Bishop Mambo has reiterated his earlier call on the National Constitution Conference (NCC) to consider implementing the 50+1 percent clause in its draft and final constitution with a view to enhancing transparency in the country’s electoral system.
Bishop Mambo says the NCC should not dilute some of the important recommendation that were made by the Zambian poeple in the Willa Mung’omba draft constitution if the new constitution is to stand the taste of time.
He told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today that there is need for the NCC delegates to ensure that the 50+1 percent is implemented in the new constitution in order to spell out electoral malpractices in the electoral system of the country and enhance confidence in the electorates.
Bishop Mambo, who is also Church of God former Regional Overseer, said that the NCC should work-out modalities that would ensure that the views and recommendations of the people in the Willa Mung’omba Draft constitution were respected and represented in the final constitution.
He said the 50+1 percent clause should not be ignored in both the draft and final constitution because the majority Zambians had supported the clause.
He however commended the NCC delegates for working tirelessly to ensure that the draft constitution was published in July this year.
Bishop Mambo also called on the NCC delegates to devote most of their time to working on the draft constitution in an effort to complete the process within the stipulated 12-month time frame.
Meanwhile, Bishop Mambo has supported calls from the cross-section of the society that the appointment of Ambassadors and High Commissioners should go through a process of ratification.
Bishop Mambo said there is need for government to support calls for the ratification of Ambassadors and High Commissioners in order to avoid shortcuts in appointing envoys in foreign embassies.
He further said that the ratification of Ambassadors and High Commissioners would also help in building transparency and accountability in the utilization of public resources in foreign embassies.
The Bishop is right.
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We don’t want 700,000 voters to elect a president, in a population of 13 million people.
Now, Bishop is pushing the right cause. How is Nyamphande orphanage Bishoo? :d:d:d:d
Does anybody know where Godfrey Miyanda is and is doing now. Those of you who support him. Can you tell your man to be active and vocal on some of these issues. Why is he so quiet. And he expects Zambians to give him the presidency? Or should I just say this man is selfish and all he wants is to just get to State house
Gen Miyanda is weeding his minda. Bish, leave the bas.tards, we will bash their heads together with Kunda’s.
“Bishop Mambo says the NCC should not dilute some of the important recommendation that were made by the Zambian poeple in the Willa Mung’omba draft constitution if the new constitution is to stand the taste of time.”
Great stuff Mr Bishop Mambo. We need the recommendations of the Wila Mung’omba draft constitution in the NCC one and ulimately the final Zambian Republican Consitution.There is not need to play games like Tom and Jerry on the part of the current President RB Banda GRZ. Meanwhile, please consider the age limit of 65 yrs old for a Presidential Candidate, as this is the starting age of Senior Citizens, as maximum.Otherwise,remove the minimum one of 35 yrs old from the current one.
Right Bishop we cant wait for that :-w:-w:-w
50%+1vote is a sheer waste of resources. Zambia will end up going for second round of voting. 50%+1 vote will never be attained in the first round because of a horde of people scrumbling to be presidents. This scrumble causes vote splits and so nullifyong the possibility of first round outright win.
NCC delegates should think thrice about this matter. Mark my words…..
Good point there, Maestro.
10. ako kanono ba nevers greeting snad thanks very much.
““For the opposition political party to win an election in Africa is not easy. Africa needs to congratulate Ghana. Ghanaian elections have proved that even in Zambia the 50 plus one per cent threshold is a necessity as it is the only way to rescue the country from having another mediocre and unpopular republican president in 2011,” Hichilema said.”
Source: maravi. blogspot. com/ 2009/ 01/ zambias- opposition- leader- calls- for- 50. ht ml
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LT 2008 Award Winner. =; for Zambia in 2011.
Others want NCC to be suspended:
“Advising these politicians sitting at the NCC is like trying to get milk out of a stone. It’s practically impossible because nobody at the NCC can sacrifice for the common good of all Zambians. There is nobody who is going to sit at the NCC and get nothing. They are there for money; they are there to fatten their bank accounts. The only answer is to suspend it completely and divert that K350 billion for development to solve cholera problems, repair roads and bridges and improve conditions of civil servants,” Sata said.
source:maravi. blogspot. c om/ 2009/ 01/selflessness -in -leadership -is -only -path. ht ml
What’s the real NCC suspension motive?
51% is a price we have pay for being a democratic country. We saw it work in Liberia, DRC and most recent Ghana. We need 50+1%
#9 YOU ARE WRONG. 50%+1 WILL ENHANCE LEGITIMACY OF THOSE THAT WILL BE ELECTED.THE MANY PRESIDENTETIAL CANDIDATES YOU ARE WORRIED OF WILL EVENTUALLY MAGE THEIR POLITICAL TUNTEMBAS TO FORM FORMIDABLE PARTIES. WE ARE ALSO LIKELY TO SEE POLITICS BASED ON IDEOLOGIES AND NOT JUST FORMING GOVT.LOOK AT HOW MANY PARTIES EXIST WHERE 50%+1 APPLIES. WE ARE TIRED OF BEING RULED BY THOSE THAT ARE NOT POPULAR. ONLY THOSE IN MMD ARE SCARED OF THIS. GOD DELIVER ZED
ba bishop, the gallery has heard your rants,but do yourself a favour. go back to your flock and explain to them what this 50+1 is all about and why it will be good for zambia.once they hear and understand then they can stand up and challenge
The goverment. It’s no secret that three quarters of zambians including those in higher learning institutions neither understand nor know what this 50+1% is all about or what a constituent assembly is. So ba bishop inkondo wakulwa mweka teti musepe.amabuteko yamu africa yalishupa.
50%+1 eliminates presidential candidates playing “manyengwe” or “ukubuta” so that by the second round, only the top two with serious prospects remain standing. Look at last October’s election when spoiled votes counted more than Gen Miyanda’s.
maestro tata ino ulichisankwa yebo. ko ujisi o munene.
17. your flag EKK, on “maestro tata ino ulichisankwa yebo. ko ujisi o munene.” Ndalumba mukwesu. Ababa yeye ndinikubajisi a maanza obile. Bakatihhibile kutukila ima tusi malamfu.
Imaano maniini kapati nkaambo kulemba kwabo akuyeeya kulimbuli kwatwana tucili mu-Grade 5.
Kamuujisi andinwe mulimo mobotu ooko. Apone cibotu alimwi Leza aamuleleke.
We need clergymen who can speak and be heard. Thanks bishop Mambo for your charisma. Ba Danny Pule where are you? Look at Dezmond Tutu in south africa, Rev Jessy Jackson in the US.
Fellow country men and women,
its wonderful to be back from a three working holiday in Mfuwe,i feel so refreashed and upbeat.Without wasting much of your time,as you are rightly aware that i was popularly elected under 50%+1,i would take this rare oppotunity to annouce my cabinet.
1.Ba Maureen – Vice President
2.Nine Chale – Will handle our finances:Minister of Finance
3.Supergal – Minister of Defence
4.ako kanono ba nevers – Minister Commerce
5.Baby c – Minister of Health-This minisry needed someone who is unuquely qualified.No doubts Baby c is capable.
6.Jamaco- Minister of Agriculture
7. Maestro Hhehhehhehhe- Ministers of Justice
8. Matworld-Nice guy – Minister of Education
the bishop is correct.we desparately need the 50+1%.we need it at all cost.
# 9 VCT I’m with you on this one my friend. To start with, the calls for 50+1 is based on the assumption that a president by the majority is better, that regionalism will be defeated and peace and harmony will be heralded and perhaps many other poorly disclosed reasons. But the practical situation in places with this requirement loudly says otherwise. This NCC is heavily laden by politicians and therefore considerations outside the political mindset are minimal. We are slowly making a constitution that will eat Zambia. Have you heard? 250 MPs coming!
I am not a supporter of Bishop Maambo! However, I agree with him on this point of 50+1%. Amen Bishop…
Thought all this man did was yap, but I agree with him on this one.
Hi am RB. To those of you who dont know what RB means,
1. Rotten Brian – I forget all what I promised and promise more
2. Rubish Boss – I do not take suggestions or criticizim from anyone
3. Rubber Band – I believe in Late Mwanawase but forsake his vision
3. Reasoning Blunder- I believe every one is wrong only TETA, Mulongoti, Shakafuswa, are right
4. Rigging Brian- I make more votes in rural areas where there are few voters.
Thank you
RB
Bishop good advice to MMD & its Govt.
Good for him. You can’t just enter someones’ premises without alerting them. Liato may be fatter than god, but that is just obesity. that’s all.
20. ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT, thanks for the post. I will do my best to make sure JUSTICE is for everyone according to the way they have carried themselves in the past and how they are conducting themselves now.
I will discharge my duties according to customary law and the agreed upon law of this world.
Seeing that most of you do not even know that it is: 50% +1 (and not 50+1%!) … i have my doubts. You do not debate what you even do not understand. %0% + 1 vote would be a waste of resources.
ALL the PF cadres are ignoramuses – without exception. The party is not democratic and yet they put their collective head in the sand. At least UPND are a knowledgeable lot. Not Poor Finishing with their Grade 4 leader who thinks Hong Kong is a country! The blind are being led by the ignorant. And who woke up Bishop Mambo Jambo? What you. Please stop making noise lest you wake up the sleeping…