HH WAS DEMONISING ZAMBIA BEFORE EU – KALABA … the problem with Hichilema is he thinks good starts and ends with him
Democratic Party (DP) leader Harry Kalaba says the problem with President Hakainde Hichilema is that he thinks every thing good starts and ends with him, and that he has a tendency of wanting to make himself look good at the expense of others.
Addressing the European Union Parliament in Brussels, Belgium on Thursday, President Hichilema observed that the UPND administration inherited a Zambia where freedom of expression, freedom of association and civic participation were curtailed.
“The Zambia we inherited stood on a brink of economic collapse – where corruption, excess and greed of public officials reigned supreme. Shortsighted policies, designed to extract maximum benefit for the few at the expense of the many, were the order of the day. In the Zambia we inherited, freedom of expression, freedom of association and civic participation was curtailed. Our democratic institutions, designed to ensure checks and balances, were compromised, and reduced to mere instruments of dominance for those who held power,” President Hichilema explained. “It is against this background that I stand to firmly attest that the rule of law and respect for human rights are progressively being restored in Zambia.”
But Kalaba speaking with Daily Revelation, said he was getting fatigued with the habit by the President of referring the country to the past.
“The problems with our President is that… http://dailyrevelationzambia.com/hh-was-demonising-zambia-before-eu-kalaba-the-problem-with-hichilema-is-he-thinks-good-starts-and-ends-with/