Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Patrick Matibini has been petitioned by pressure groups to ensure that Members of Parliament participate in the debate of the Constitution Amendment Bill No. 10 of 2019.
The groups include Women Movement for Development, Authentic Advocates for Justice and Democracy, UPND Youths from Kafue and Senanga among other groups.
The Petition was received by about eight Members of Parliament from the ruling Patriotic Front (PF), UPND, FDD, MMD and Independent.
And Bwana Mkubwa Member of Parliament Dr. Jonas Chanda who received the petition on behalf of the Speaker, said the petition will be delivered to Dr. Matibini.
Dr. Chanda wondered why some stakeholders are fighting the Bill right, left and center despite having progressive clauses aimed at improving the governance system of the country.
“There is a lot of propaganda, some people wants to mislead the public. You remember we had the Bill of Rights in the Referendum during the 2016 general elections, the same people who are opposing Bill 10 are the same ones who killed it. And today they are crying! Now they want to kill Bill 10 and they can’t understand that the losers are the people of Zambia,” said Dr. Banda.
“Zambia is a Christian Nation. We don’t want men marrying their fellow men, women marrying their fellow women. That’s why the Bill is saying that Zambia will be called a Christian Unitary Republic. Christians should be happy and defend the Bill.”
He said the Bill is inclusive and hence the need for all stakeholders to support it.
And Authentic Advocates for Justice and Democracy Public Relations Director Samuel Banda said Zambians should not to tolerate MPs who shun debates in the House as they were sent to represent them.
He said the Bill is not about the PF, UPND, or any other political party but for the interest of all Zambians.
Other MPs who witnessed the presentation of the petition include: UPND Senanga MP Hon Mukumbuta Mulowa, Wusakile MP Hon Pavyuma Kalobo, Chiengi MP Hon Given Katuta, Lumezi MP Hon Pilila Jere, Mkaika MP Hon Peter Phiri, Muchinga MP Hon Howard Kunda among others.
look at the ignorance , why did police allow those and not those protesting against , as that is what democracy is all about , is for and against
NO ONE SHOULD ACCEPT THE LAW WHICH IS FULL OF NONSENSE.THESE ARE DISGRUNTLED YOUTH. WHO THEY GAVE K20 TO AND MAKE NOISE.THEY ARE TINS.
“A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws.”
“good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws”
Plato
The kind of man who wants the government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are *****ic.
BAMO YOUTH MASAKA!!!
The National Assembly has its own rules and procedures. The speaker is a chairman to the house and cannot dictate what an mp on whether to debate or not on any bill.
The mp has a right to walkout in protest of certain bills during debate in parliament.
These pressure groups sponsored by Edgar Lungu and PF ministers must realize these privileges enjoyed by incumbent mps.
Abash Bill 10 and PF government!
PF must go!
Please PF you should be ashamed of yourselves, using poor jobless people to advance your agenda. I saw the video, the people could barely read what was written on those placards. These people don’t even know that their masters want to continue drawing salaries when parliament is dissolved. There is nothing in that bill that talks about youth empowerment and even if it did, how many young people or youth has Lungu appointed except those elected or chola boys. How did these people manage to get a permit meanwhile others are threatened, this is why we don’t need this bill as it is going to further PF’s dictatorship and oppressive acts.
QUOTE:“Zambia is a Christian Nation. We don’t want men marrying their fellow men, women marrying their fellow women. That’s why the Bill is saying that Zambia will be called a Christian Unitary Republic. Christians should be happy and defend the Bill.”
IS THIS PART OF THE AMENDMENTS IN THE BEN 10?
CURRENT CONSTITUTION:Same-sex sexual activity is proscribed by Cap. 87, Sections 155 through 157 of Zambia’s penal code.[5]
Section 155 (“Unnatural Offences”) classifies homosexual sex (in the vague description “carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature”) as a felony punishable by imprisonment for 14 years.
WHO IS TELLING THE TRUTH HERE?
Hungry clowns who have been paid to sell the future of their children.
No person with any intelligence, or morality can read bill 10 and say it empowers anyone, except the corrupt who are in power and their bootlickers.
Its always amazing to see how people sell the future for a morsel of bread. But thats exacty pf strategy. Starve you and deprive you of you rights and resources and then give you a few crumbs in exchange for your support in pushing an evil agenda. And after they get what they want, they leave you to starve, until the next time they want something from you.
Meantime corrupt incompetent criminals whose only skill is violence, drunkenness, womanising and firing guns wantonly are getting richer through corrupt means.
look at the ignorance exihibited by those maggots called youths..it’s not about HH and the problem is the many number of dull MPs you have in the house from ruling party..
This is really pathetic. Even a very dull person can see through this cheap show of someone in authority using these unfortunate youths. My colleague asked one of them to name just 3 changes proposed in bill 10. She couldn’t even name one!
When a child cries for a snake give it to them so that they learn how dangerous that is and in future they will not ask for anything that will harm them.
There is Coronavirus in Zambia, otherwise these people would have finished.
Ignorance protesting for what you dont even understand njala
When lungu didn’t hand over power to the speaker non of you protested or petitioned the president or attorney general.
FAKE THESE GROUPS ARE PAID TO DO SO. ALL THEY ARE PROTESTING FOR ARE ALREADY IN THE CURRENT CONSTITUTION. NO TO BILL TEN.
None of them have read or assessed the Bill. They are just led like meek sheep to the slaughter. How are you going to participate in governance when the Bill actually entrenches executive powers?