SOUTHERN CHIEFS PROPOSE ABOLISHING BY-ELECTIONS AND INTRODUCING TWO-TERM LIMIT
By Kwalombota Mwanangombe
Chiefs from Southern Province have proposed for the abolishment of by-elections to preserve national resources.
Making the submission to the Technical Committee on the Constitution Review, Southern Province House of Chiefs Chairperson, Chief Nalubamba, said in the event an elected official dies or vacates office, a replacement should be appointed from within the same political party.
Chief Nalubamba has also recommended that Members of Parliament, Mayors and Councilors should be limited to serving two terms in office under the Zambian Constitution.
He notes introducing a two-term limit will create space for more citizens to aspire for public office and encourage leadership renewal.
The Traditional Leader has also proposed that the period for hearing presidential election petitions be extended to 21 days.
He states that the current 14-day timeframe is insufficient, especially when petitioners must gather evidence from across the country.
-Prime Tv
Laughable… Chief Nalubamba reading an Extract from Bill 7 and pretending to be making a Submission!
Bwafya pa Zambia.
Sir, have you gone to submit your own contentions against this Constitution Amendment thing? My free advice to you is: Go and tear it apart with your submission instead of, daily, being on social media blogging and complaining under your armpits? Whether this thing is illegal or not and you do not like it, unfortunately it is now in motion and people are submitting and the Constitution may be amended, and once that happens, you will have to abide by it, however much you will continue screaming and howling, until a Party of your choice is elected in future and repeals it, which it may not even repeal. Politicians outclass Chameleons! So you have a choice: either go and submit your dislike or keep quiet, because Criticism without action is impotence