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Opposition scared to face me in 2021-President Lungu

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President Edgar Lungu stressing a point during an interview with Zambia National Broadcasting Services (ZNBC) staffer Grievasio Zulu   before  a conducted tour of the newly rehabilitated  studios Mass Media Complex

President Edgar Lungu says some people are scared of facing him in the next general election because he remains a popular man.

And President Lungu has said he will abide by the decision of the courts on whether he is eligible to stand in the 2021 elections.

The head of state said this is because he respects the law.

Speaking when he appeared on the special interview TV programme at ZNBC, President Lungu said he want to stand in 2021 and there is nothing wrong with being ambitious.

President Lungu observed this is not the time to politic but to work and deliver promises made to the people of Zambia.

On goverments dealings with mining firms, President Lungu says there is alot of arm twisting by companies who want to intimidate government.

President Lungu however said that he has always stood his ground when it comes to protecting the interest of the nation and Zambians.

And President Lungu says he can not order investigative wings to prosecute anyone because it is within their mandate to do so.

He stated that anyone who has been cited for theft in the latest Auditors General report will face the law.

And President Lungu has defended his foreign trips.

He said his recent trip to Kenya he met Israeli Prime Minister where it was agreed that Zambia will host Israeli-Africa summit in 2018

Mr Lungu said hosting a summit of such magnitude will draw the attention of the world and business tycoons to Zambia.

Meanwhile, PF ruling Members of the Central Committee Emmanuel Chenda and Dr. Joseph Katema have been appointed as Ambassadors to Zimbabwe and Italy respectively.

The duo, together with Police Commissioners were sworn-in today, 30th November 2017, at State House.

Central Province Commissioner of Police Joel Njase, Chief of Protocol Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Brig.Gen. John Albert Bulawayo, Zambia's Ambassador to Zimbabwe Emmanuel Tawana Chenda (MCC),President Edgar Chagwa Lungu,Zambia's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoteniary to Italy Dr. Joseph Katema (MCC) and Muchinga Province Commissioner of Police Chola Katanga after the swearing-in-ceremony at State House in Lusaka on Thursday,November 30,2017. SALIM HENRY/STATE HOUSE ©2017
Central Province Commissioner of Police Joel Njase, Chief of Protocol Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Brig.Gen. John Albert Bulawayo, Zambia’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe Emmanuel Tawana Chenda (MCC),President Edgar Chagwa Lungu,Zambia’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoteniary to Italy Dr. Joseph Katema (MCC) and Muchinga Province Commissioner of Police Chola Katanga after the swearing-in-ceremony at State House in Lusaka on Thursday,November 30,2017. SALIM HENRY/STATE HOUSE ©2017

81 COMMENTS

    • But Edgar takolwa bwino…. Why is he scared of early retirement?
      We told him to let Inonge be president, and now he should have taken over in 2021, but because of ama dizzy, he rushed.
      Anyone in oppositions will win bwana…. Naikosa.

    • First year of the 5 year in office and he is talking about 2021, what a joke, Just because you have learnt the art of manipulating the ECZ does not mean you are popular. I blame Sata for this, He should have known batter than leaving the country in the hands of a lazy, vision-less, global trotting, beer man.

    • baba, you don’t qualify, end of story. Don’t hide behind opposition. This man is shameless.

      Even 2016 elections you won through rigging, cadre violence PF-Police violence & harassment of opposition.

      What can you do in 3rd term that u have failed to do in 2 terms?

      Presidency is NOT a game of winning/losing like a Man-Utd Vs Chelsea game. It’s about service to the pipo, which you have failed miserably:-

      – The grand theft & quick-enrichment at the expense of indebting the country,
      – The auctioning assets to Chinese & Lebanese,
      – The grand corruption in over-priced contracts etc will land you in jail for the remainder of your life.

    • Really laughable…who ever is advising Lazy Lungu to dress like a waiter needs to be promoted wherever he is in Chawama!!

    • That’s not the point; the point is we don’t want to perpetrate illegality. We want every leader to be able to freely and peacefully leave Office at the end of their term of Office. You will be the second one to Chiluba to have done this. So please be a role model by not agitating 3rd term. Africa kupenhya!!!

    • Firstly State House is nice don’t build another one.
      Secondly Lungu wears big Jackets he needs to scale down on foreign trips and employ a tailor to alter his jackets
      Thirdly was the interviewer given the questions to aks Jonathan?
      Fourthly Jonathan retire
      Lastly Thanks

    • Why is ECL sending real PF MCCs into foreign service? So far he has sent four Simusa, Sinbiakula, Chenda and Katema. The reason is simple he wants to clear out the way all those real PF members who can oppose his third term bid s that he remains with MMD booty lickers like Lusambo who can easily endorse him, but his tricks won’t work.

  1. no no , we want to keep the name we are known off of democracy and peaceful country , though poor customer service which need to work and you my brother you have had your time and you still time to work , as things are not well country , so stop wasting your time and confusing the nation by talking about issues ,which should not subjects now .

  2. I think President Lungu is out of touch with reality on the ground. As things stand the 2% lead President Lungu and PF had in the 2016 elections against HH and UPND has been now wiped out by Kambwili and the NDC. People are openly saying if Kambwili maintains NDC trajectory and later becomes HH’s running mate they are ready to vote out PF en-mass to ensure the opposition has a resounding victory! Nevertheless if the parties still go it alone, the NDC is likely reducing PF’s numbers in the Copperbelt, Luapula, Northern, Muchinga and Lusaka which can still tilt the election in the opposition’s favour. President Lungu is losing in 2021 come what may the writing is clear on the wall except he is always airborne and therefore out of touch with reality!

    • This man called Lungu defies logic and honestly I have lost the little respect I may have had for him. Zambia does not deserve this kind of leadership.

    • He doesn’t get it, the wind of change is upon us. Ask Mugabe now, how it feels to abuse your people through corruption, vote rigging and lowering their dignity.

  3. Wow Grevasio Zulu is a fat boy now? When I left Zambia back then he was a slim tombolilo. Somebody must be paying him.

  4. “President Lungu however said that he has always stood his ground when it comes to protecting the interest of the nation and Zambians.” This from an incompetent cluessless individual who has wasted Zambia’s years as a country. We are leaving in the “What Zambia would be” had ECL not rigged arrogant ignorance into the highest office of the land. How did Zambia front such an individual to leadership? In meeting with foreign dignitaries, ECL rarely makes a confident eye contact. ECL has zip command of policy generally, and he has himself confirmed that he lacks-vision. Wasted years…shocking.

    • Lungu is as worthless as those that blindly supports him. This guy is dull and visionless.
      Full disclosure: I am not an HH and UPND sympathizer, but Lungu is a nut job.

  5. This is a classical lie by our jet-flying president. Please, sir, come down. The ground below is bare, devoid of any footprints of yours. How in the world can you even start dreaming of pulling it off in 2021?

  6. YOUR EXCELLENCY, THE OPPOSITION IS NOT AFRAID OF YOU AT ALL WE THE ZAMBIAN PEOPLE EXPECT YOU TO RESPECT AND UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION YOU SIGNED WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED BUT NEVERTHELESS THE CONSTITUTION OF ZAMBIA.AS FOR BEING POPULAR SIR, HA HA HA YOU ARE SO NPOPULAR THAT I PITY YOU SIR. YOU HAVE BECOME LIKE ROGER RAMJET FLYING ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE WANT AND NEED A PRESIDENT SIR, NOT A ROVING AMBASSADOR, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT SIR.

    • which zsmbians dont include. even if ecl doesn stand u5 will neve rule zambia.

      he is a childish tribal tax evader sturbon trickstar

  7. The elections are in 2021 and this is 2017. Whats this obsession about elections in Zambia? Mr. President Edgar, you have 3 years in which to improve Zambia and its people. You wont have to worry about opposition then because if you do not deliver the Zambian people will kick you out. Get your act together. You came out to me as someone who does not know what is good for himself. You expect you to have a winning team that will see you win the elections in 2021. You are the incumbent, you are the man to beat. Really get your act together. If you lose, you will blame no one but yourself. Find out from RB why he lost elections even after spending so much on vitenjes etc and enjoying the advantage of incumbency. He should not have lost. Get your act together Baba!

  8. Ba Jona, why would the opposition br terrified of you?
    The last time I checked it was nearly 50/50, with you playing on an uneven field.
    Without vote buying, ballot stuffing, & using dirty tricks like Chavula, you would NEVER have sniffed the Presidency iwe Chakolwa!!

  9. (HH) is dead scared. He needs money from Plot 1. Otherwise how can he pay back the Free Masson leaders at Chatham Lodge?

  10. Look at Lungu the man who was advising Kenyans to put elections behind them and go back to work .Now this hypocrite only has elections of 2021 in mind.

  11. The corrupt are always thinking about power, why is he so obsessed with 2021?. All we want is Jonathan to fix his eyes on the now situation. Majority of citizens are not interested in who wins 2021, we want our lives to be better off right now, we want corruption and incompetence to end right now.

  12. ..i don’t understand, had it been Sata or RB I would ..but ECL is a qualified lawyer….does it mean he has failed to adequately interpret that part of the constitution..??

    • In Zambia there are dull and intelligent lawyers. He belongs to the first group. Corruption in office can blind someone completely. He has make so much quick bucks that he has become blind to the constitutional close which says, and I quote ” a person who has been voted and sworn in as president twice can no longer be president”
      It is that simple as this clause does not say how long you should have been president for. Davies Mwila and Bootlicker Lusambo are dunderheads and I forgive them for not understanding this.

  13. jonathan is clearly in it for himself, he should be more concerned with the welfare of our poor disadvantaged citizens than his career in 2021. Jonathan ought to be pre-occupied with the direction of the Nation as a whole than be more focused on his trips-allowances. Leadership is not a prerogative of jonathan or HH, many Zambians are more capable than them. Africans Let’s stop hero worshipping politicians.

  14. Ecl is a hard working president I have ever seen in this country. Come 2021 we are going to vote for u.opposition as nothing to offer in this country, we behind u Mr president.

  15. Right now my household is not interested in my plans for 2021, they just need some assurance tomorrow is fine and that am doing all the right things to secure their future. As long as am not buying $1million cars, getting drunk and flying around to attend every party, they are assured the future (even 2021) is okay.

  16. and as long as am not mired in serious Billion dollar debt, i have no need to talk about 2021. It’s just common sense bane!

  17. Same names commenting even five times ok but the reality is lungu is elidible and what he said was according to wat was asked simple ,one fact dont deny the opposition especially upnd they are scared everyone knows if not why say no since its to your advantage let him stand and beat him to the polls simple

    • Vote for Jona so further stunts Zambia as he wastes more years engaged in graft, drunken antics, & aimless travel??
      To You nb, I have serious doubts theres a brain in your cranium!

  18. Apparently the opposition cadres, and anti-Edgar had their time to comment silly about the president of Zambia.
    Manje look, is a head of state again is the one in power ruling the country this point.
    Let us have respect for each other. On the other side i agree with him on a statement he said, “I will respect the out-come of the result in 2021 General Elections”.
    Ulemu Ku mpando soti pakati kama kolo nichintu chikulu kwambiri, tsoka kwaiwo akunyodzela dzika dza chalo.
    Ku mbali yanga Ecl ndikunyadira kwabiri ntsogoleri.
    Mwine mlengi akutsogoleleni mudzinchito zanu dzontse dzo. dzikomo

  19. And Lungu is scared to venture into Misisi ,Chobolya and other such places due to the extreme poverty his govt has happily engineered.

  20. ECL we know you respect the law and as you said 2021 is your last day in office. Obama felt that if he run again he would win but the writing was on the wall 2 terms and so he didn’t stand. We shall remember you as number 6 for Zambia.

  21. “And President Lungu has said he will abide by the decision of the courts on whether he is eligible to stand in the 2021 elections.”

    Mr. President what do you think it’s the right thing to do yourself.

    If the President lungu stands on 2021 Lozi people should be independent too.

  22. Here is what Lungu said exactly a week ago;

    “The Head of State expressed concern at how the opposition members of Parliament had decided to keep themselves in unending campaign mode from one election to the other at the expense of engaging the various government Ministries”

    Today, just as on numerous occasions since the last elections, Lungu is talking about the 2021 elections, vis-a-vis himself. Who is in a campaign mode? When does he engage the various ministries himself in serious policy issues? The man forgets what he says from one day to the other.

  23. Me I just know under5. Now this hh I don’t know it, is it a tree or a root, olo chikolopo chamu bafa? Oh sorry I remember now, sichi ng’anga chaku Congo DR? I heard under5 say something like that during his card renewal exercise in Kitwe last Sunday.

  24. If these were votes, the opposition old have won. But sorry votes are won in elections and not blog sites.
    All these people commenting negatively here are from their failed Zambia Watchdog.
    If voting was today, Edgar would win even by a higher marine. HH is a failed project.

  25. HH is dead scared of you Mr President and indeed 2021 will surely be yours should you stand as i simply cant see how HH can win in 6.5 provinces where his tonga party upnd has failed to win since 2006!!!
    Many Zambians voted for Mr Mazoka’s upnd in 2001 because Mr Mazoka never preached tribalism but gave us hope and not HH&GBM who only talk about revenge and Govnt contracts!!!WHO CAN VOTE FOR THAT NONSENSE?NOBODY APART FROM BANTUSTANS AND THEIR VOTES ARE A DROP IN A OCEAN!!
    WE ARE VERY MUCH HAPPY WITH PF’S WORKS SO FAR,KEEP IT UP SIR!!
    come 2021 ni PF nafuti nafuti!!!
    NJIMBU BB 2017!!

  26. Little Under Five girls are scared! The courts are aware the President can stand! It is easy and straight forward but Amdonkis can’t! It is not complicated!

  27. You Zambians and your visionless president, do you really know what will happen between 2017 and 2021. You are supposed to concentrate on working instead of wasting time on things that only God knows. We are 4 years away to the next elections. Just between 2015 and 2018, there are alot of stealing, corruption, and ignoring to follow the rules of law. The behavior has been so pathetic that come 2021, pf will see that power is in the people not edger. We want to see you working and create more new ideas instead just working like churches that have routine programs

  28. Mwebantu, bushe under5 ni political material?
    Wasn’t it just last Sunday in Kitwe when he messed himself up yet again by exposing yet again how empty he is as far as presidential credentials are concerned? And when you look at under5 and ECL who is naturally more lovable? Just check the wide smiles when ECL is talking to them or holding tge babies in his arms? Have you ever seen under5 do that? The kids would be scared of him, children have an innate defence instinct that is how you can tell the evil in under5.

  29. These up.nDonkis are a wasted life.
    If you say one thing they will oppose it. If you had said the opposite, they would have opposed. Anything you say they would oppose.
    Reason for such irrational behaviour? Simply tribalism, under5 assumed (not elected) leadership of Upn.Donkis because Good morning Gideon. Please take note of the notice by HR last week that the deadline for submission of PAs for your staff is Monday 4 Dec. No extension.
    Deadline for your PA is 12:00hrs today so that I start my leave.

  30. Flip – flopping; one moment he publicly declares he will not go beyond 2021, the next he says he will be in the race in 2021. That is certainly not a sign of a stable mind! As a taxpayer, he is not the president i would want to continue at the helm of this country in 2021. The corruption, governance issues, and endemic trampling upon the freedoms of the citizens disqualifies him as an inspiring leader of this beautiful country! A leadership built on visiting project sites and time in the air is a demonstration of depth of understanding of the functions of one who holds the highest office in the land. He has set national priorities backwards. He would rather visit a project site than UTH to appreciate the state of the biggest medical institution. The reasons for the choice are obvious!

  31. I listen to this president and I am amazed at his growing arrogance. Power does indeed get to the head!! He has completely forgotten that he holds office because the people Zambia put him in that position (and he got into the driver’s seat by “hook and crook” in an election believed to have been stolen). Its this brand of arrogance that made the old man across the Zambezi become very unpopular. He is growing detached from the people by the day.

  32. Hee you foreigners you opted to immigrate to foreign countries, you don’t even vote but you are busy insulting our President, leave this issue to us home based voters. The all page is full of your comments shaa. Yes the opposition especially UPND are scared of ECL, if they are not why in the first place did they say they will not pay him benefit since he didn’t finish a term now you are busy talking of a third term. By the way what is a term according to our constitution? I repeat you mwebutushi shut up leave the talking to real men and women.

  33. EDGAR is not qualified to stand just like HH will be blocked by changing the constitution that any candidate who has lost three times does not qualify KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK.

  34. Ofcourse, Mr. President. Even the recent local by-elections proved you and PF are popular. The fake social media and mast are daily attacking you and praying you don’t stand in 2021 because they are scared stiff. And thank you for bringing the Israelis to Zambia.

  35. The entire opposition has no strategy and absolutely clueless in how to engage the electorate. Anyone the PF will put forward will beat them hands down. Now the weight has shifted to wanting the Zimbabwe scenario to be replicated in Zambia. Where have all the serious people in beautiful and great Zambia gone?

  36. Dictatorial and typical of Mugabe expressions, ‘i stand my ground’ ‘i stood my ground so I never gave up power’ ‘i am ambitious’ really ambitious in rigging. That was your last rigging mark my words. Here in Luapula, we are going with Kambwili. If you understand political fluidity HH is next winner. ..ati I am ambitious.. but secularly a failed lawyer. Foolish.

  37. When are we going to have a decent constitution without lacunas, whose clarity in the lines of its clauses will dispense with the interpretation and judgment of the Courts? The opposition and some NGOs shot themselves in the foot when they clamored for this constitution to be passed as it is, because they thought they were fixing Government whom they suspected of wanting to produce a white paper. Now we have to contend with the foolishness of some comments on this platform. Well, let the courts decide. Lungu’s case is a constitutional matter and the constitution is not plainly clear regarding such a case. So let the Courts decide and what they will decide we will accept.

  38. and Gravazio must retire for failing to ask the president the real questions .He is pathetic for failing to ask of fire tenders in direct reference to the insurance cover of $ 250,000 and the deflated price …shame on you gravazio …he is a zulu any where what can you get from these easterners…

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