MUNDUBILE TELLS HH NOT TO IGNORE JULIUS MALEMA’S AUCTIONING ZAMBIA CONCERNS
Lusaka, Friday (February 3, 2023)
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Brian Mundubile says President Hakainde Hichilema should uphold the spirit of regional integration by exercising prudence before signing agreements that border on directly impacting economic and social development on other countries in the SADC region.
Mr Mundubile said, President Hichilema should take note of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) President, Julius Malema’s statement that Zambia has been auctioned to foreign entities.
Mr. Mundubile, a PF Presidential Candidate, said people not only in Zambia but also the entire region, had raised concern about some of the recent decisions and agreements that President Hichilema had entered into on behalf of the people of Zambia.
“Remember that countries have developed through what you would call regional integration meaning that the decisions that one country makes have a direct impact on other countries and it is therefore important to exercise prudence in the manner that certain agreements are entered into,” he said.
“So the President must understand for instance that to economically liberate our people, countries must come together because we face the same challenges, we are Africans to start with. I will give an example of EV [Electric Vehicle] batteries, I think that this region is hosting most of the resources that will be required to manufacture EV batteries,” he said.
Mr. Mundubile said it was important for President Hichilema and his Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) counterpart President Felix Tshisekedi to conduct regional consultations so that Zambia and other countries were not seen to be controlled by foreign entities.
Mr. Mundubile said, South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) President Julius Malema’s sentiments that African leaders, including President Hichilema must begin to rethink their positions on whether their decisions were good for the citizens and the region.
“So our concern therefore is that our President, I think has ignored his friends in the region and sometimes made decisions that have raised concern. So, we want to re-echo comrade Malema’s sentiments in this regard that African leaders including our President, must go back to the original position.
“They should begin to rethink the positions regarding the decisions that they are making as to whether they are for the good of the citizens and indeed the region or whether these decisions will just benefit the private capital abroad,” Mr Mundubile said.