Attorney General’s on ECL Position Brutal
Church Mother Body Speaks Out on Lungu Burial Dispute
LUSAKA – The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) has broken its silence on the ongoing impasse over the burial of late former President Edgar Lungu, condemning remarks by Attorney General Mulilo Kabesha that the State could proceed with burial without the family’s involvement.
EFZ Board Chairperson, Bishop Paul Mususu, described the Attorney General’s position as “brutal” and warned that such an approach would be both immoral and inconsistent with Zambia’s cultural values.
He said that even after the court ruling allowing the body to be repatriated to Zambia, government must keep engaging the family to ensure a dignified process.
“Regardless of the court’s judgment on Friday or any other date, dialogue must continue,” said Bishop Mususu during Radio Christian Voice’s Chatback programme, where he discussed the “Role of the Church in the ECL Burial Impasse.”
The EFZ leader also lamented the level of mockery surrounding the burial dispute, urging citizens to maintain respect during the mourning period.
“We must return to our tradition of respecting the dead and resolving disputes after burial,” he said.
Bishop Mususu’s comments come as pressure mounts on government to find common ground with the Lungu family and uphold unity in the nation.
Of all things that’s what you picked. Are you sure you are representing the people? Sidelines even church fails on public opinion Brutal is word that does not fit in present national dispensation. You better had spoken out during PF time not now. Is it bcos you never experienced PF Brutality that you now begin to mistake current normalcy to be Brutality
Can these so called men of God recall Lungu government saying; THEY WOULD BURY KAUNDA EVEN WITHOUT THE FAMILY. Where were they? How can it be different under UPND government and on same Lungu. What a timely coincidence.
Attorney General is on point if it has to be stated funeral family have nothing to do than watching Soldiers do the rest.
The family has been stubborn, the church should condemn the family for hiding the body of ECL even to fellow senior PF party members.
The government should be brutal if they have to bring the body of our late ECL home (Set a thief to catch a thief) we are anxious to view our fallen hero.
The family is no where near our interest.
They are called Evagelical yet they seem so absorbed in things of the world and involving themselves in politics; when will they preach the word of God?
“Having a form of Godliness yet denying the power thereof” 2Tim 3:5