IT IS AN EMBARRASSING DEMOTION FOR ANTHONHY BWALYA
…preserve your dignity and honour by resigning from the abuse, Brebner Changala counsels Bwalya
By New Dawn Reporter
ANTHONY Bwalya has been demoted to a rank of deputy director in a ministry from a position of deputy secretary to Cabinet, Human Rights and Good Governance promoter Brebner Changala has said.
Changala says although the demotion is embarrassing and at the same time sad, it was expected looking at how the UPND administration was working.
He said Bwalya was the first Presidential Spokesperson to be demoted in an embarrassing manner.
“The demotion of Anthony Bwalya is very sad although expected. This is the first Presidential aid, a Presidential spokesperson who never became one, he became an occasional assistant to the President as when the President felt that. Now sending him to Tanzania as a deputy high commissioner, is a demotion plus plus in which they have embarrassed him, it is an abuse of trust in a man that was loyal and exhibited loyalty,” Changala said.
Changala revealed that Bwalya while at State House, he defended even things he did not understand or knew anything about in order to protect the President.
He has since urged Bwalya to search his soul and reflect on his dignity and future, saying even if there were no jobs on the street, dignity and preservation character which was extremely important.
“He defended things he literally knew nothing about. But my call and advise to Anthony Bwalya is that I know that there are no jobs in the country, preserve the character by simply resigning from that new position which is equivalent to a deputy director in a ministry. I know the fear of coming to the street where there are no jobs, but I want to assure you with one thing that there is dignity and honour on the street, there is self-preservation on the street, you control yourself, your destiny and you reorganize yourself and defend what you stand for,” he said.
Changala said Bwalya’s stay at State House was highly questionable as his welcome was cosmetic.
He said the only way Bwalya would keep his character and dignity high, is by resigning his new position.
“Your stay at State House was open to all see that your welcome was cosmetic and abuse. You have been kicked out swallow your pride and get back to the street because going to Tanzania as deputy High Commissioner, you will be rendering yourself useless to this abuse. The position Anthony held at State House is equivalent to deputy secretary to cabinet but now to go to the level of deputy director in a ministry not even a director is a serious demotion with a man who has not committed an offense, he should not accept this new appointment for whatever reason because it is a demotion,” said Changala.
Secretary to Cabinet Patrick Kangwa this morning, informed the nation that Bwalya is no longer President Hakainde Hichilema’s spokesperson and subsequently has been removed from State House and demoted to the position of deputy high commissioner to Tanzania with immediate effect.