REMOVAL OF ECL IMMUNITY WILL BE MOTIVATED BY MALICE – SIKOTA
… says the UPND Government should stop blackmailing the former Head of State.
Lusaka, Monday, 05, February, 2024 [Smart Eagles]
Renowned Lusaka Lawyer Sakwiba Sikota says if the UPND Government feels that former President Edgar Lungu committed any offence, they should produce the evidence in court and remove his immunity instead of continuing to blackmail him.
Speaking in an interview with Mafken fm in Lusaka, Mr. Sikota said the statement attributed to Local Government Minister Gary Nkombo, that maybe the UPND should consider removing former President Lungu’s immunity and see if he will continue dancing, is frightening and alarming especially that it is coming from a senior Government official.
He said removing former President Lungu’s immunity will be motivated by malice and wrong reasons.
Mr. Sikota has since urged Mr.Nkombo to withdraw the statement.
Lungu is walking around like the baboon he is only because of his immunity.
And because of this immunity he can do or say what he likes without being put in jail.
This is the king of donkey we have as a former effing head of state.
Lungu=chikala
The innocent do not fear investigation and prosecution.
In fact they welcome it.
Because it will clear their name.
Sakwiba Sikota is crook of lawyer who earns his living by defending criminals such as that criminal Milingo Lungu who was appointed by another criminal Edgar Lungu to steal millions from KCM.
When a lawyer begins to dine and wine with criminals, then you should know that such are crooks who have no morality. Sakwiba Sikota does not deserve to be called state counsel.
How can removing Edgar Lungu ‘s immunity be out of malice when Sakwiba Sikota knows very well, but pretends not to know the many offences Lungu committed during his brutal years kn office.
But Sakwiba Sikota has personal issues with President Hakainde Hichilema stemming from his defeat by HH at the UPND convention after the death of Anderson Mazoka. Sakwiba Sikota left and formed his now defunct ULP carrying one Given Lubinda with him. Later Sakwiba went into an alliance with Michael Sata’s PF with Lubinda standingon the PF ticket as demanded by Sata.. That was the end of Sikota’s ULP. Now he thinks he has a chance by teaming up wth Edgar Lungu.
For Sikola’s information, there are sufficient grounds to remove Lungu’s immunity, prosecute him and send him to jail. Some of his offences are constitutional in nature because he breached the Republican Constitution. He might be sent to jail for life.
So Sikota has no moral right to ask Gary Nkombo to withdraw his statement. And no one is trying to blackmail Lungu. The truth is that Lungu has been daring the government. So it would only be good to oblige him.
Why is Sikota scared of ECL’s immunity removal?
Kikikikiki, why is the other guy afraid to declare his assets?
Long overdue…please remove the immunity so that we prove his innocence.
As an officer of the court and a senior lawyer we would have expected sakwiba to encourage lungu to come forth and voluntarily relinquish his immunity so that he can explain his and his family members enormous source of wealth accumulated within such a short space of time. On the contrary this lawyer is instead defending the thief by fighting for his immunity.
One of the failures of UPND and of major concern to me, is the lack of progress on prosecuting those who looted our national treasury.
So far, no significant progress has been made in holding to account the looters. Forfeiture of ill gotten properties is not good enough for the culprits are left to enjoy their freedom and even maintain that they are innocent and were well brought up.
I hope the law enforcement agencies are using this time to make thorough investigations and build solid cases against the suspects.
In this vein, if the former President, Mr. Lungu, is found wanting, his immunity must be lifted so that he faces the due process of the law. This is not malice but true justice.
In Zambia, it is like our “leaders” can sreal our resources with abandon because they know that they will suffer no adverse consequences.
Right now the current UPND leaders in government might find the urge to steal irresistible because thay can see that their PF counterparts have gotten away with barely a slap on the wrist.