ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY; SUSPENSION OF HON. MUNDUBILE AND HON.CHISENGA FOR 30 DAYS
…the Speaker by her action has perpetrated assault on Democracy joining her boss, President Hichilema in the schemes…
Lusaka-Thursday, 28th March 2024
It is shocking that the National Assembly, as presided over by the Speaker, Hon.Nellie Mutti and her two deputies; Hon.Attractor Malungo Chisangano and Hon. Moses Frank Moyo, has become a common place to slaughter freedom of expression, parliamentary privildge and Democracy.
The 30 day suspension of Mporokoso MP, Hon. Brian Mundubile and Mambilima MP, Hon. Jean Chisenga, for exercising the right to freely express themselves is an affront to our Democracy.
This action follows other recent punitive actions meted out and clearly aimed at members of the Opposition.
Freedom of speech entails that a Member of Parliament may state whatever he or she
thinks fit in debate, without fear of being sued or prosecuted in the course
of the proceedings of the House or indeed without receiving punishment from any of the House Committees.
It is now public knowledge that Hon. Nellie Mutti has become a clear danger to our Democracy as she has turned the House into a tyrannical fuss where MPs are repeatedly gagged or regularly punished and denied benefits by barring them,on prolonged periods, from the House.
The Speaker, as
guardian of the dignity and privileges of the House fails these duties when she refuses to be fair,to be impartial or to be objective.
The Speaker regularly abuses the authority she is vested with, by frequently punishing members of the Opposition and Independent MPs.
She also repeatedly refuses to act on complaints of misconduct and insults committed by MPs from the Ruling Party and laid by members of the Opposition.
She has allowed the House to descend into a place of disorder and circus.
However we are not surprised by her conduct as this as delibaretly intended by President Hakainde Hichilema.
President Hichilema chose a candidate, who is facing serious criminal charges that have never been exhausted.
This thereby weakens her in the discharge of her duties and in eyes of the public.
In our view and from the onset, Ms Mutti was not fit to preside over a serious institution of Democracy such as Parliament until the charges of criminal conduct were extinguished.
In our view, President Hichilema chose Mutti because of her very weaknesses, to manipulate and make her compliant to his dictatorial and tyrannical tendencies and goals, and to do his bidding in his quest to firmly control all arms of Government.
Zambians must remember that no one will defend their democracy other than themselves.
Zambians must reject the emerging dictatorship that is strangling democracy at a far faster rate than any previous government has done to it before.
Issued by;
Amb. Emmanuel Mwamba
Chairperson of Information and Publicity
Member of the Central Committee
PATRIOTIC FRONT
Mundubile should have been given 90 Days suspension!
His behavior on the floor of the House was totally unacceptable!
What kind of a Lawyer is he whose temperament has not matured beyond that of a spoiled toddler?
You are not called “Honourable” for decoration! It’s expected that as MP, your behavior will be above reproach! You must exibit those traits in both behavior and language!
You must taste your own words before you spit them out!
A Tongue is an unruly evil! It can set an entire house on fire (James 3:7)!
The Tongue is full of deadly poison!
We should refine the rules in Parliament as follows:
1. First Suspension – 30 days without Pay.
2. Second Suspension – 60 days without pay.
3. Third Suspension – 90 Days suspension without pay.
4. Fourth Suspension should be a straight Expulsion from Parliament!
This is the only way to protect the dignity of Parliament!
It’s also a good way to protect Democracy and abuse of Democratic Freedoms!
If your definition of democracy is going to an extent of attending parliament like this..
SERIOUSLY BELEGEDE IN PARLIAMENT?
https://youtube.com/shorts/kNhCT7wiOqo?si=kZ2pAGxT4wq29jAK
Then it’s ok we Zambians do not need it and you the pf can keep it to yourselves.
If refusing to follow any rules of parliament and behaving like kaponyas the way mundubile and the other pfidiot mp’s do then you can eat your foolish democracy.
Ba Mwamba, you should be more concerned about the assault on parliamentary decorum which will cause citizens to despise parliament. If MPs behave like “kaponyas”, who will respect them or what comes out of parliament?
Parliament has a high content of desparados masquerading as honourable MPs. What a bunch of dishonourables!!
To every action there is opposite and equal reaction.The parliament has it’s own regulations now if you want to express your pain of belonging to opposition by discrediting the integrity of the house.The house has it’s tools to protect itself and it’s respect or decorum of which all the parliamentarians are prevy to.Now if the house doesn’t punish the lawbreakers won’t it be free for all.The house has members who see to it that there is order and even those who are on suspension are the checkers of those who are not behaving in an orderly way by asking a question to the speaker as such “is he or she in order to” then the speaker has mandate to rule on that irregularity using punitive measures that are prescribed within parliament guide,and the speaker will ask members of the house if it’s right to punish as such and if members don’t accept the punishment they say no through majority or affirmative acknowledgement of big YES or NO.The Speaker just finishes by way of counseling the offender.The wrong dowers and their symperthysers want to blame the Speaker.Why do you want to blame the Speaker when you know too well what your behaviour or actions are capable of attracting.Let us not use mob psychology in that dignified house we love and hold in high estime.You swore in and agreed that you will accept and respect the constitution of this country now you are behaving contrally because you are incited by outsiders.