Vice President Guy Scott says the Patriotic Front Government is closer to a position where they can change the constitution unilaterally with two thirds of the votes following its increased numbers in Parliament.
Moving a motion for the house to suspend Standing Orders 20 and 21(1), if necessary, and Standing Order 101 to enable the House to complete all business on the Order Paper and all matters arising there from and that, on such completion, the House do adjourn sine die, Dr Scott said things have changed in the house and that gone are the days when the ruling party won motions by one vote.
Dr Scott pointed out that from the 20 by-elections that have been held so far, the PF grabbed ten seats from the opposition and returned one of its seats.
He says this is in addition to the fact that ten opposition Members of Parliament are working with the PF government by virtue of their appointment to deputy ministerial positions.
Dr Scott said the PF now boasts of over 80 seats, a clear majority of the house.
The vice president advised opposition Members of Parliament against being combative because the ruling party has the votes.
He stated that the PF is in a better position to change the constitution unilaterally than the opposition is to block a vote or bring an impeachment motion.
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You brag about those illiterate MPs you bribed? well you obviously think Zambians are docile and will just sit and watch.Remember its the same docile Zambians that kicked the mighty Kenneth Kaunda and UNIP out.We are not Zimbabwe junior.Sata shall not celebrate his 90th birthday in state house.
This muzungu opusa who has leg in UK is causing confusion among PF retards… When Zambia falls into a criss the chap will be in london with easy
The last nail on the coffin! If that’s the constitution and the law as things stand then winner (PF) takes it all until the next general election. This explains why government has been pompous about the whole constitution all along! There’s trouble ahead!
Again I was wrong; I was expecting the vice president to talk about real issues and ‘MAKE AN ATTEMPT AT’ offering solutions not bragging about the number of useless PF MPs in parliament. When are these guys (PF) getting back to work?
Scott can’t survive here in the UK where there are no short cuts to making money. If he was here he would have been jailed already because of his greed like many British MPS who were jailed for fiddling with expenses.
If it was easy for him to make it in the UK he would have been here already. He can’t leave Zambia where every one worships him like a God including Sata. In Zambia he gets away with everything because he is white. If he wants land he just bribes a few individuals here and there, and the land is allocated.
I can’t wait for the day when he will be nabbed and put away for rampant corruption and misleading the nation.
This bragging of his is clear sign that PF want change the constitution to replace the five year presidential term with an eight year one.
Scott ,You call for elections, and see whether you can still brag thereafter !
THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE IS THE NUMBER. PF IS NOW IN A BETTER POSITION TO FORMULATE AND IMPLEMENT DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECT PLANS RATHER THAN HAVING BA NKUSA OPPOSING JUST FOR THE SAKE OF FRUSTATING THE PARTY IN OFFICE. THIS IS GOOD FOR THE PEACE OF ZAMBIA. CONGRATULATIONS PF. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RULING PARTY HAVING THE NECESSARY NUMBERS TO PASS A MOTION IN PARLIAMENT WITHOUT THE HELP OF STRAY MPs FROM THE OPPOSITION CANNOT BE OVER EMPHASISED. WELL DONE PF. LET THE SLEEPING DOGS LIE.
Scott, you call up for fresh elections and see if you will be able to cough thereafter!!!
A wise person once said numbers don’t lie…
PF led parliament is a true reflection of quantity without quality at all.
You prophet of doom what do you know? Shut up!
Ha HA, you dumb bloggers on this site think you can change anything here on this site? You are mistaken!
Scot is a smart guy. He knows how to kick the opposition. Why do you think His Excellency M.C.Sata made him VEEP!
And he has told you in a “nice” muzungu way, shutup or the paramilitary will come and bite your asses!
Scott you are shallow minded…. dont underestimate Zambians, ask KK. If you want to have a chance in 2016, do what Zambians want
Scott is a racist ! Go back to Europe you myopic old fool ! When we rise we will surely shut your stupid mouth up !!
A can of worms all of a sudden opened, so you have been aspiring for a one party rule? Ok; we will see to that.
Only now you understand that?
Has Guy Scott just admitted and revealed that the PF’s intentions are to create a one-party rule ? This is what everyone suspected was the main reason for those “fake by-elections” ! Now they can brag about it coz they feel that Zambians are vulnerable fools !! Tukamikanda ba kolokombwa !!! You wait and see !!!
We already have a one party state!
To a colonial mind that suits him and not the majority. That is at the core of a white man’s thinking. Guy Scott cares less what majority of Zambians deserve and prefer, to him as has been his ancestors attitude to suppress and oppress by all means, so numbers in parliament is what matters to Guy Scott after spending colossal sums of money on induced by- elections for the sake of numbers and not needful development to Zambians- What a modern day colonialist.
well done boasting, wish all the very little best about your counts. Zambia is something you will have to learn about. When Zambians get mad and annoyed, they do certain things unknown all global, yet they always give a chance and argue. Ask no one but Zambians, right now it is all about asking, next you will be crying with your insurance in ur mouth, tata mayo. dont say you were not warned
Opposition members who have been bought to that side to be in favor of the wrongs of the PF are just showing how retrogressive they are. I thought in the first place that for them being in the deputy ministerial positions was one way of helping in developmental national programs but to hear this. I think if they are more sensible and want to keep their integrity they must all resign or else they shall be voted out in 2016.
Well said VP. These so called opposition MPs must know the truth and start behaving themselves. They literally turned into street adults without shame. To make matters worse, they were encouraged by their equally street adult thinking party leader.
Dude, the only party we can relate to your description stopped being in opposition in 2011. They are now an alleged government. But we dont blame you coz they still behave like they are in opposition.
Pf does not have the majority to muster the 2/3 majority to pass the constitution. Zambia is under the constitutional democracy not under dictatorship. (2/3=106).
When HH called this goof a stup.id white man, many bloggers on this site attacked him. This is the PF you voted for, a clear sign of how dumb and fool.ish Zambians are collectively. In Zambia even the educated are useless.
They are nowhere near a two-thirds majority but now that he has let the cat out of the bag, we know why they have been inducing all this tsunami of bye election at such a dear cost. The stupidity of PF is mind boggling indeed. As for Sata, he will never even live to see this personal constitution he has made the country pay such a colossal price for. For all I know, he is dying soon and Scott cannot constitutionally ascend to the throne. These castles men build in the air, how they always come down crashing on their stupid heads!
You are on point bro.
SCOTT IS TELLING THE TRUTH.
THE OPPOSITION WERE IN A SLUMBER WHILE THE PF HAS BEEN PLOTTING FOR IT TO HAVE THIS MAJORITY.
BEFORE 2016 PF WILL CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION TO SUIT ITS WILL.
WATCH THIS SPACE!!
@ Analyst,
I just hope that you will be the first to enjoy on your own skin unchecked rule by A-Team. Be careful what you wish for.
@142. WHAT I AM POINTING OUT IS THAT THE SO-CALLED OPPOSITION LEADERS SHOULD WAKE UP AND STRATEGISE BEFORE THEY ARE IRRELEVANT.
FOR STARTERS THERE ARE TOO MANY OF THEM. ALL THOSE PARTIES LIKE ADD, FDD,NAREP, UNIP, MULONGOTI’s AND MPOMBO’s AND SIMILAR JUST FILL THE POLITICAL SPACE AND ARE FODDER FOR THE PF.
MEANWHILE MMD AND UPND SHOULD MERGE OTHERWISE THEY WILL WALLOW IN OPPOSITION FOR A LONG TIME.
EVERYONE, EXCEPT PROBABLY BA LT, KNOWS ABOUT THESE NUMBERS!
IS THIS REALLY NEWS WORTHY?
Jack-ass, what excuse will you find now to justify beginning of terror?
Proof that this government is not in touch with the Zambian citizens! It’s not about how many seats you have, it’s about the work they’ve done since coming, you can count all your rotten eggs “Dr” Scott because actions speak louder than words, brag about job creation etc something that effects every Zambian
Yes, the VP is right in his statement. The ruling party is in majority and does have the power to change laws. The question is in whose interest?
Zambians should realise that Members of Parliament owe their loyalty to the party that sponsors them and its leader, NOT the electorate. The MPs who are appointed Ministers owe allegiance to the appointing authority and NOT the electorate. So those opposition MPs who accepted Ministerial positions owe their loyalty and allegiance to the Head of State and NOT their party president and the electorate. They have betrayed their sponsor. Conclusion: The MPs you voted for are NO LONGER REPRESENTING YOU BUT PF AND ITS LEADER(S). FULL STOP!!!
My advice. Get Ministers from outside parliament.
You mean if we get ministers outside parliament then mps wil start representing us?
MMD hd the same arrogance over numbers. they managed to make some infamous decisions such as abuse of office (i stand to be correctd) but where ar they now. please PF, Its not about numbers but the interest of the people. u seem to be embracing the same things that u condemned and made u win in 2011.
Guy Scott is not Zambian, repeat, not zambian. No wonder he wants the constitution the way it is.
Why did PF not vote for the motion on the roadmap for a Constitution?
When they were campaigning in 2011 did they not say that if they are elected they will provide a new Constitution?
Was it not written into their Manifesto?
What has changed?
According to Kambvili, promise of People driven Constitution in 90 days was a “gimmick” reserved only for mentally impaired which believed and voted for PF
Two choices we have, either to wait for 2016 or kick PF now as we did to KK. We are not like Zimbabwe. Guy Scott has gone far. Instead of giving roadmap he is bragging. Useless opposition MPs bought by PF. HH has a point for detering UPND MPs.
I can’t believe this man can sink so low what does politics do to people in zambia,seriously gents are these what we call our leaders i feel sorry for zambian people but thank god it is a good lesson never again believe these people’s lies like 90 days stories more money in your pocket what a joke of a government we have.
lusaka times were are my comments?
I have never rated Guy Scott and his fellow retards in PF highly. It just amazes me what PF supporters see in them to be these muppets’ cheerleaders.