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The Zambian Constitution in its current form will hurt the Opposition in the 2021 General Elections

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PF Chairperson for legal affairs Brian Mundubile
PF Chairperson for legal affairs Brian Mundubile

The Patriotic Front (PF) Government Parliamentary Chief Whip Brian Mundubile, has said that if the current constitution goes into the 2021 general elections in its current form, it will be injurious to many Zambians including the oppostional parties who have been losing the elections.

Speaking at the PF media interaction forrum, Mr Mundubile said that among many pertinent items is the extension of the number of days in which a Presidential petition ought to be head from the current 14 to 30 days in reference to UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema’s outcry from the 2016 elections.

Speaking at the same function, the Patriotic Front Kabwe Central MP, who also party’s Parliamentary Deputy Chief whip said foreign entities should not dictate how Zambia ought to refine its constitution because Zambia has a Parliament mandated by the people to make laws.

Mr Tutwa said that he is aware of foreign institutions funding questionable characters in Zambia to distort the constitution refinement process in Zambia.

Mr. Ngulube further that said that it would be wrong for the opposition to assume that the constitution refinement is meant to Benefit President Edgar Lungu when recommendations were made by all institutions in the country including chiefs.

He expressed shock that the opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema and other donor-funded institutions are opposing the constitution refinement process when they were part of its initiation in Siavonga.

Mr Ngulube has advised Zambians not to be swayed from the refinement process by sponsored disgruntled elements on grounds that most amendments will not change Zambia’s position of being a democratic state.

29 COMMENTS

    • If PF want to win elections in 2021, they should be opening a trunk or akasaka of cash from Valden tradings each week to buy millie meal for villagers. No constitution will help them.
      And if PF financier Findlay’s court case will be hot just before 2021.

    • Foreign elements are ganging up to discredit our Zambian democracy. Don’t allow Akainde to bring chaos from his paymasters. He owes Copperbelt mines to the Anglo America conglomerates.
      He’s just a cheap hired gun. Akainde lost elections in 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2016.
      His best chance was 2015 and he failed. He now thinks such pathetic failure is normal. Kainde should have never been born. He has the losing genes.

    • “Mr Tutwa said that he is aware of foreign institutions funding questionable characters in Zambia to distort the constitution refinement process in Zambia.”

      So you know something that is suspicious, you don’t report to authorities, but you prefer to share with the media, is this NORMAL?

      LOCK this guy up, he is doing Zambia a disservice

    • These two PF MPs take Zambians for fools. Since when did PF do anything to benefit the Opposition? It’s obvious PF want Bill 10 passed by Parliament becoz it stands to benefit. Why is the PF Govt not putting this Bill for a 2/3 Majority Secret Ballot Vote in Parliament? They know they will not get 2/3 Majority Vote Approval in Parliament.

    • Leave it the way it is, why should you be concerned about the opposition? Actually you are the wrong clique to be entrusted with anything good for this country, you are already admitting that your 2016 idiocy with pomp was a sham, that is why it will disadvantage others. Let the new office bearers come and do the right thing, just concentrate on your mismanaging the economy, theft and corruption so that your destiny becomes clear, do not think that Zambians are fools and only Pathetic Fools are wise. You were not in GRZ before 2011 yet the country was running, so just keep away bakabolala imwe. Eco balemyebela ati ba popi na ba koswe.

    • Why would PF Amend the Constitution to benefit Opposition Parties. This can’t be true. The Amendments in Bill No.10 are designed to benefit Lungu and PF only. We are not foolish. We can see thru PF Tricks.

  1. Its fcukers like this that one would refer to as wasted sperm.
    Selling the country for 30 pieces of silver this, Mundubile and his gay partner Ngulube are hell bent on screwing up the country. Their behavior is like that of those that where in the 3rd Reich’s inner circle such people think they are more patriotic than anyone else.

  2. Liar!
    How does the reintroduction of Deputy Ministers help the opposition?
    When did you start caring for the opposition? Are you spying for the opposition?

  3. The opposition is always hurting themselves even with a good constitution.
    When you look at the calibre of a dull cow like Akainde Ichilema, the current state of the opposition can make you weep.

  4. “He expressed shock that the opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema and other donor-funded institutions are opposing the constitution”

    Akainde shunned the NDF. He has no clue what the refined document contains. How can he aspire to be President when he’s never even sat in Parliament?

  5. The two PF musketeers think Zambians are fools. The Amendment Bill No.10 doesn’t represent Refinements but wholesome Amendments to mutilate the Current Constitution. PF and Lungu want to Rig the 2021 Elections thru Amendment Bill No.10. They want to transform Zambia from a Constitutional Democracy to a One Party State Dictatorship led by Lungu. LAZ, Churches, Opposition Parties, BOZ, ECZ , ZCTU, NGOS, Legal Associations etc have all rejected Bill 10 in its entirety. Lungu and PF has lost popular support thru Corruption and Misrule and know that they will lose the 2021 Elections so they have to rig the Elections to retain Power. Bill 10 is a vehicle by Lungu and PF to disadvantage Opposition Parties in 2021.# Bill 10 must be stopped at all costs.

  6. These two PF MPs take Zambians for fools. Since when did PF do anything to benefit the Opposition? It’s obvious PF want Bill 10 passed by Parliament becoz it stands to benefit. Why is the PF Govt not putting this Bill for a 2/3 Majority Secret Ballot Vote in Parliament? They know they will not get 2/3 Majority Vote Approval in Parliament.

  7. When the PF insist that they want to “help” the opposition, then know that they are desparate to pass this “PF” constitution.
    Why is it not possible to believe that patriotic Zambians can reject this PF constitution amendment?
    How does introduction of Deputy Ministers help the country?

  8. Today, John Sangwa admits that the 2016 Constitutional Amendment is progressive. The opposition has trashed it from day one. In a similar cycle, the opposition will trash Bill no. 10, just like the Bill of Rights, and later someone will say it was progressive. I think ECLs PF has done very well where the constitution is concerned. As Sangwa has highlighted, the country is so polarised politically, the opposition cannot afford to highlight the positives of the ruling party.

  9. In fact, should it not be to the dogs advantage if the Constitution disadvantages the opposition? So why should that be the iiddiioottss concern?

  10. A person with 5 sence can not support NDF bill 10. When majority say no to this there is a reason y. imagin they have failed to pay retirees and they want to remove them on pay roll. how are they going to continue with children education in colleges, feeding, farming etc. pay retirees now. we will all shift to your verander until you pay us if you temper with the pay roll. NDF Bill 10 will bring fire if you dont know. it is not refining it is a time bomb ticking.

  11. This is the kind of reasoning that needs to be changed. The constitution is not for PF nor opposition political parties but for ”WE THE PEOPLE OF THE GREAT REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA. We are to decide how we should be governed, therefore, we have a final say on what goes into this powerful document. GOVT is meant to facilitate the the process and not impose their will/wish on this document.

    WE THE PEOPLE OF REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA GIVE OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.

  12. skull apandauka mutu producing nothing but foolish things in that rotten skull . how could pf favour the opposition in particular upnd win elections when they have been stealing rigging. where, where iam sure your paymaster will demand for a refund for failing to speak something that can make sense. kudos bye bye its time up. no more lies, no cheating.

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