The Ruling Patriotic Front (PF) has called on all members of the Party, particularly all structures of the Party in Lusaka, under the Provincial leadership to go on the ground and find the assailants that attacked Justice Minister and Kabwata Member of Parliament Given Lubinda and hand them over to the Police.
In a statement released to the media and signed by Party Secretary General Davies Mwila, the party said that attack was cowardly and shameful, and the party will work with the Police to pursue the perpetrators with the urgency this deserves.
Mr Mwila also took a swipe at the media for what he described issuing out reports garnished with an extra embellishment of wild claims with absolutely no corroboration, and warned that such sensationalism has the potential to fuel further violence.
Below is the full statement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
13th July 2019
STATEMENT BY PATRIOTIC FRONT SECRETARY GENERAL HON DAVIES MWILA CONDEMNING THE ASSAULT BY UNKNOWN ASSAILANTS ON HON. GIVEN LUBINDA (MCC) MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR KABWATA CONSTITUENCY AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE.
1.INTRODUCTION
We are appalled by yesterday afternoon’s reported assault by unknown assailants of Member of the Patriotic Front Central Committee Hon. Given Lubinda, who is also Minister of Justice and Member of Parliament for Kabwata Constituency.
The attack was cowardly and the fact that it took place in the course of Hon Lubinda’s duty of serving his constituents during his tour of Kabwata Market made it even more reprehensible.
2.A CALL TO THE POLICE SERVICE
We are gratified that the police have already issued a statement confirming that they have launched investigations into the matter. However, we call on them to intensify their thorough investigations in order for them to bring the dastardly perpetrators to book.
3.A CALL TO OUR PARTY MEMBERS IN KABWATA CONSTITUENCY
This cowardly act is shameful and we will work with the Police to pursue the perpetrators with the urgency this deserves. Let me state here that *Section Section 31 Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) provides for arrest by private persons.*
In this regard, I am directing ALL members of the Party, ALL structures of the Party in Lusaka, under the Provincial leadership to go on the ground and find the assailants and hand them over to the Police.
As our Party President and Head of State His Excellency Dr Edgar Chagwa Lungu recently exhorted:
“We took over government without using violence. We are a peaceful party. No one…none of our youths must be allowed to commit violence…”
In line with our President’s directive which is in tandem with the Patriotic Front’s core value of encouraging responsible law abiding citizenship, we once again call upon all members of Kabwata Constituency and anywhere else who may have relevant information, to step forward and share it with the police.
Meanwhile, all members in the constituency are encouraged to continue being steadfast and disciplined while the authorities conduct their investigations.
4.A CALL TO THE MEDIA TO RESIST ANY CRAVING TO INDULGE IN HEAR SAY JOURNALISM
Patriotic Front values the noble profession of Journalism. We appreciate the importance of the media as key development partners, whose purpose is to serve the citizens—all the citizens—of a democratic Zambia, by informing them and by also holding all duty bearers accountable.
However, their key role also comes with the critical responsibility to report facts; not to propagate the kind of hearsay and speculation that characterized some “reports” on Hon Lubinda’s assault.
It is unfortunate that on this particular story, some sections of the media ran opinionated commentaries, disguised as “reports”.
While it is a fact that Hon. Lubinda reported the assault to the police, some of these “reports” were garnished with an extra embellishment of wild claims with absolutely no corroboration. Such sensationalism has the potential to fuel further violence.
We accordingly urge our media friends to resist the craving to embroider their reporting with personal views informed by unsubstantiated hearsay and partisan interests.
5.CONCLUSION
As Pope John Paul II once said:
Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
No matter which political party we belong to, what sector we represent or what tribe we come from and no matter what our socio-economic status is; Violence is our common enemy.
Therefore, the people who attacked Hon Given Lubinda are not only enemies of Patriotic Front, but more significantly, they are the enemies of peace; and therefore the enemies of ALL Zambians.
May the Law take its course and may Justice prevail.
Thank you
Hon Davies Mwila
Patriotic Front Secretary General
This is the lawless Zambia u hv created. Now enjoy your stay in it. It’s your house and you will live in it.
Next its you Mr. Mwila. It is you and your friends who have created this monster. Now that you hsve been starving it, it is turning against you and biting you. Mulimbe!
Military Davies Mwila should be arrested before I finish typing. He is calling for his militia to go out and investigate citizens?
This is serious, he is calling for genocide in Kabwata.
That Press release sounds exactly like the Isis or those issued by Bin Ladin.
Davis should be arrested before I finish typing. Are ZP the PF cadres he means or PF have own law enforcement?
Davis is calling for genocide in Kabwata.
Davis should be arrested before I finish typing. Are ZP the PF cadres he means or PF have own law enforcement?
Davis is setting Kabwata on fire.
Arrest Davis…..
Davis Mwila should be arrested by now….
What is this we are reading???
Give people intraparty democracy not intraparty violence.
That ain’t cool.
Great sense as usual from JourneyMan but sho will listen in the PF?
When “Ilomba” finishes eating from outside, it starts to eat from inside and very aggressively for that matter. The owner of that Ilomba has to be very careful because after finishing eating from inside, it will go after the owner. Beware Jonathan!
LT was moderating each of my comments, so I kept on changing wording.
Baffikala were out following Davis instructions, now are back authorizing all comments.
My apologies my friends, am not EDITOR, but I wish I was mwee.
Imwe LT clean up some of comments and leave just 1.
Davies Mwila !!!
You don’t hand such kind of power to the cadres to go and look for culprits, that’s promoting anarchy.
Let the police do this for you. Everyone knows someone. It will not be long before the police are tipped.
Something to do with some angry husband, Don’t forget Given Lubinda is a womanizer!
Any PF MP who will support or vote for the NDF Amendment Bill should be beaten for betraying Peoples Cause and Freedom. We don’t want PF One Party State Dictatorship in Zambia. In 2021 ECL and his PF
Corrupt Thieves must be ejected from Power.
Therefore, the people who attacked Hon Given Lubinda are not only enemies of Patriotic Front, but more significantly, they are the enemies of peace; and therefore the enemies of ALL Zambians.
May the Law take its course and may Justice prevail.
Well when Sampa was kidnapped by cadres you covered it up now a minister has been clobbered…its a shame no one recorded it on phone…its just a matter of time till one minster is clobbered senseless
I’m actually seeing evidence of ungovernability in Zambia. How many members of youth criminal gangs hv been picked up in Kitwe only to be replaced by new ones? This is the path that most African countries that hv descended into near collapse and chaos started with. Mugabe started with Ndebeles. The turn of the Shonas soon came and by that time the country was dwn on its knees.
Sosoliso:Is it a party matter or a government matter? Who’s in charge of law enforcement in Zambia? Is it the PF or the Zambian govt? I think we no longer live in the Republic of Zambia but a republic of PF. Why’s the Secretary-General of the PF talking and not the Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of Zambia?
Which enemies of Zambians? The only real enemies Zambia has are PF and its greedy, corrupt leadership. These are the sparks of revolution. Mukose olo mutembenuke.
Davies Mwila should know that Violence begets Violence. PF ascended to Power thru Violence and those who live by the Sword will die by the Sword. The PF have realized that Lubinda and the Corrupt Lungu Elite are eating alone so they are now Enemies of the People. Lubinda, ECL and the PF Leaders made their Corrupt Beds and must sleep in them. We will see more of this intra violence as we get to 2021 Elections. People are Angry and Hungry to see Lubinda and PF Corrupt Elites eating alone.
This is the start even if you arrest them, another one will be clobbered again as you have taken the people for granted ..you have sold all public assets to foreigners and pocketed everything. Let them pass those NDF proposals can they will see if some of these MPs will even tour in 2021.
True next to beat is Lausanne,Antonio ,Chanda,Jean kapata,i for see this coming
Either this SG is a f00l or an id!ot or both. Remember Jean the Baptist and the bootlicker’s shenanigans in parliament? We are talking about an incident in parliament, which is supposed to be well respect floor of law-marking arm of government. Here, he is complaining about hungry PF citizens expressing their disapproval in a constituency, the only wat they know how. Mwila go away!
People are tired of being cheated. Now, that election are drawing nearer that is when you come out of hibernation. You do not know what electorates go through for you to be voted for. Electorates have bottled up their anger for a long time. They are only recognized when you want something from them. That is why it is important to sign a pact with the electorates. If one fails to deliver what is in social contract, the best is to create space for others. People will not perpetually be cheated. They will resort to ways which will not be in the interest of the nation. Failure to deliver in constituencies, is corruption on it’s own. You are better off telling people the truth, than cheating them.
Mbaluso: Social contracts are never signed. They’re implied contracts btwn the governed and the governors. It’s up to the governors to weigh themselves up and ask if they’re up to the task. The governed surrender part of their freedom, income and sovereignity to the state and the state agrees to perform certain functions for the good of all. Basically the functions are public goods, also known as political goods suchnas security, public health, municipal services, defence and protection of human rights etc.
is it true that he went with a boxer to the police? question!!!!!!
LT save us from your obsessed fixation that Davis Mwila is honourable, let him feed the ‘Ililomba’ PF created as starving it will turn against them. Yesterday Given Lubinda was given a rough introductory welcome, tomorrow Davis Mwila will get a thorough beating from his PF cadres. That’s the name of the game.
When pf tjugs beat up opposition LUNGU-pf is mute.
This is best treatment for a PF minister
You created monster that will swallow you
Sata and membe created this pf
I love the outbreak of patriotism by bloggers. Situation is not hopeless.
No bane this is lawlessness, you have already reported to zabwino palibe, let them do what we pay them for, if we are not careful, we are creating a GESTAPO state, ppeople have already started snitching on people they don’t like by falsely accusing them.
BOTTOM LINE IS WITH RESPECT YOU HAVE EMBOLDENED THESE CADERS TO A POINT WHERE THEY ARE ABOVE THE LAW EVEN THE POLICE DON’T WANT TO INTERVENE LEAST THEY GET THE SHORT END OF THE STICK. THEY CLOBBERED MILES SAMPA A MAYOR IN THE CAPITAL AND YOU KEPT SILENT SO WHY ARE U SURPRISED THAT THEY HAVE THE COURAGE TO BEAT UP A MINISTERS? IT’S NOT THE FEW THAT BEAT UP THE MINISTER THAT NEED TO BE STOPPED IT’S EVERY CADER FROM ALL POLITICAL PARTIES REMIND THEM THAT THEY ARE JUST ORDINARY CITIZENS AND HAVE NO RIGHT TO MISBEHAVE. LET THEM GET JOBS AND STOP HARASSING HARDWORKING CITIZENS PUT THEM IN THEIR PLACE EVEN IF THEY ARE YOUR MEMBERS. THE POLICE CAN’T CONTROL CADERS BECAUSE YOU SAME LEADERS FIRE THEM FOR THE SAME.
Shame on that Guy ,Why beating your leader?
And even hh enjoys when his cardres beat up innocent people
We have a leadership crises
Lungu and hh must be banned
Leave HH out of this!
HH Party is also violent party.
Is hh a pharaoh. What so special with someone that destroyed Zambian industry base in collision wih mmd and took money to Panama.
Did you hear him convey condolences for someone struck by lightening in sesheke campaigns.
. Did you hear condemn or feel sorry for namwala victims of ethics cleansing.
Keep him as your life party president not a president of republic of Zambia
HH and lungu must be banned
Am a non partisan political consultant
It is good that their own are feeling the bite.
It not the job of pf cardre to hunt down criminals.
You now clearly see that LUNGU-PF is a militia govt.
Were is zp
A hungry man is an angry man
PF has taken Zambians for granted for so long, even a little kid can see what’s happening in Zambia. Things are so bad in Zambia right now, the majority of Zambians do not have money except for the ones connected to PF. A lot of indigenous Zambian companies have done a lot of government contracts and they can’t be paid. PF would rather pay the Chinese first, pantu mwena balasendamo kanono. What a shame! PF isn’t developing Zambia but busy enriching themselves. The evil that men create returns to their own door Steps. Curses are like arrows shot upright, which falling down light on the shooter’s head. Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost. Mark my words, this is just the beginning.
The media briefing LOOKS LIKE U WERE WATCHING AFCON and yet reporting Hon. Lubindas clobbering. As i said Hon. was attacked without notice Otherwise he is a black belt good karataker Dan 5 for that matter, he could have finished them all, but for his LOVE for peace he ended up giving in to few KICKS FURTHERMORE , THE man is LOZI he knows how to hold KANG’OTO Muzachiona
We have always said , lungu and pf can not afford to bribe the whole country , they do not have enough money.
Those left out in the bribes will sing , if they can not sing, they will clobber….
Nonsense useless call there. Let PF instead go all out and find the reasons why and how they’ve impoverished Zambians these 7yrs .
But Mr Mwila, these are your cadres, PF cadres are superior to police in the PF governance hierarchy. The PF cadres control markets, bus stops, and when thei President is travelling they take over the roads driving any direction and in any lane that they want, all other motorists have to keep clear. Their President sees nothing wrong with them , and today you Davies Mwila can stand up to challenge them? Compared to the lawlessness that your cadres do everyday, what is clobbering Hon Given Lubinda? Nothing, just a small slap on the wrist as the British would say!!!!
By the way Mr Mwila why didn’t you address a media briefing as usual? You fear to be clobbered by the monsters that you created with Sata, supreme party?
And trib.al upnd t take comfort, you are just as bad if not worse when you add your trib.al characteristics, awe mwandini!!!!i!!
The PF cadres were probably joined by trib.al upnd cadres in that act, can’t rule it out, itsthe only thing that can unite them!!!
Wako ni wako
The day is FAST APPROACHING when Jona Chakolwa, Kaizer, Chimpyongo , Mwila, Kapata, Monday Chanda will be lifted “BY AIR”
When opposition folk are manhandled, even murdered, Jona & his wild stormtroopers say “it’s just Democracy”
[email protected] Bako.lwe. MUZ@NY@ MANZi!!
Hell no Davies Mwila. What you have advocated is genocide against any opposition members and their cadres. Iwe makaka, much as I agree with the PF’s infrastructure development agenda, this kind of senseless puke and inciting brother to take arms against brother, is very evil and unfortunate. You have no idea what you are advocating for.
Iwe Davies Mwila who are you trying to hoodwink? Hon Lubinda was given a ministerial clobbering in the market in broad daylight by cadres known in the market, now you want to tell us that the culprits are not known? You are just ashamed that you are being clobbered by your own cadres! Sorry ba Mwila, Sata created those monsters, you ignorantly nurtured and fed them to become full grown monsters, and now you have to live with them. Only way out is to bring back Sata to come and uncreate them!
The “Triple S” team made a mistake! They should have started with Davis Mwila!
GBM is slowly closing in on someone’s throat! Slaps were unheard of until he came back …kikikiki
The beating of Hon Lubinda is sad. He is one of the hardest working mps. Just look at the road network in Kabwata constituency. There are mps who deserve a beating for just warming the chairs in parliament. You can count how many mps who debate in parliament, both ruling and opposition. This beating could be an arrangement within pf which we are not privy to. Please don’t bite my head off. I am just speculating.