved. But most important EL is not going anywhere. He shld b sworn-in on Tuesday. We ve alot of work to do, we only ve 5 yrs. Others ve a lifetime of losing elections!!!

    • Read the Constitution. Article 72(1) states that the Speaker and the First Deputy do not vacate when Parliament is dissolved. Honourable Dr Patrick Matibini S.C. is still Speaker and by now show be in charge as Acting President (by law).

    • Lungu and his gang of thieves do not want the speaker to take power as per consitution.

      They fear losing their grip on public finances where they are looting.

    • It is not a matter of just posting because you have something to say, please first try to analise if what you have to say makes sense. Ati zambia has no speaker my foot! So the speaker that the constitution talks about is from Uganda or Zimbabwe?

  9. Presudent Lungu must not let HH and the cartel steal his victory given to him by the majority people who spoke through the ballot democratically and as required by our constitution, over 50%+1
    What Zambians must remembet is that even before people went to vote, HH was threatening that he will no accept the results if President Lungu won. What does that mean? Premeditated psychology. Further, Zambians must not forget that HH and the cartel knew that they could not win the August elections and hence their violence behaviour. So dont let them cheat themselves that the Constructional Court can be their savior, it can’t work. If the constitutional court tries to be funny and test the Zambians, it may be too late to reverse the situation. So all genuine PF supporters must be on guard and…

    • You PF cadres, be ware: the commandos and special forces will dununa you reverse if you think you can be funny not Kanganja who was playing with you.

  10. you must understand the roles of the AG b4 u accuse him. Get the copy of the constitution and read article 100 to 105 then u will know yo comments and concerns are wrong.get a copy 2moro and read.

    • How can these PF cadres you see in minibuses, pushing wheel barrows and doing all manner of menial tasks comprehend the lofty constitution. They would rather hear from Edgar and he is telling them that he is protecting and not violating the constitution. In fact he is usurping state power and that is treason. It may take long but I foresee Lungu being tried for treason. Wait……

  11. Lungu by refusing to step down and handing over power to the Speaker of Parliament he is actually encouraging lawlessness in this country instead of leading by example. The Attorney General is doing his job to advise govt on all legal matters. The Youths are being encouraged to break the law by the President Elect himself who is also breaking the law. Today It is the Attorney General being threatened by the PF Youths and tumoro it is Concourt itself. Lawless Lungu is sewing the seeds of violence and anarchy in this country. This should be stopped b4 Zambia evolves into a lawless and failed state. What is Kakoma Kanganja doing about this breakdown of Rule of Law by the PF leadership and its cadres? So the PF Youths are being mobilised to intimidate the Attorney General and Concourt to…

  12. Mumba you’re a snake but days will catch up with you because of your love of money. I hope you read this or someone close to you reads it and tells you that your days are numbered. You failed the church and you’ll surely fail UPND. You’re the opposite of a pastor.

    • There are many peacefully law abiding bembas with a conscious unlike you and your group who think stealing is to be clever.

  13. His Lordship Mumba Malila SC is a fine lawyer and judge together with Dr P Matibini SC and Judge Wood. It is a pity that they are now labelled names by people who are de facto committing treason. Where is the Army?

  14. We the Zambians woke up as early as 02 hours in huge numbers never seen before in our country on 11 August 2016 to defeat HH, UPND and the cartel because they had insulted our intelligence and that of President Lungu with impunity.
    ECZ, the lawful body mandated to conduct the elections in this country has done it’s work despite it being accused and demeaned by HH and the cartel. ECZ has lawfully declared that President Lungu was elected by the people as the supreme law demands. So the constitutional court must be very careful because any mishandling of this status may be regrettable and put Zambia on fire. What is good is that Zambians know the composition of the judges on the constitutional court and where they live.
    Our President is EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU and the inauguration should…

    • Why are you kaponyas so against the law ? Why are you acting guilty of stealing votes ? if you did not steal there is nothing to fear.

      You want to live in a country with no laws ruled by thugs. The rest of us zambians want to live a in country with laws.

  15. But for sure AG apusa. I feel he should resign from the position in the public interest . moreover ni chimulozi defending his cousin the Tonga bull

  16. The Hague is far, you can not reach there in one day, but for sure some brothers are determined to march there, no matter how far measured.

  17. Lungu has already won nothing will change , you may not like him but he is the chosen man for zambia at this time .
    just start planing for the next elections in 2021.
    Confusion will not mount to anything the declared winner is Lungu

    • If Lungu has won, and won clean, he will be absolved and confirmed by the Constitutional Court.

      Here is a story for you:

      Lance Edward Armstrong a American former professional road racing cyclist had won the Tour de France seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005. But was stripped of his Tour de France Armstrong for having used performance-enhancing drugs described as “the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen.” He was ordered to pay back tens of millions of dollars in prize and sponsorship deals.

      Moral: A win can only hold if it is clean. It may take long but like Armstrong, the day of reckoning does come.

    • Our Constitution in Article 45 sets benchmarks for what is a free and fair election including that elections are free from violence, corruption and intimidation of voters. This is one of the Articles that has been used in the petition. So the ConCourt will have to be convinced by the Petitioners if indeed in Lusaka where PF cadres were brutalising people, confiscating Post Newspapers, breaking people cars etc there were free and fair elections.

  18. Where is fatherless chilinda to witness this massive abuse of constitutional officials by lungus un termed cadres. Ba Charles advise your lungula to peacefully hand over power to the speaker as prescribed by the country’s constitution if at all u Charles mean well to your friend lungula before he could arrogantly set himself on fire because problems coming ahead of him for abrogating the law of the land that he deliberately wants to ignore are too much for him, no one, not even you Charles would withstand it. It too much I repeat.

  19. We have always suspected that Supreme Court Judge Mumba Malila operates extensive networks in Zambia and maintains strong ties with the cartel led by Fred Mmembe its chief ideologue. Our advice to this corrupt judge is to steer clear of election issues because the matter is beyond his jurisdiction. Supreme Court Judge Mumba Malila should learn to respect the will of the people. He was put in that position by Micheal Sata – founder of PF. Fred Mmembe can no longer be said to be objective because he knows that the Post will be auctioned to recover unpaid debts.

  20. In some countries they had war veterans, so we have KAPONYA VETERANS here! With a mind from th dust bin you want to lecture our country – PLEASE TAKE AWAY YOUR EMPTY TINS!

  21. The level of ignorance among pf party cadres is alarming and appaling to say the least. I thought last yr the cadres thronged Heroes Stadium to witness the signing of the new constitution by president Lungu? Do they really understand what it means to uphold the constituion? PF have already made an embarrassing constitutional blunder over the ministers’ stay in office after dissolution of Parliament in May.The president gave us an impression that he understood the law better than everyone. But it turned out that he actually misled his ministers! Now cadres are threatening constitutional office bearers and the president is silent?

  22. No matter how much it costs, education in Zambia must be free and available to everyone. The current practice of surviving on instincts will not work anymore. There are far too many misfits in the country now. In a normal country this is enough for the police to act accordingly without waiting for orders from the accused.

  23. LUNGU IS NOW HIDING BEHIND PF YOUTHS THAT IS WHY HE HAS NOT SAID ANYTHING TO CONDEMN A SENIOR LEGAL PERSON. LUNGU IS HOPING THERE IS MAYHEM THEM=N HE JUSTIFIES HIS STAKE. TAKULI…KUYABEBELE.. TESE ARE THE KICKS OF A DYING HORSE.

    NEVERS SAID BYE BYE BALUNGU, NEFIPE MUSENDE.

  24. tongas are cursed stop wasting time whether this elections ar nullified or not a tonga will neva rule they ar cused they need to sacrifice a lamb to almighty God.

  25. I have always said these PF thugs don’t mean well for this Country and those sponsoring these thugs should know that they will be attacked by the same thugs. leave the attorney general and speaker alone.

  26. Next he will say, let’s pray for the judges so that they pass judgement in our favour! Iwe Edgar, Lesa temunobe! This sickly f00l thinks he owns the people of Zambia and he is the law at the same time! Don’t worry people, he will soon die of AIDS! Amaule ya mu Chawama yalimulya!

  27. Sadly this is an echo what happened when Sata died and ECL lobbied behind scenes to get GS out of the Acting President position through the cadres. He’s like a little naughty boy who starts a fight and then runs to hide behind his band of bullies. This time round Pangas will not serve you well because there will be a reaction if you rough shod the due process. It just goes to show what a major mistake Mrs Wina made by jumping on his band wagon. Like the Japanese say, be careful what you wish for.

  28. Your Excellency,
    In Dec last year Brigadier General Godfrey Miyanda wrote an open letter to President Lungu and I quote
    “Choice greetings in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the Name above all names!
    Your Excellency, I am compelled to react to part of your statement in Kasama yesterday. On Tuesday 15th December 2015 during the evening news, the ZNBC reported your speech in Kasama, whereby you declared the following, inter alia, that “under the new Constitution, when it comes I shall sign it with eyes closed because that is what Zambians wanted”. As a very concerned Zambian I was startled and alarmed to hear my President pledge to sign this solemn document with eyes closed without assigning a plausible reason. You may have justifiable reasons but you did not state them.”

  29. Bunch of ***** iliterates your election of your useless chakolwa president wiil be nullified *****s. Learn to read you iliterates

  30. We know that the cartel wants to take over.there will be cival war in Zambia if the court nulifies the elections.Those judges will be in trouble.Some UPND were saying we have a Tonga Chibomba,Sitali and Mulemba as our Judges.They know that Chibomba wants HH to be a president.They are determined to put the country on fire in order to send HH in state house by all powers.UPND has 4 Judges in constitution court.(Chibomba(Tonga),Sitali(Lozi),Mulembe(Northwestern),Mulonda(central-Kaseba’s relative).Cartel is now celebrating.Watch the space before Zambia goes on fire.Already Tongas are beating bemba and sengas in Namwala and other parts of the country.The will of the pipo should prevail.We want peace and not tribalist to take over Zambia by force.We warn the constitution to be very careful…

  31. Unfortunately the only way out is to do things right even if that will mean Lungu falling off completely. The one year in office has been enough for him and Zambia indeed. Quality of leadership does not lie in the quantity of years in office but rather in the quality of days spent in office. Lungu has shown Zambia his leadership qualities. For Edgar Lungu, sorry you have tried but terribly failed. In fact, thank God for the petition because it is giving you chance to escape fire for the craved 5 years as President of Zambia will be hell on earth for you. Just concede defeat, let the petition due process progress and retire in peace. Then apologise to nation. Remember also to tell off your friends Mugabe and Museveni that their tricks cannot work in Zambia.

  32. Why would the PF youths want the Attorney General out? It simply shows that Likando Kalaluka is doing his Job excellently.

  33. Tata ba Kaunda where are you?Could you pliz help us to reunite this Country as one pipo/Zambian.That song ‘Tiyendepamodzi ndimtima umo’ what was the real meaning behind that song?Twasebana mu Zambia.

  34. NEW DEFINITION OF A CARDER; THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO BE POWERFUL BUT WITH VERY LITTLE OR NO KNOWLEDGE AT ALL.

  35. Sometimes prophecy can be self fulfilling. Ati ?’Dununa Reverse’. Yes you dununad but it will be reversed just like your prophecy says

  36. Why should Lungu stop his cadres, why don’t you tell HH to do the same? This is what you will get if PF cadres who are the majority rises up. so be careful with what ever you are doing otherwise you will get what you are asking for. PF cadres have been quite for sometime thinking your useless HH will behave but no, even his cadres are a nonsense. Do not say you were not told. Now PF cadres are cats what about UPND cadres who are they? You have even noticed that their is the law when it comes to PF but with upnd their is no law to follow.

  37. All we need now is the formation of government of national unity…. Please the winners and the losers must sit together and work as a team. Am sure president will be willing to bring on board one Zambia one nation by giving HH the position of VP.. This will help to avoid election rerun, petions and will move Zambia forward in a win win situation…

  38. B serious about this ladies and gentlemen. Kalaluka should just resign on moral grounds. How can you work in a government which doing illegal things. If he does not resign forcefully remove him. If the ConCourt cancels the election and asks us to go for another then the “Armageddon” prophesized by HH will have arrived. No Police can stop it. No army can stop it. If HH and GBM wants to use this method to prove the 50%+1, I think they testing peoples patience.

    • MY BROTHER YOU READ THE CONSTITUTION, IF THESE ELECTIONS ARE NULLIFIED BY THE CONSTITUTION COURT THEN LUNGU AND INONGE ARE DISQUALIFIED AS WELL GO TO THE CONSTITUTION ARTICLES 103 UP TO 105.

  39. THIS IS CHILDISH, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS INTERPRETING THE CONSTITUTION CORRECTLY, BUT YOUR PRESIDENT CHAKOLWA LUNGU MENOMENO WITH HIS CADRES WHO WANT TO BULL DOSE THE WHOLE SYSTEM BY NOT FOLLOWING WHAT THE CONSTITUTION IS TELLING THEM. THE SAME CONSTITUTION TALKS ABOUT THE SPEAKER TO ACT AGAIN LUNGU IS REFUSING TO HAND OVER POWER TO THE SPEAKER. THIS IS THE SAME CONSTITUTION HE SIGNED HIMSELF WITHOUT EVEN STUDYING IT OR BECAUSE HE IS ALWAYS DRUNK. NOW THERE IS NOTHING LIKE SECOND BALLOT FOR LUNGU. IF THESE ELECTIONS ARE NULLIFIED THEN LUNGU AND HIS RUNNING MATE INONGE ARE DISQUALIFIED FOR A RE-RUN. THIS IS WHAT THE DOCUMENT CALLED CONSTITUTION STIPULATES. CAN SOME ONE TELL US WHEN THE ISSUE OF THE SPEAKER TO ACT AS PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE APPLIED SINCE ITS APPEARING IN THIS SAME…

  40. You are just wishing I can now see. The same way he is refusing, to hand over power to the speaker is the same way he can refuse to hand over power after the election is cancelled. The rest are for you to wish.

  41. My observation is that UPND cadres spend most of their time commenting on anything as if they are the authors and omegas. Reflect for once before posting your comments. Zambians have always been peaceful and don’t enjoy insults and wishing others ill. Please get a life out there.

  42. This is working out for president Lungu very well. With his own people accusing the attorney General that he is not worthy, with them saying the Judge is a sympathizer, shall only make the Constitution ruling great. All President Lungu has to say after the verdict, is that look unbiased Judges and an AG of renown have spoken the truth. Even my own PF was against them.

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