Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) General Secretary, Reverend Suzanne Matale has called on Zambians to reject the new constitution if the National Constitution Conference (NCC) continues to refuse to include the bill of rights in the new constitution.
Reverend Matale said if the NCC delegates persistently refuse to include the economic, cultural and social rights in the constitution, they should be assured that Zambians will not vote for it during the referendum.
She said failure to include the basic rights of the people in the constitution is pronouncing death on the people because they would not have access to anything which falls under the bill of rights.
She noted that the non inclusion of the bill of rights in the constitution was worrying and should be looked at carefully.
Reverend Matale explained there is no way a government could claim to be serving the people when it cannot grant them the right to food.
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This so-called NCC has done nothing but steal rights from Zambians for the self serving MMD government
Dull creatures in Zambia. Very dull people who belief in begging. A people who cant do good things for themselves. A people who just think for the well being of their families. A people who take pleasure in foreigners running their economy. A people who have no sense of shame in stealing and sending poor people to their graves. A people who are detached from reality. What a country wehave in Zambia. [-([-(
Another nation has in its Bill of Rights, “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. Must a government be accountable to provide happiness or to make it possible for its citizens to pursue happiness with a level playing field and opportunities for education, employments, etc. I think we need to be aware of what is their job and what is our job. Even God Almighty will not do our job for us.
🙂 The Bill of rights must be included because goverment resources are peoples resources. Elected government officials never earned their positions we gave them the opportunity remember that.