Rupiah Banda at the commemoration of Africa Freedom Day at the freedom
statue in Lusaka
APC leader Nason Msoni has proposed that the ruling Patriotic Front PF government nominate a person from within cabinet to act as president while the country prepares for fresh elections as president Sata is out of the political equation due to his alleged failing health.
Mr. Msoni said the PF should come to terms with the fact that their leader can not continue to be president of the nation because it is becoming more and more apparent that the president is unable to perform his duties.
He advised PF cabinet preferably under the leadership of the vice president to come up with a name/person who should take over from president Sata in the interim as the country prepares for presidential by elections.
Mr. Msoni noted that no matter how much government hides the truth from the public the fact is that president Sata is sick and can not continue being president while he is incapacitated.
” Let Guy Scott constitute cabinet and appoint some one to act as president as we prepare for fresh elections because I think that Mr. Sata is out of the political equation by reason of his health.
“We have to face the reality and begin the process of having presidential by elections because Mr. Sata is completely out of the political equation.
What is true is that Mr. Sata is completely out of the political equation, he is incapacitated, he cannot and we don’t believe that he will continue to do his job so we have to be prudent and start the process towards holding presidential by elections,” Mr. Msoni said.
And political activist Dante Saunders has commended individuals pushing for the stepping down of the president through the judiciary.
Mr. Saunders said the continued debate on the health of the president is a national issue which needs the input of every citizen in finding a lasting solution to the current debate.
Mr. Saunders said people like Mr. Changala who have gone a step further and taken the current debate to the courts should be commended and that MPs should pick up from the current momentum and press for the stepping down of the president.
Republican president Michael Sata has not been seen in public since swearing in ambassadors for Malawi and South Korea a few days after African Freedom Day; a day he was supposed to officially open Heroes Stadium but did not, something which led to speculations about his health.
Do unto others as you would love them to do to you!
The point is genuine- 20 days without seeing the President in public or hearing his voice about any policies or development. I am surprised the Public Relations team have failed in this area to manage the speculation- #SataisDead
King Cobra is GONE. Now we need to dispose of this USELESS piece of rubbish, KING CABBAGE!
Within Cabinet, there currently aint any. Both Given Lubinda & GBM are not in Cabinet, this is the team that will take PF Forward.
I equally do not believe we need anyone from Cabinet for this transition. We will have elections within 90 days, can leave with assuming Sata is President for that 90 days period.
That is the worst careless statement by that man
and shame on you LT for carrying out such a drivel statement
You don’t celebrate your birthday if you are not well, he did and there was a party at statehouse
You are not helping with such silly headlines, the president is fine and working hard as we speak
There is no evidence, and as the court of laws say, you are innocent until proved otherwise
I am censoring anyone that comments negatively on the president.
This is a warning.
Thanks
The best do unto others is to help the big man to stay home and have rest for a while other than mistreating him inhumanly. When I am sick I am entitled to go on sick leave in order to get healed and have strength again.
msoni you have hit the nail on the head. the only problem with the people you are advising is that they are all illiterates or drunkards who are inept to take the mantle. pf was sata and sata was pf. we just await a new crop of leaders from a different party, not pf(power failures). they are good performers as opposition
Chi mushota i wonder if ur a human being. When, am not saying if, when the announcement is made u will wear black for 10 yrs in disbelief!!!
Everyone has the right to speculate if no truth is being told by the government. The chief government spokesperson is not up to his task. The government has only itself to blame!
Crap ! This man is just an alarmist with an intention of pleasing the cynical and pessimistic Zambians.Sane Zambians like me knows that Sata is fine.High time people stopped deluding themselves that Sata is about to kick the bucket.2016 all the right thinking Zambians will cast their votes on the mighty Cobra because only him can steer this country into greater heights and prosperity.Cobra is the man !!!!
Nsoni too much ibange uyu mudala.Stop hallucinating.
Mushota and Sir Owl Loss!
You’re dwelling in denial enshrined with false hopes. Kekekeke olo ni kufuna kuzinvesa mushe, ciso. Kekekeke.
Msoni is NUTS!!! When did he take over to OVERIDE THE CONSTITUTION??? It is people like him who get zed to what it is, by thinking they can always cut corners!!
SORRY, THE CONSTITUTION HAS NOT BEEN SUSPENDED!! You Should be TAKING A BIG LEAF FROM BREBNER CHANGALA!!! Msoni you are acting like an under-5 politician, get to grade one, then talk!!!
@Ola; that Twitter account is superb: #SataisDead. How very self explanatory. There will be millions of followers.
Question is that is the main opposition parties ready for Presidential elections?
MHSRIP
May his soul not rest in peace
Mushota you chi old cow. Just shut up for once.
@Saulosi
Brick-head. You and your boss should not be in politics. If you know he is okay, why don’t you tell him to appear on TV and put all the rumors to rest? Do you know how much pain and anxiety he is causing the people? Stop sitting on the computer 24/7 showing the world what a nut-head you are. Cadreship does not mean narrow thinking. Show him to us you cruel thing! OR are you worried your livelihood is jeopardy. It is a waste of time giving you advice–you and your lot.
@Mushota
You want Sata’s sickness to be proved in court? Then judgement of guilty or not guilty of sickness or incapacitated passed
Is president Sata dead or alive.
If alive the dead very soon. For political equation purposes: DEAD.
This is really getting out of hand! More delaying tactics and LIES!
Can someone please file a Writ of Habeus Corpus against the Government so that Sata can be found?
It seems this is the only way to make sure he is not actually dead or being held hostage by the Cartel.
Mr. Nason Msoni, that is what us as oposition should have not carelessly disclosed to PF, all we needed was to keep it to ourselves and work in the background. PF will now start looking for alternatives…YABA u got a loud mouth, Nason!!!!!!!!!
Are you assuming PF dont know?Cant you smell the coffe?Even the over excited ones like Wynter appear to have sobered up.They are know afraid of the known.There jobs are gone meanwhile they have an army of *****s armed with machetes which they will soon be setting on themselves.What a circus.It was funny when it started but the comedy has know turned into a horror.
@Saulosi
Brick-head. You and your boss should not be in politics. If you know he is okay, why don’t you tell him to appear on TV and put all the rumors to rest? Do you know how much pain and anxiety he is causing the people? Stop sitting on the computer 24/7 showing the world what a nut-head you are. Cadreship does not mean narrow thinking. Show him to us you cruel thing! OR are you worried your livelihood is jeopardy. It is a waste of time giving you advice–you and your lot.
For sure Mr Sata is out of Politics. Let him humbly retire.
God has seen the cries of the Zambians.
This marks the end of Donchi Kubeba and sanity can now be refreshed.
George Chellah aka Michael Hova on facebook, Miles Sampa, talkative Kambwili, Kapeya, Shamenda and many more have since been muted.
Silence means a great deal, especially 21 days without the ailing cobra hissing. 69 more days till it can be their own 90 days of Donchi Kubeba sickness.
PF have been caught napping with their lies.
Judgment Day for PF.
Not only has he seen the misery of Zambians but he has also punished Sata for the evil he promoted.
Now he can feel how it is to be mocked about illness!
King Cabbage is getting a dose of his own medicine.
If a soccer player is not performing to the expectation of the coach he is dropped from the team,so is sata.African politicians should put the allegiance to the nation and not to the president,if pf ministers love our country,its time to take the first step in saving the institution of presidency.if u hide from nature ,it will expose you and sickness or death is part of the natural law.so why is sata ashamed of his sickness.
At least President Sata has stepped his foot in state house others will die yapping!
You are right but pity he is reaping what he was sowing when he in the opposition. Lord have mercy.
With attitudes like yours we appear to have no values, we have learnt nothing at all from the mistakes of 20th September 2011.This has been a disaster and the sooner we realise that the better for all of us.
THE SILENCE IS BECOMING TOO LOUD, SAVE US FROM THIS LOUD SILENCE
THERE IS NO NEED TO PRETEND THAT ALL IS WELL,WE JUST HAVE TO BRACE FOR THE WORST AND BE ALERT SO THAT WE ARE NOT CAUGHT AN UNAWARE.SATA’S HEALTH HAS BEEN DETERIORATING AT A FAST RATE AND WE SHALL WAKE UP ONE DAY AND FIND THAT SATA HAS JOINED HIS ANCESTORS IN THE LAND OF THE SILENCE,SO THE PF SHOULD START NOW, TO IDENTIFY A”SUCCESSOR”AND PREPARE FOR THE LOOMING PRESIDENTIAL BY ELECTIONS.TO BE FORE WARNED IS TO BE FORE ARMED.THE CHOICE IS YOURS BA PF.
unless you dont know.thats why winter was moving every province to see wheatha pipo will have confidence in him but to no avail, instead a monarchy will arise mulenga to take over,period.
@Chilufya, ba PF have been happily playing “Ostrich” games – burying their collective heads in the sand and exposing their thinking parts in their behinds. Reality hasn’t sunk in yet. Head still in the sand. A shame innit?
Even if Sata die today PF will till win ba kolwe ta mwakatekepo ichali
All is not well. The Police has suddenly started thinking straight and not taking orders? Kaya mwe
Please mr. msoni, there is no presidential by election in english terms cos all the registered voters vote on that particular day. A leader of an opposition who does not know the language. shut up; we can only have presidential election….unless if a councillor or an mp dies.
Same difference.!!!!!!
Stop talkkin about sata who is politically impotent you fulls. Tell us what you will do once voted in. You been preaching satas death for 3yrs now.
We shall buy you Busicuts *****
If the worse comes to the worst and Sata gets out of political question as Msoni is hallucinating,the country will still be held intact by the PF government. PF has a mandate to rule till 2016, when it will seek new endorsement. PF will easily get fresh mandate in 2016 to rule till 2021. Msoni and a horde of other political vultures waiting to feast on the absence of Sata are wasting their time. Sata’s legacy will endure and vultures will get emaciated, scorched and their dry ribs drop to the ground after a long futile wait.
@nkoko, what mandate? Do you really know what you are talking about? PF is not the president but Sata. We have parliamentary and presidential general elections. The latter is to elect the president! The problem with our politics is that of abuse and revenge. When a president is elected into the highest position in the land then he needs to govern across the board regardless of which Region he got the least votes. In fact, it would be wiser for the incumbent president to work on those regions so as to bring a semblance of parity or overachieve the next election run than punish the people of those regions by marginalising them. I will never forget how Sata tried to turn a breadbasket province such as Southern Province into a basket case. I hope lessons learned and heeded to going forward.
….you seem to have memory lapses. If Sata is declared incapacitated or dead then the Vice President should take over as the president for 90 days as we prepare for a presidential election as was the case when LPM (late) died. The only problem is that Guy Scott can’t take this position as he is constitutionally locked out and good thing at that as he would be poor and senile. This VP issue is also self inflicted by poor planning and I’ll informing the president. The problem has manifested itself the many times that Sata has been out of the country and the VP never acted as the P. Your party (PF) has had a never ending catalogue of errors!
^ and Ill-informing of the president
i really wish the president was capable of handling this situation otherwise i fear for mother Zambia should what Msoni take place. my fear is that PF in its current state knows only one language – violence. you can imagine if elections were to e held today. these people have security whilst most of us will be victims of their violence. for once i am hoping that people see what i am thinking in as much as they regret having voted for PF for their undemocratic tendencies and practices. who can lead PF in its present state? who can unite it? PF is surely Sata and Sata is PF. without Sata PF is a headless party and such a party as a ruling party is very unstable and can do anything to extend their stay in power.
Mr. Coward there is nothing to fear here naiwe. Zambia has laws and the law will deal with law-breakers. Dont think that the security wings will just keep quiet and watch. Zambia does not belong to the pathetic fo.ols (PF).
By the way, you should not underrate us as the opposition. Got it!
@ ine wine “PF is surely Sata and Sata is PF. without Sata PF is a headless party”
And Sata is a headless President! No wonder there is confusion in PF! Sata never had the brains to be a President, and all his predecessors agreed on that.
So now we have a total mess left behind by King CABBAGE!
It is not good for the former presidents to stay home when there are speculations that the president is not okey. I feel our two presidents KK and RB. I urge you 2 to go and see him at the statehouse.
I guess Zambia is in a political “no man’s land” or a political coma.
Fellow Zambians and particularly the military and security services, I am very proud of you. Despite some misguided elements, especially those using the online media, you have demonstrated a maturity which is rare in Africa. You have upheld our cherished peace and national integrity despite the obvious leadership vaccum.
Manlve, do not talk too soon. This is far from over. When “Acting” Chief Justice Chibesakunda gets involved the SHlT is really going to hit the fan!
Everyone has the right to speculate if no truth is being told by the government. The chief government spokesperson is not up to his task. The government has only itself to blame!
The problem is that the truth is what you want to hear not what the goverment says it is… but as usual typical blogger.
Yours Sincerely,
Lee Habaponta, Bsc, Msc, Phd
With all those qualifications, your excessive display of gallantry towards support of a confused government leaves much to be desired! Surely, inasmuch as there is an element of truth, conflicting information does not present itself as the truth. Learn to look at matters objectively!
Imwe ba Nsoni ala insoni ebuntu yama.Lekeni ubushilu
Libange apepa uyu mambala likali! Alekwata insoni. Zambia has a constitution and the provisions in that document have to be followed. Bonse bangwele mwebatemwa ukubosa-bosa kabelengeni constitution and see what it says about presidential by-elections. Shani so pakanwa kwati ifyoni. The problem is some of you spend all the time talking and no time to read and research. Mwabefikopo bonse.
Ubulwele bwa Mfumu litesha calo, Zambias need Gods intervention. We need to celebrate Mchael Chilufya Sata and support him for making us proud. He started is political life in the 60s, and made four attempts to plot 1. This gives hope and peace to persons like HH and others that no excuses to give upon their dreams. Sata is a deal breaker, it is never too late and never too old. If our President is sick then Zambia be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid.
@ pio
Wise words. Abena you are as rare as diamond. Abashala mashilu ne fiwelewele. If the Zambian population was a field of maize, nga nilyonse you should be expecting a poor harvest. Abengi batontonkanya backwards instead of ubuyantashi na maano ayaba civilised.
MUSHOTA and SAULOSI mulimashilu so u tel me that u cant see that things are not well at state house. PF u should accept the reality, SATA is no more and will never be again. MUSHOTA u are talking of birth day celebration, were u invited to that birthday party who is that normal person can accept that photo which imwe bakolwe posted, why did SATA not pose a photo with KK or KASEBA on that so called birthday plz stop taking people for granted. SATA chaapwa. u reap what u saw SATA humiliated the ralatives of LEVY when he was in hospital, so it is yo turn imwe bakolwe u wl all die of deprecian before SATA dies, mwali samwine saana pali ba LEVY sickness
I think Sata as president is the biggest disaster ever to hit Zambia. Seriously what has he achieved for the country in these 3 years apart from creating and giving jobs in the civil service, cabinet and foreign service to his relatives, friends and tribesmen? He has been the most careless and wasteful individual ever, leading a double-life supported by drunken liars.
How can a whole president go missing and someone even says those who are questioning Sata’s ability to govern ‘Tamwakatekepo’. Very funny!
Sata has lived for 77 years…the biblical range for ma to live! We tank God for that. Most of u chaps wont even reach 25….!
IF THERE IS JUSTICE IN ZAMBIA THEN I EXPECT THIS MSONI TO BE ARRESTED BECAUSE HE HAS INSINUATED SOMETHING FORBIDDEN IN THIS COUNTRY.
Hands-Up to Chipimo Jr.National Government Solution. Period
Scott; Interim President; Mandate: New Constitution
Running mates: HH and Chipimo; For One Term Only
A newsboy was standing on the corner with a stack of papers, yelling, “Read all about it; Fifty people swindled!” Fifty people swindled! Curios, a man walked over, bought a paper, and said, “Hey kid, this is an old paper, where’s the story about the big swindle?” The newsboy ignored him and went on calling out, “read all about it; Fifty-one people swindled!”
@Swindler,
You are very funny, you’ve cracked my ribs and I will ensure not to be the 52nd person to be swindled! Good day to you, Swindler!
And this my friends is what we call progress.
Next president please.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is crystal clear that Zambia would be much better without the current administration. If you disagree, then it is either you are in denial, you are a direct beneficiary of this mismanagement or you do not like Zambia.
#TickTock
#OneZambia
Ture Leaders are have followers and yes Zambians needs Mr. Msoni for Leadership. Smilei
Elyo baisa musunka nolulenda lulepona. Levy can’t govern he is politically impotent. These were his words
Sata was extremely vicious against Levy and called him cabbage among many insults. Now is payback time, the law of sowing and reaping in full swing!
And nothing will stop this inexorable law till the ever hungry hole receives him.
EAT THE DUST KING COBRA. POISONED BY YOUR OWN VENOM!
If this is the calibre of political leaders we have in Zambia, I shudder for the future of the country.
The constitution clearly and unambiguously states that the Vice President should act as President if the President is incapacitated. Only if the Vice President is equally incapacitated can Cabinet sit and elect someone from among themselves.
It does not say anywhere that the acting President should be eligible to be President of Zambia.
Is this difficult to understand!!!!
Please Mr. Msoni, spare us your ignorance and let people who know what they are talking about do the talking.
SAD INDEED what an ending
Mr Sata wife and children are secure. Govt will look at them and thus PF should not run away from reality. After all, we all get sick and why hide the whole thing. Mr Sata’ s medical condition will be taken care of even if he leaves the president as he is entitled to. Why subject him to all this. PF is bringing unnecessary tension on the family.
WISHING MR SATA A QUICK RECOVERY-WE STILL NEED HIM EVEN NOT AS A CURRENTPRESIDENT BUT A FORMER PRESIDENT
God’s hand is not short to touch our president
The day this LIAR and CHEAT leaves this earth the whole world will be better off!
But if he is alive, good. We can mock him more. Let him suffer like he made Levy suffer.
Long life stupid Sata! Cabbage. *****
Why not stay silent? How does talking about his death help you?
Clause 39 of the Constitution (1996)
(3) Where the Cabinet resolve that the question of the physical or mental capacity of the President to discharge the functions of his office shall be investigated, the President shall, until another person assumes the office of President or the Board appointed under clause (1) reports that the President is not incapable of discharging the functions of his office, whichever is earlier, cease to perform the functions of his office and those functions shall be performed by —
(a) the Vice-President; or
(b) in the absence of the Vice-President or if the Vice-President is unable, by reason of physical or mental infirmity, to discharge the functions of his office, by such member of the Cabinet as the Cabinet shall elect:
Mushota hates the president. She always makes comments that provoke bloggers to start insulting the president.
Its people like Mushota that have caused PF to be viewed as punch of retards.
Nason you a man full of wisdom and its time the nation realise that you are next in line
you are the voice for the people Mr Msoni. bless
le. bless
BA MUSONI WHO TOLD YOU THAT SATA IS OUT OF THE POLITICAL EQUATION? DO YOU KNOW WHAT SATA IS DOING RIGHT NOW? DON’T BE CHEATED THAT SATA IS IN A SICK BED. SATA IS ON A DRAWING BOARD AND WHEN HE FINISHES WORK ON A DRAWING BOARD, MWASANSWA MWEBENGI MWE MALOFWA MU CABINET NA MU CIVIL SERVICE. MARK MY WORDS.
The only country where the living dead rule!
Just imagine Obama was not seen or heard of in 20 days.