Hands off Judiciary – Bishop Mpundu
EMERITUS Archbishop Tresphore Mpundu has appealed to President Hakainde Hichilema to ensure that Judges should operate independently, and has advised the head of State not to yield to the temptation of using the Judiciary to prevent former President Lungu from challenging him for the presidency in 2026.
Archbishop Mpundu says the suspension of three Constitutional Court Judges by President Hichilema in a contentious conflict of interest matter that could be interpreted as a dictatorial trait, which Zambians should resist.
Hands off Judiciary – Archbishop Mpundu
Does it mean that judges and magistrates are above the law because they are infallible. I don’t agree with the Archbishop and I find his position to be dangerous to society and nation. More should be demanded from the Judges because more expected of them.
The problem is that Hakainde has a dodgy record with his appointments. That is why we are resisted his dodgy tinkering of judiciary. It is an exercise designed for his own selfish gains.
So yes, HANDS OFF OUR JUDICIARY.
Vote very wisely in 2026.
A compromised judiciary is of no good to the nation.
Someone is just missing brown envelopes, hence the misleading advice not worth taking.
This old chap has become even more useless these days. Nobody takes him seriously after those shenanigans with Brebnar Changala!
Those Judges are corrupt to the core and they shouldn’t be in our Judiciary because they have contaminated it already. Nobody respects Concourt anymore because of their misbehaviour.
As minority Judges, the overruled the majority and agreed position in 2016 and refused to hear appeal. Did Mpundu know that?
In 2021, the same foolish, tainted and shameless judges allowed Edgar Lungu to contest elections contrary to the constitution. Doesnt Mpundu know that surely?
I wouldn’t want any case to heard and determined by such foolish judges. There’s no point of wasting time before such biased judges. They’re all idyots and cant wait to see what they will be doing next year.
Archbishop Mpundu has gone local
Can the Archbishop explain what is expected of the President upon receiving recommendations from the Judicial Complaints Commission.
Is the Archbishop aware of what the constitution provides in this regard?
Does the Archbishop expect the President to break the law by ignoring constitutional provisions in this regard?
This old fossil should be recalled to Rome. He is supposed to bring people together not turn into a political cadre for one person.
You can mention the name of Jesus any more because you know that, the name of Jesus gives you peanuts and you have resorted to the name of ecl for Kasaka, so man of ecl, ecl will not be on the ballot
Bishop stick to issues that you understand. The bible. JCC is yet to hear the defence of the Judges and it recommended to the President, that these Judges be suspended. The President did NOT instigate nor intiate the process or the compliant.
As a man of the cloth, its important to be objective.
If there any flaws in the process. Its the constitution that is flawed, in process (which I doubt) but the structure of the Judicary and its independence which is suseptible to abuse.
You are right in relation to processes provided in the constitution in matters of this nature and the fact that the President did not initiate the process and only did what he is required to do by the constitution.
Time has come to leave and let other people to lead.
But the same Lungu used the Judiciary to evade the petition. Had he allowed the petition to be heard, there was enough tangible evidence to have the 2016 elections nullified. The retired Archbishop should also know that the President and not HH, acts within the realms of the Constitution, so suspending the three Judges was done within his Constitutional powers upon getting a recommendation from JCC who also got a complaint about the three Judges from a concerned Citizen or Citizens. Had the JCC not recommended the suspension to him, I don’t think that he could have acted to the contrary whether he is trying to prevent Lungu from appearing on the ballot in 2026 or not. People including the Archbishop should understand that the Constitution gives him special powers like the Prerogative of Mercy. On the African Freedom Day and Independence Day, the President is constitutionally allowed to exercise his prerogative of mercy and pardon inmates of any number. In his last two weeks in office, using the same powers, Lungu pardoned some inmates. I have never heard anyone complaining about that because we know that the President has such powers to pardon. But we should also know that he has powers to suspend, hire and fire, appoint and disappoint. So you can’t blame the President for merely doing his duties and exercising his Constitutional powers. The suspension of the same Judges was long overdue, it should have happened much earlier. For example, what powers did they have to overturn the decision to hear the petition? Was it not shameful for the same Judiciary to allow the Registrar of Court to swear in the president? Where was the Archbishop, we never heard him voicing out his concern.
Is the other priest got 1 toyota hilux from Lungu. This one got 10. Just wait for time. Cos time never lies. Thankyou
Ba Esther, donot disparage Archbishop Mpundu. He is a man worthy of our respect. When you were cowering in your bunker under PF, he spoke very strongly against their injustices.
Counter the issues he has raised in a respectful manner. To insinuate that he corruptly received vehicles from PF is a clear indication that you have absolutely no idea of what the bishop is and what he stands for.
If you are not a good historian with the political landscape you will not understand that , it’s Archbishop Mpundu and the entire Catholic faith who fought against UNIP and defeated the mighty KK
. It’s the same archbishop who fought Chiluba for third term with people of good will and defeated the wrongs of Chiluba. When mwanawasa wanted to embark on appointing his own people, it was the same archbishop who fought harder with people will good will and Mwanawasa listened and became the best leader/ president.
The same archbishop that you are insulting you UPND , is the one who spoke openly to defend HH and became your darling. The same archbishop who has come out to advise your small god HH is the same archbishop who is now warning HH because HH will be remembered as the most controversial and divisive politician who divided the country and destroyed every institution by appointing his own tribal men and women to carry out his evil deeds in the name of it’s our time.
Catholic is bigger than this Government
Lungu pardoned General Kanene for singing a song and having served 2 years of the 18 years sentence. The Archbishop never talked in favor of the victim but praised Lungu . What a man? Why praise a predator rather than comfort the victims under PF.
It doesn’t help to fight for someone only to start fighting him again. It also doesn’t help to hold someone at ransom or his government just because you fought for him. The Archbishop at times tries to come out personal on HH, those who have good memory can recall that when SG Imenda said those bad words to Archbishop Alick Banda, Archbishop Mpundu condemned HH as if he is the one who said those words. He even accused him of fighting the Catholic Church. Then after some time, Archbishop Mpundu came out and said HH was planning to kill him. As if it was not enough, he said HH should not be given a second term. This time, the President merely responded to the recommendation from the JCC, but Archbishop Mpundu is already saying HH is interfering with the Judiciary. So when we gather all these bits and pieces and put them together, it’s very clear that Archbishop Mpundu doesn’t like the President anymore, he hates him despite having fought for him to ascend to power. Imagine, of all the things, suspecting HH of having plans to kill the Archbishop, such a thing is unthinkable in Zambia, it cannot happen and it will never happen.
This relic of bishop has started again with his nonsense. And there’s also the other bishop satana……..what’s happened to our church to allow such as theirs??