PUNISHMENT ON PLUNDERES OF RESOURCES WITHOUT GAIN NOT BENEFICIAL -MWEETWA
United Party for National Development(UPND) Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the new dawn administration is determined to fight against corruption and recover the stolen public assets and resources.
And Mr Mweetwa disclosed that the country in few days to come will discover how much damage and plunderes of resources by the former ruling Patriotic Front have caused to the economy of Zambia.
“We are aware that citizens are concerned about a part on approach with the fight against corruption and recovery of their stolen public assets and resources by the new dawn administration”he acknowledged.
In an apparent reference to the incident of a Faith Musonda K65,000,000 and property recently retrieved and surrendered to the state.
Mr Mweetwa, a lawyer by profession reminded the nation that by law not President Hichilema’s law, it provides an opportunity for a criminal to offer himself or herself as a state witness and is not prosecuted.
“This is not President Hichilema”s law or the new dawn administration but it is a Zambian government with laws not of men” Mr Mweetwa charged.
And Mr Mweetwa wondererd:
“What benefit will it be to prosecute an individual, spend five years arguing in the courts of law
that the money you are arguing about at the end of five years has lost monetary value than saying okay fine if this is what you are offering bring this money put it into good use so that it has value and provide another information even that it is correct!
This is a fifty- fifty win situation for Zambia”He said.
And Mr Mweetwa is of a considered view that it is victory to the tax payers money.
He added that the UPND is aware about the anger of the Zambians on individuals alledged to have plundered public assets and resources.
“Volunteering of information so that we get all the political corrupt big wings to account is victory to tax payers money.
“Punishment without gain or recovery will not be beneficial” he said.
This came to light at a media briefing held in Lusaka, Wednesday.
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