Bishop MUSUSU Appeals for Rethink on Constitution Protests
By Masauso Mkwayaya
The Evangelical Church in Zambia –ECZ- has called on those planning to demonstrate against the Constitution Amendment process to reconsider their position.
ECZ Presiding Bishop PAUL MUSUSU has urged opponents of the amendment to reflect on the needs of communities that are seeking development.
Speaking during the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the Evangelical Church in Zambia Matero Congregation, Bishop MUSUSU said the amendment process contains progressive provisions, including delimitation, which aims to divide large constituencies such as Kasempa.
He explained that the ECZ Church in Kasempa has not benefited from the Constituency Development Fund -CDF- because the constituency is too vast for development resources to effectively reach all communities.
Bishop MUSUSU said that once the constituency is split, the Church and other local groups will stand a better chance of accessing development resources.
He added that amendments must be implemented now in order to avoid losing another five years to delayed reforms.
Bishop MUSUSU also condemned the stoning of President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA in Chingola, stressing that the Head of State is a national asset who must be protected.
He further appealed to President HICHILEMA to continue promoting peace and ensure that the country does not return to the dark days when political violence was widespread.
“Bishop” Mususu,we know you have to feed your offspring ! Please think of the future generation, the unborn! Bill 7 is the work of Lucifer and the Masons!!!
President Hakainde Hichilema donated K1,000,000.00 to the Evangelical Church in Zambia Ndeke Church last Week..
And we will hear soon what has been donated to the Evangelical Church in Zambia Jubilee Celebrations.
So ba Bishop Mususu, Please eat the money, and let others who are concerned about Bill 7 protest…No dialogue seems to be working.
Have you bothered to ask how the 55 new Parliamentary seats will be distributed ba Mususu?
Have you seen the Delimitation Report ba Bishop?
No Zambian would be against a well-meaning bill from government, what causes resentment is the suspicion that arises from hidden intentions by those pushing the bill, these suspicions are created by clear shortcuts to the introduction of the bill, its urgency and the push to coarse influential organizations and people sometimes through underhand methods. The other is the propensity not to listen and some manipulative tactics of picking commissioners on partizan lines.