PUBLIC INTEREST- PRESIDENT HICHILEMA SEEKS 2ND TERM FROM HIS HOUSE
A KBN TV EDITORIAL
Attorney General’s claim on Sunday interview that Government can bury the late former sixth Republican President Edgar Chagwa Lungu without the family citing public interest, opens a new dimension to President Hakainde Hichilema’s continued stay at his private residence while presiding on national matters.
If the Government’s argument to sue ECL’s family is public interest, we would like to see the same measure of conviction and aggression to be applied to tell President Hichilema that it’s in public interest from the citizens who voted for you, to rule them from a designated national house as opposed to his private residence.
We have heard arguments that there is no law that compels Mr. Hichilema to move to Nkwazi House, but the law of morality must be applied equitably not when it suits the Government.
If Government can use public interest to compel a Pretoria High Court to rule that public interest overrides private family interest, it follows therefore that President Hakainde should move to State House in public interest.
Very little attention was paid to calls for Mr. Hichilema to move to State House, but his Government’s action to sue a grieving family cititing public interest has just given new meaning to the argument that he too should move to State House in public interest.
As he seeks a send term of office next year to continue presiding over national affairs from his private residence, voters will have to view his bid from the lenses of public interest.
Whichever way the South African Court ruling will go in the appeal case, public interest for the Office of the President has just received new meaning and President Hakainde might as well consider parking and moving to State House to demonstrate he respects public interest.
The compete courts of law in Zambia ruled in the public interest when they found nothing wrong with Community House.If you are not happy appeal the ruling and stop barking
The comparison of the two situations in relation to national interest is not applicable ba KBN.President HH works at State house otherwise he is not just spending nights that side.The interest of the people is to see him working at State house and not about him spending his night there.The Lungu family did pay for a grave in South Africa and said they don’t think they would come back to Zambia, they indicated that the late President will be put to rest in South Africa that’s what caused Zambians to react to that and asked the government to stop that from happening.HH and State house is not a permanent thing or it’s not for life.But if you put the late President to rest in South Africa without the honours and dignified send off it will just end there.Majority of Zambians will never see his resting place.Mwamba the master of falsehoods advised the Kaunda family on national interest but not interest of the family.Ask him to lecture you on that.
Miss match topics, shame.