PRESIDENT HICHILEMA CLARIFIES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BILL 7 IS DEFERRED NOT DISCONTINUED
President Hakainde Hichilema has clarified that the constitutional amendment bill 7 process has not been discontinued, but rather deferred, and stakeholders should not be misled into thinking otherwise.
Speaking during a meeting with United Cations Resident Coordinator Beatrice Mutali and her delegation at State House this afternoon, President Hichilema explained that the deferral was necessary to allow more time for stakeholder engagement and to gather more content from various parties.
The president stressed that constitutional amendments are necessary every 10 years and that the process will continue when the time is right.
He also highlighted the importance of national interests, particularly in the repatriation of former President Edgar Lungu’s remains, and assured that government will work with the lungu family to ensure a smooth process.
Earlier, UN Resident Coordinator Beatrice Mutali welcomed government’s decision to defer bill 7, stating that it will create an enabling environment for next year’s general elections.
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This man is a Problem.
The Constitutional Court has ruled on the illegality of the Process, but he is still holding on to the useless Bill 7.
Whoever will bring this Bill to Parliament should be held into contempt of Court..and the facilitator should be cited for impeachment.
When people complain about this behavior, he hides behind hatred and bitterness.. and goes Tribal.
Don’t hide behind the good Tonga people. You are embarrassing them a lot.
Let go of this Bill .
It’s dead, completely dead. It cannot be resurrected. Period.
This the only country in the world where ” constitutional amendments are necessary every 10 years”. It is totally surprising. Why can’t we have a lasting constitution. So a president should be sworn in, not to protect the constitution but to change it?
That is a false narrative by the President. There is absolutely no where in any of our old constitutions that states that a constitution ought to be amended every 10years. Praise singers will jump on this argument now and claim this has to happen before 2026.
Awe mwe.