TO:
All Mayors
All Deputy Mayors
All Council Chairpersons
All Deputy Council Chairpersons
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PATRIOTIC FRONT CAUTIONS AGAINST ATTENDANCE AT THE PRESIDENTIAL ASSENT TO THE 2025 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
It has come to the attention of the Patriotic Front that the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has, through a communiqué referenced MLGRD/101/1/10 dated 17th December 2025, invited Mayors, Council Chairpersons, Deputy Mayors, and Deputy Council Chairpersons to attend the Presidential Assent ceremony for the 2025 Constitutional Amendment.
The Patriotic Front hereby formally cautions and advises all elected local government leaders against attending this event. The said ceremony is clearly intended to rubber-stamp and sanitise an illegal, illegitimate, and deeply flawed constitutional amendment process, being pursued by President Hakainde Hichilema and his administration under the guise of legality.
This caution is premised on the Patriotic Front’s firm and well-documented position that the process undertaken by Government to amend the Constitution was fundamentally unconstitutional, procedurally defective, and in total disregard of the will of the Zambian people. The process violated both the spirit and letter of the Constitution, as unequivocally pronounced by the Constitutional Court in the matter of Celestin Mukandila and Munir Zulu v. The Attorney General.
The Patriotic Front remains unwavering in its commitment to the sovereignty of the Zambian people, whose collective will is enshrined in the Constitution. As a pioneer and defender of democracy, constitutionalism, and the rule of law, the Party will not be complicit in actions aimed at undermining these foundational principles.
Accordingly, the Patriotic Front reminds all elected leaders of the oath of office they swore to defend and protect the Constitution of the Republic of Zambia. These offices are held in trust on behalf of the people in their respective municipalities. Participation in any process that undermines constitutional governance amounts to a betrayal of the electorate and constitutes a clear breach of that solemn oath.
The Patriotic Front reiterates its unwavering commitment to defending democracy and standing with the people of Zambia, particularly at a time when the country faces a dark cloud of constitutional abrogation driven by leadership intent on eroding democratic safeguards.
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Issued by:
Hon. Given Lubinda
President
Patriotic Front
Truly, the PF was a pioneer of lawlessness, hypocrisy and lies.
The chaos in their camp bears testimony to this fact.
In voting they did not take the heed, do you think they can take it now? You want to stop people from witnessing the assenting of the Bill they voted for? They won’t agree.
Defies all Logic. Whether they attend or not, it is inconsequential, “The Horse has already bolted out of the Stables”, the Bill has now become Constitution and applies to ALL Citizens (including yourself) until it is changed in future. Just elect your PF President, mobile and campaign hard to win the 2026 Election and when PF wins on 13 August, the following day 14 August cut out the Bill 7 Clauses from the Constitution, that is, if the Citizens will allow you to mutilate their Constitution.
Given, it’s time for you to be strategic and not just make statements that make you more vulnerable. You are now politically at your weakest. Seat back and introspection. You are now like a headless chicken running screaming in all directions.