NGOCC BEMOANS NULLIFICATION OF CHAWAMA PARLIAMENTARY SEAT
The Non-governmental Gender Organisations’ Coordinating Council — NGOCC — has expressed sadness over the nullification of the Chawama Constituency seat previously held by Honorable Tasila Lungu.
This follows the decision by Speaker of the National Assembly, Nelly Mutti, who declared the seat vacant after a vote by Members of Parliament, in line with Article 72 subsection 2 paragraph C of the Constitution.
NGOCC says the development is a major setback to women’s representation in Parliament, noting that Zambia has never surpassed 18 percent female representation, with numbers declining since the 2021 elections.
The organisation says the ongoing burial impasse of the late Sixth Republican President, Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, prevented Hon. Tasila Lungu from fully executing her duties, ultimately resulting in the loss of another woman-held seat.
NGOCC has urged political parties to demonstrate commitment to women’s empowerment by adopting female candidates in the upcoming Chawama by-election.
The Speaker has since begun the process of notifying the Electoral Commission of Zambia to facilitate the by-election.
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Does this NGOCC stand for order or lawlessness? So in the thinking of this woman, laws must be bent or discarded if it involves a woman? What kind of thinking is this?
By the way, political parties adopt candidates who they think they think would win the seat in contention. Why would the political party risk adopting candidates whom they know can not win the seat just fulfill the gender balance relief?
Beauty Katebe has a problem. She’s essentially saying that if something involves a woman, parliamentary standing orders should be ignored so that women representation does not suffer.