GEARS MUST NOT POLITICIZE THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT – ZIGCLAP
…. Reminds GEARS that the office of the Vice President has not been dissolved as it falls under the executive Office of the Republican President
Lusaka…. May 24, 2021
The Zambian Institute of Governance and Civil Liberties Advocacy Platform (ZIGCLAP) has expressed great concern at the continued attacks on the Office of Vice President by Mr. Macdonald Chipenzi of GEARS.
Chief Executive Officer Francis Chipili has told Smart Eagles in a statement that the recent statement by Mr. Chipenzi on the Vice President is highly mischievous and misleading whose intent is to cause public ridicule to the second highest office of the land.
Mr. Chipili has reminded Mr. Chipenzi and GEARS that the office of the Vice President has not been dissolved as it falls under the executive Office of the Republican President.
“The Vice President has the mandate to continue undertaking several national duties and has the authority to seek the company of any civil servants that falls in line of the program or events at hand,” he said.
“The Vice President is not barred from inviting citizens to witness or be part of her entourage on any of the national programs.The Vice President has always been accompanied by any one of the Permanent Secretaries and or any of the Directors in the Ministry and so the presence of Mr. Kabwe in the Vice President’s Northern province entourage is not irregular and so is the presence of Professor Nkandu Luo.”
He added that Mr. Chipenzi must understand and appreciate the fact that her Honor the Vice President is tapping into the talents and skills of citizens during her official duties and that doesn’t by any ways constitute a breach of the electoral code of conduct.
“ZIGCLAP further wishes to counsel Mr. Chipenzi to conduct in line with the mandate of his Institution instead of becoming a partisan politician,” he stated.