STATE HOUSE RESPONDS TO OPPOSITION LEADERS’ LETTER, CALLS FOR DIALOGUE OVER SYMBOLIC GESTURES
STATE HOUSE has acknowledged receipt of a letter addressed to President Hakainde Hichilema, delivered yesterday at the gate by a consortium of opposition leaders.
In a statement to ZNBC News, Chief Communications Specialist Clayson Hamasaka commended the peaceful conduct of the procession, noting that such restraint is welcome in a democracy that values responsible civic participation.
However, Mr. Hamasaka described the decision to leave an important national communication at the gate as a “curious choice,” given the President’s well-known openness to engagement. He emphasized that President Hichilema considers State House to be the people’s house, accessible to all who seek genuine and constructive dialogue.
Quoting Pope Leo XIV, Mr. Hamasaka said disagreements are best resolved through fraternal encounter, dialogue, and cooperation. He stressed that national matters demand structured, good-faith discussions rather than gestures that prioritize spectacle over substance.
He added that had prior arrangements been made, State House would have facilitated a direct conversation, which would have been more effective than depositing a document at the entrance.
On issues such as energy, debt restructuring, mining, and agriculture, Mr. Hamasaka said State House expects practical alternatives and solutions, not symbolic acts.
ZNBC
Okey you guys a mi vuta uyu ndani, yaba, but the badness is that you are failing to organize a formidable opposition to meaningfully challenge him in eight months’ time.Nizanu muzambosiaya che sochabe mapepala pa gate. Sort yourselves and come up with acceptable ones among you whom Zambians can fully trust without thinking of the caderism and theft that we experienced prior to 2021, when you do that, Zambians may Trust again alternatively support SP because it is the only party that looks organized as at now.
Dialogue the Hakainde Way is just a waste of time.
He has now entangled him self in a Constitutional Mess. We will see how he gets himself out of the mess unhinged Imingalato have caused.
The Bill 7 ruled illegitimate by ConCourt.
He sets up a Technical Committee to get Views from the People. He receives the report but puts it aside!
He doesn’t give the Ministry of Justice or present it to Parliament..or make it public..or get the draft Bill as per Terms of Reference.
He goes and resurrects the dead , illegitimate and unconstitutional Bill 7, for the select committee at Committee Stage to debate the same illegal Bill.
But this is the debate which was stopped in July.
The man is in big Trouble…In proper Democracies this man can be impeached!
No need for any dialogue with him…He has completely finished himself.