Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) Executive Director, Reverend Malawo Matyola has charged that Republican vice president and justice minister, George Kunda has failed to give leadership on the national constitution formulation process.
Reverend Malawo said that it was unfair for government to keep quite over the constitution when huge sums of money were invested in the process.
He said that Zambian’s have been left and kept in the dark over the constitution for a long time now. He also noted that failure to allocate any resources to the finalization of the constitution was a silence that was making people suspicious on whether the legal framework will really be ready before 2011 general elections.
Reverend Malawo reminded government that it was the tax payers money that was devoted to that process and it was not right to just keep quite about the process when people were anxiously waiting to know the progress.
He said that the only way Zambians will appreciate the efforts of government was if they made their operations transparent for everyone.
The reverend complained that ever since the draft report was presented to the Mr Kunda, government has been quiet and that very soon the document might begin to gather dust on the public office shelves.
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malawo matyola briefcase executive director anne man ngo also wants to be heard. who has sent you and who is paying your bills. first time to hear of this ngo and this fake reverand. anyway freedom of the press like im also exercising
We should just vote them out of office and prosecute them for this wasteful expenditure. We all knew the NCC was a hoax.
I actually do not know what the fuss about the constitution is. The road map was laid out long ago even before LPM died. Is it short memory or what? I am sad that so many people jump on bandwagons to criticise the government for no reason whatever. They criticised the NCC and sat back while the proceedings went on and now they are excited about it. The process is on course and while the money was spent, there is no need to panic now. After all, your PF/UPND pact is already threatening another constitution. Nobody is talking against that! Is it because Telesfo is drafting it?
The consititution prosses making is full of suspision, probably it is not making sense, or alterations are taking palce.
Thats the way to go good old reverand.you have been in limbo for so long.I hope ZSCD is transforming itself though from being a temba of your relatives
Our country is not moving forward if we allow pipo like Chihana to lead us into unproductive issues of Sata meeting donors and he brings illusions about gay rights being discussed shame on you Chihana it will take parliament to allow such rights and if u have an unefficient parliament like we have now its possible like the anti corruption bill that has passed 1st reading so easily without consulting electorate show me your inteligence on this Chihana or Veep.