Challenging ConCourt ruling on Ministers is arrogance, attempt to plunder – MEDE
Supreme court
Movement for Economic Development and Equity (MEDE) has charged that the move by President Edgar Lungu’s government to challenge the Constitutional Court on ruling that Ministers who served after the dissolution of Parliament must payback is arrogance and an attempt to plunder.
MEDE Interim president Chilufya Tayali said this in a statement today following the move by Attorney General yesterday to submit a notice seeking a review of the ruling.
Below is a full statement:
In other Countries when a leader misleads people on the constitution deliberate or not, the honor up by asking for an apology and in some cases, even resign. This is the kind of leadership that Movement for Economic Development and Equity (MEDE) espouse for.
President Lungu should be ashamed for misleading the nation by insisting that Ministers should continue in office after Parliament was dissolved.
In my life I have seen parliament term come and go but never, did we have any President insisting that the Ministers should stay on.
The President is a lawyer but law is about reading and clearly the President has been off the law library for sometime otherwise, he would not even send Kalaluka to Concourt.
President Lungu should count is luck for having a weak opposition, who decide to stay away, instead of fighting in Parliament, and a gullible loyalty from him MPs, otherwise, by now we would be talking of impeachment and fraud cases for conniving with his ministers to defraud the Zambians through illegal occupancy in offices and drawing benefits.
If I were in State House, I would play the Magufuli way and ask ministers to pay quickly instead of sending Kalaluka to Concourt.
At times I wonder how much President Lungu learned from Sata or Mwanawasa on the loyalty of the President lays, whether to the electorates or his PF friends and other associates like RB.
The gullible loyalty and inexperience of our Govt workers is really costing this Country, that is why I refused to solicit for a job pantu teti nkwanishe (I can’t manage).
Some of these thing kuichailafye, otherwise, MEDE is here and we might take up these issues in a way, that will cause serious running around (if some Bwana can sponsor us) when we are supposed to be sorting out the economy.
MEDE – TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE IT!!