POLITICAL ANALYST and HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER Ngande Mwanajiti wrote;
STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC PLUNDER, INEQUITY AND INJUSTICE
There is plenty of reason to either support or condemn the response of the President to a question from a Reporter.
First, we must be factual. The President is recorded as saying FROM independence and the debates are SINCE independence.
From the above FACT, I see nothing to criticise because the fact speaks for itself and only exposes dangerous thoughts and elements.
Second, from the time of independence,social exclusion has been the middle name of most Zambians.
The vice is perpetrated by individuals who engage in Plunder of anything that can be plundered.
The government has neither choice no option but to pursue the plunderers as it seeks justice.
I ask a question: Do we want JUSTICE to prevail or would wish plunderers and criminals to escape the RULE OF LAW?
To the extent that no one is above the Law, debate or no debate about what the President is accused of saying, is neither here nor there. EQUITY and JUSTICE are the answers.
Third, ALL Zambians and not the few who seek to either capture or compromise the state deserve a bite of the National cake, without fear or favor.
That is what I see the 2022 budget as addressing. There is an opportunity for our country to begin addressing the inequities of yesterday. For this to happen, Zambians must do their part and stop supporting pedestrian views.
Fourth. Zambians must wholesomely, reject the culture of INEQUITY. I see some of our people cheering and supporting looters. This culture, offends the Zambian National anthem and makes a joke of well intended government programs, which hereto have become a footstep for theft and criminality.
From President Hichilema’s posture, I see an opportunity for Zambians to push for a zero tolerance to corruption. I cautiously make this statement because, if other Presidents have been betrayed before, not every member of the UPND ALLIANCE, is corrupt free and such cannot really be with the President.
Let the people govern
Ngande Mwanajiti
POLITICAL ANALYST and HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER