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ZANASU disappointed with UPND MPs for boycotting official opening of Parliament

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parley1Out going ZANASU Vice President Prince Ndoyi says the behaviour exhibited by opposition UPND MPs who boycotted the official opening of Parliament is disappointing and a holding of hostage of the many people who voted for them.

Mr Ndoyi said it is unreasonable for the MPs to abscond attending to the same duties they aspired to take during the elections.

He said the MPs should quickly wake up and realise that they don’t represent the interest of individuals nor the party but the people who voted for them.

“As the Zambia National Students Union(ZANASU), We are very disappointed by the behaviour of the UPND MPs exhibited today, where they have decided to boycott the ceremonial state opening of parliament for whatsoever reasons. We strongly feel, time for politics is over and there is no need to hold hostage the Zambians that voted for them in those respective constituencies.

“It is completely unreasonable for these colleagues to abscond attending to the duties they aspired to take in an election, have they forgotten that they told the Zambian people in those constituencies that they will represent them and serve them in parliament, now what has changed. It is totally not sensible at all. We believe there is no reason suffice to explain their boycott but we view it as an attempt to abscond duties.

“We call upon them to wake up quickly and soon realise that they don’t represent the interests of the party neither do they represent the Interests of the HH or GBM but they serve the interests of the Zambians who elected them in those respective constituencies, and they must not overlook that responsibility,” he said.

He also said the MPs are into a bilateral agreement with the people and that their loyalty must lie with the people and not to individuals.

“They must agree that they are into a bilateral agreement with the people and not their parties. Their loyalty must lie with the people and not to individuals. They must know that the clock has began to tick, and time is of the essence to deliver development and create opportunities for their people as soon as possible. They must show leadership.

“In conclusion we urge all parliamentarians to stay dedicated to their duties and remain as objective, selfless and patriotic to the greater cause which is Zambia,” he said.

53 COMMENTS

    • And if they had attended….you would be saying the opposition has accepted and endorsed ECL as the duly elected president!! You guys are cheap.

    • The UPND are in the proverbial horns of a dilemma. If they attend parliamentary sessions, this will signify tacit acceptance of the legitimacy of the PF government (which to them is taboo). On the other hand, if they continually boycott these sessions they are likely to face serious sanctions, including expulsion and forfeiture of allowances and gratuities. Where are these miserable souls headed?

    • I hope they will also BOYCOTT their SALARIES/GRATUITIES for attending Parliament run and controlled by MPs belonging to a Govt they don’t recognize. But Knowing their LACK of INTEGRITY (Constitution making process (CCC) comes to mind,) I highly doubt they would give up money. Instead they are willing to play under-5 Politics with the developmental agenda for poor innocent Constituency members who sent them to Parliament.

      Instead of staying and listening to the President for themselves so they can get the facts first-hand, they stay away and opt to rely on HALF-TRUTHS and TWISTS that will tomorrow appear in their favorite news media and blog, The Post and ZWD. And one wonders how they expect to debate (as required by law) intelligently the President’s Speech in Parliament based on…

    • FIPUBA FILEKENI FILEYA. THEY ARE STILL MORNING TO THEIR ELECTION LOSS WHICH HAS MADE THEM MORE BITTER AND ENVIOUS. “PA NSAKA TAPABULA FIWELEWELE”, FI UPND.

  1. They’re disgrace and disrespectful to the people who voted for them. UPND MPs get serious about what people voted you for and stop worshipping your HH.

    • Iwe KA-CHI-C@LOR ka @Chilyata you are back with your STUP!D!TY? Why couldn’t you just wash down your MABISI spiked with ROGOR you FREAK born out of a BEASTIALITY relationship. Enough of your FOUL mouth you HALF-BAKED BABOON born out of an UNNATURAL relationship. C0W-SH@GGING F@GS like yourself belong in the jungle to provide entertainment to your kind; APES!

      MU-SHI-ND00R wobe KA-CHI-COL0R iwe. Take your 5-time losing !MBEC1LE (chi-ka-c0l0r ka HH) with you and go jump off the Vic Falls. You HAFER Sh@gg!ng D3GENERATE. MU-S@TER-NYOK0!!!!!!

  2. Forgive them my brother they are still mourning the Death of UPND , They bitter and envious, but unfortunately they are forgetting that they don’t add any value in the house and the entire country at large maybe in dundumwezi.

    • Iwe KA-CHI-COLOR ka @Chilyata you are back with your STUP!D!TY? Why couldn’t you just wash down your MABISI spiked with ROGOR you FREAK born out of a BEASTIALITY relationship. Enough of your FOUL mouth you HALF-BAKED BABOON born out of an UNNATURAL relationship. COW-SHAGGING FAGS like yourself belong in the jungle to provide entertainment to your kind; APES!

      MU-SHI-NDOOR wobe KA-CHI-COLOR iwe. Take your 5-time losing !MBECILE (chi-ka-color HH) with you and go jump off the Vic Falls. You HAFER Shagging DEGENERATE. MU-SATER-NYOKO!!!!!!

    • Iwe KA-CHI-C@LOR ka @Chilyata you are back with your STUP!D!TY? Why couldn’t you just wash down your MABISI spiked with ROGOR you FREAK born out of a BEASTIALITY relationship. Enough of your FOUL mouth you HALF-BAKED BABOON born out of an UNNATURAL relationship. C0W-SH@GGING F@GS like yourself belong in the jungle to provide entertainment to your kind; APES!

      MU-SHI-ND00R wobe KA-CHI-COL0R iwe. Take your 5-time losing !MBEC1LE (chi-ka-c0l0r ka HH) with you and go jump off the Vic Falls. You HAFER Sh@gg!ng D3GENERATE. MU-S@TER-NYOK0!!!!!!

  3. You comment does not make sense. You are forgetting that the people who voted them in power collectively agreed not to recognise ECL as president, so, you tantrum does not hold any water.
    These people represented by UPND MPs authorised the MPs not to recognise the president as such they are in order not to be present.

    • @Jenifer: So you people are going to spend the entire five years recognizing a LOSER (HH) as president for which Country? Mind you, Southern Province with DUNDU MWEZI as its Capital ain’t a country. STOP being CHILDISH and know where USELESS POLITICKING stops and MATURE POLITICS begins. Five years is a long time to hold the GOOD PEOPLE of Southern Province to RANSOM just to please and massage HH’s out-of-control MADNESS—Grow up folks!!!

    • You’re the one who lacks understanding. Parliament includes the President, & every member when being sworn in pledges to uphold the Constitution & the Presidency.

      If these guys were serious, they should not have taken oath of office. But by taking oath & then defying what they pledged to uphold, they’re committing contempt of parliament.

    • You will be considered an i.diot together with them if they step foot in the house for the next five years. Let them make a parliament in dundumwezi. This is political suicide.

  4. do not worry about this.
    isn’t this hh the same guy who threatened to make the late sata’s rule difficult when pf won elections….
    isn’t he the same guy who camped mmd and upnd mps in one hotel with a view of choosing his own speaker and not dr. matibini………
    did he ever succeed jn his maneuvers? NO| the chap failed lamentably.
    my question i beg to all sundry is,
    who is this chap and where does he derive all these nonsense from, such that even his chiefs answer to him?
    lets put a stop to these nonsense and put him to where he rightfully belong…… KRAAL.

    • You cheat its satan your father who said he would make mwanawasas govnt ungovernable great levy just ignored him,the problem you chaps have is to think that because your relatives are now in power democracy is now irrelevant.

  5. This seems to be a PF thing as shown by Lungu’s fist. If it were national NO fists at NATIONAL event. Let PF attend. He is supposed to know the difference between NATIONAL events and PF events.

  6. UPND is just wasting our time. They are very childish and that is why they picked GBM for VP – look at the confusion he has added to the party. My prayer is that another opposition party must quickly emerge and take over their place (Main opposition), which can eventually takeover from PF, once PF is tired. As at now PF doesn’t have a genuine opposition party that can do proper checks and balance. In fact the increase in the number of MPs in UPND is due the demise of MMD, else they could have less than 30 MPs.
    God bless Zambia!

  7. that is the reason copperbelt will never vote for them even in 2021…useless MP…national assembly dont give them car loans let HH give them car loans.useless

  8. The problem is people comment anyhow. The writer of this article lacks understanding of politics. UPND have not recognised Lungu as the winner so attending his functions means accepting. Secondly, the people who voted for UPND also are in tandemn with their MPs. so which people have they betrayed? Actually the opposite should have been true

    • You the people who give HH false hope and make him grow horns. You will keep losing elections with this childish behaviour. You can bet on that!

  9. To hell with your zambian bemba paliament we shall form our own in our new country zambezi republic.Go ba kolwe ikiwiba kwachilamo.

  10. They thought that when they boycott,time will stop ticking.its tick- tack – tick -tack to 2021.Hakulalusafye Hevery HAFTER 5.under 5 politician.politics TE YABANA IYO!!!!!!!

  11. One of their parliamentary prevaileges…but they attended the election of speaker, deputy and assistant deputy speaker. looks like they are against one person. I also do understand the motive behind. But 58 of all of them. Then there is a good message. After all today it was just like a wedding ceremony and despite having the invitation card one can decide not to attend.

  12. Animal farm in under5 party….full of dull and *****s people . When people vote for you under5 mps your role is to represent them not is lunatic called hh.

    • @AK47, YOU MISS THE MARK AND I WANT TO CORRECT YOU WITH YOUR PF BAD SCHEMES THAT ANIMAL FARM IS ALL ABOUT PF
      ANIMAL FARM AND BEATS OF ENGLAND- ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT OTHERS (PF ANIMALS) ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS.

  13. HOW CAN THEY ATTEND THE UNFINISHED CASE? HOW CAN THEY LISTNE TO AN ILLIGAL PRESIDENT WHO HAS COUPT THE COUNTRY? WHO IS HAPPY WITH THE STOLLEN VOTES ADDED TO LUNGU? WHO IS READY TO SAY YES TO A THIEF? WAS LUNGU A CHOSEN MAN BY GOD OR DEVIL. HOW CAN A CRIMINAL UNITY THE BROCKEN COUNTRY? CONTINUE AND I URGE ALL WELL MEANING ZAMBIANS THAT WE ARE IN A DILEMA AND ZAMBIA AS A WHOLE IS IN CRISIS. WHO DO YOU WANT TO FULL WITH YOUR SO CALLED DISSAPOINTMENTS. I WONDER IF THIS IS THE WAY ZAMBIANS WANT TO GO.

  14. The UPND are in the proverbial horns of a dilemma. If they attend parliamentary sessions, this will signify tacit acceptance of the legitimacy of the PF government (which to them is taboo). On the other hand, if they continually boycott these sessions they are likely to face serious sanctions, including expulsion and forfeiture of allowances and gratuities. Where are these miserable souls headed?

  15. Let’s work on the constitution 2 years for all elective positions is the only answer. What shall we benefit having same MPs more than 10 years in Parliament. All those who have appeared on paper twice should not be allowed to stand again. Justice minister kick start the amendment process

  16. These minors think they can hijack the country, woke up HH has everything he needs his family is in South Africa. You who is living a pathetic life eating 1 meal a day are wasting time agreeing to your power hungry *****. Anyway I rest my case

  17. For how long will you put up with this charade. HH is trying to mislead his followers and seem to be getting away with it. Wake up ba Zed

  18. Zambezi Republic indeed you are a wishfull thinker, Is Lungu and Inonge from Bemba Land? Under 5 party advise your HH to stand for MP position may be from there he can be appointed to Vice President in pretence of backsliding upnd.

    • THE ISSUE IS WE KNOW NOW NORMATTER YOU WILL TRY TO DEFEND YOURSELVES SOUTHERN KINGDOM HAS COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE KOLWES AND MBEBAS ARE INSEPEARABLE AND HAVE VOWED NOT TO ALLOW ANYONE FROM SOUTHERN KINGDOM TO BE THE PRESIDENT. HOW MANY MPs UPND COUNCILLORS DID YOU VOTE FOR IN LUAPULA, NOTHERN/MUCHINGA AND EASTERN? THE ANSWER IS ZERO AND YOU WANT OTHERS TO GIVE YOU A VOTE AND SAY IF THEY DONT GIVE YOU THEN THEY ARE TRIBAL. WHO DO YOU WANT TO FOOL AROUND?

  19. Good move UPND. We have to show them. Let not this pathetic power failure government take us for granted. The worst since the birth of this great country.

  20. shaka the Zulu in action. I asked my uncle why he did not attend the official openning and all he told me was that he was not sure but were communicated to by the party SG. is this not delegated failure?

  21. UPND will only attend Parliament session when the illigal President Lungu is not there. They cannot agree to be addressed by an illegal president. They just did well…

  22. Only excited idi0ts and job seakers will blame the UPND. That ndoyi boy is no longer a student, he is just masquerading as a student.

  23. *****s. The UPND MPs represented the people ehi voted for them. That is how the people voted in Dundumwezi. Viva UPND MPs.

  24. Sinkamba wisdom – Parliament is place where laws of the land are made. now if the same constitution made by parliament is not respected what is parliament therefore? UPND MPs are educated they know what that action means its a protest that what ever laws that parliament puts in place , the laws must be respected. The problem we have in Zambia is that we have a lot of educated fools. whose interests is just to enrich their pockets. The constitution was recently raped but as usual its business without a vision and integrity. Please , kindly leave UPND MPs alone. They have registered a grievance. which must be evaluated.

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