75% OPPOSITION MPs HAVE ALREADY AGREED TO SUPPORT CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT BILL, SAYS GOVT WHIP MULUSA
By Chamuka Shalubala
Government chief whip Stafford Mulusa says no walk out is expected among opposition members of parliament during debate of the proposed constitution amendment bill when sitting resumes next week.
In an interview with Phoenix News, Mr. Mulusa has revealed that 75 percent of the opposing MPs have already agreed to support the constitution amendment bill once it is tabled in the National Assembly, thereby making its passage into law uncomplicated.
According to Mr. Mulusa, no opposition MPs, aside from those who want to politicize everything, will walk out on the bill because it has already been agreed that it should be supported considering how progressive and inclusive it is.
He explains that the proposed constitutional amendment bill is one which is welcome in the house as it was agreed a long time ago among both the ruling and opposition MPs.
PHOENIX NEWS
Such things you don’t say in public. You just keep quite. Now you have opened a political Pandora’s box. When people accuse you of buying some opposition MPs, you should just keep quite. This is amateur politics. Even if this were true, you should have remained mute. Which ever way, your character will be debated. Imagine the opposition did a donch kubeba on you? Even when you are right and it it passes, regardless of it’s content, people will say you influenced them using some inducement. This in its self compromises the credibility of Law makers. In a charged political environment like ours, one must learn to at times keep their mouth shut. The challenge is that most politicians think talking is actually working and is being a good politician. Service and results is what we want.