HH SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO RUN FOR A THIRD TERM, SAYS GEORGE MTONGA.
United Party for National Development (UPND) loyalist George Mtonga, who is based in the United States, says President Hakainde Hichilema should be allowed to seek a third term in office.
Mr Mtonga argues that former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu was allowed to contest the 2015, 2016 and 2021 elections, and says the same opportunity should be extended to President Hichilema.
In a post on his official Facebook page, Mr Mtonga said President Hichilema should be given an opportunity to contest three times, just as Mr Lungu did.
“Edgar Lungu ran a third term. 2015. 2016. And 2021. I will make sure we also revenge in 2031. HH has to run 3 times like they did. And they allowed it. They never said no,” he stated.
Meanwhile, debate over presidential term limits has continued to intensify, amid concerns from sections of the public and opposition political players that moves are being considered to remove the constitutional restrictions on presidential terms.
The debate has attracted criticism from opposition political parties and civil society organisations, with some warning that any attempt to alter the constitutional provisions to extend presidential eligibility could trigger public protests.Zambian Watch.
Three five-years terms is more reasonable than open ended term limits.This argument should not be about HH because he is not immortal.It should rather be based on the realization that socio-economic policy takes more than ten years to fruition and a particular party policy needs continuity
A ruling party can loose elections at any end of every five years
The argument should not be about a 3rd term nor HH, no! That is why some people are opposed to the whole thing. The issue is about amending the Constitution to remove term limits. Amending the law so that anyone can stand for election and re- election for as long as they want and people decide. Please do not put HH in this argument.
It’s not about someone standing for re-election for as long as they want,but about re-election for as long as the PEOPLE want.Is it not the people themselves who have been electing and removing leaders since independence.Now you want to bring up some mysterious force that will make people fail to remove a leader the nolonger want
What’s wrong with you