PRESIDENT HICHILEMA NEEDS 14 VOTES TO PASS BILL 7
The First Deputy Speaker Malungo Chisangano announced the revival of Bill 7 in Parliament, mere hours before its statutory lapse.
The prerequisite for passing Bill 7 is clearly established: a two-thirds majority of the 165 Members of Parliament (MPs). Mathematically, this translates to a required vote count of 111 MPs.
President Hakainde Hichilema, currently holding 97 seats, faces a deficit that must be overcome to ensure the Bill’s successful enactment.
This shortfall of 14 votes (111 minus 97) represents the immediate political hurdle. This deficit necessitates cross-party negotiation, coalition building, or, in less transparent scenarios, inducements designed to sway allegiance temporarily or permanently.
To cover the deficit of 14 votes, and assuming each required MP is offered a sum of K3 million, the calculation becomes straightforward: 14 MPs multiplied by K3 million per MP yields a total financial inducement required. The total inducement required in this scenario would amount to K42 million.
By Given Mutinta
This is all tax payers money. Yena wakaso. Even the money being paid to the lawyers in RSA is tax payer’s money. These are the type of leaders that are drowning Africa.
REJECT TRIBALISM, CORRUPTION AND OPPRESSION.
VOTE FOR CHANGE IN 2026.
The issue I have with the Illegal and Unconstitutional Bill 7 is whether it’s right for it to be back into Parliament, and at Committee Stage.
We need to be very careful as Zambians with what Hakainde is doing.
What honestly is happening in Zambia?
What was the Task of the Technical Committee on Constitutional Amendment?
Was the Task of the Constitutional Amendment Committee explicitly about getting the views from the public relating to the illegitimate and unconstitutional Bill 7?
If this was the case where in the terms of reference does it say the public were making submissions related to Bill 7?
If the Constitutional Amendment Technical Committee was not about the illegitimate and unconstitutional Bill 7, rendered so by the Constitutional Court, why has it changed into Bill 7 again.
The Technical Committee presented it’s report to the President yesterday.
Has the Report been made public to the Zambian people so that they acquaint themselves with the contents as per Law?
In the Government Gazette for a Period of 30days for Zambians to acquaint themselves with the contents of the report?
How has this Report from the Technical Committee which wasn’t specific to the Illegitimate and Unconstitutional Bill 7, transformed into Bill 7 and which is now scheduled to continued at Committee Stage in our National Assembly?
Did the people make exact submissions similar to all the clauses as in the Illegitimate and Unconstitutional Bill 7?
Hakainde has gone too far.
This is not the way to govern a Country.
The man is a danger to our Democracy… Constitutional Laws out there, Stop this Man.
The Constitutional Amendment Technical Committee has prepared the Report. This report should now go to the Ministry of Justice..It should then be made public for the people to study the contents. A draft Bill should then be prepared, which should go through all the stages for the enactment of the law.
What Hakainde is doing is wrong, and illegal.
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Why did Hon Judge Mushabati skip the hand over ceremony of the Report, and instead delegated to his deputy?
There’s something fishy with what Hakainde is doing concerning the Constitutional Amendment.
Constitutional Lawyers out there, protect the Country. Things are not right.
Talking about numbers in Parliament is too far..
We need to establish as to whether the illegitimate and unconstitutional Bill 7 is rightfully in Parliament.
And what are the Members of Parliament going to be debating?
Bill 7 or the Mushabati report?