GOVT DENIES PLANS TO REINTRODUCE BILL 7 IN SPECIAL NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SITTING
By Patricia Mbewe and Leah Ngoma
Government has dismissed insinuations that this afternoon’s special national assembly sitting is intended to reintroduce bill 7.
Addressing the media in Lusaka this morning, Chief Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa has clarified that this afternoon’s business in parliament is meant to ratify the board of the human rights commission in accordance with the constitution.
Mr. Mweetwa has reiterated that there is no known intention by government to reintroduce bill 7 and that the nation will be informed when such a decision is arrived at.
He explains that cabinet has not yet sat to review the deferred bill but that once it sits and decides, the nation will be duly informed.
Mr. Mweetwa says bills are public in nature and cannot be taken on the floor of the house without members of parliament not knowing what they are going to debate.
Mr. Mweetwa who is also Information and Media minister says government is therefore concerned with speculations that government intends to take the bill back to parliament.
Meanwhile, the Consortium of Civil Society organizations on governance has reiterated that bill 7 stands deferred until the agreed consultations with stakeholders are conducted.
CSO Consortium Chairperson Isaac Mwanza says it is also doubtful that any bill could be taken for second reading in parliament without first passing through the committee stage, where citizens and stakeholders are constitutionally required to provide input in line with article 89 of the constitution and the provisions of the parliamentary standing orders.
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Now,who is producing this smoke when there is no fire?
Thank you our Catholic Church Bishops.
You are the only hope Zambia has against schemes to stealthily change our Constitution..Your Stand has shown them what they are up against.
They have now gone back into their Cocoons for revised Imingalato… But We are red Alert and no wicked ” Hegemony ” in what ever form will ever become law in Zambia.
Give them an inch, they take a yard
Give them a yard, they take a Mile
Give them chance to Rule, they want a Hegemony!
Bwafya.
Cont’
And keep hot the Wheels of Impeachment.
Any one who dares to bring the illegal and Unconstitutional Bill 7, on the floor should be cited for Contempt of Court.
Ba Grade 3 imwe ninshi kanshi…
Social studies starting from Grade 3 teaches you how a Bill comes on the Floor of Parliament….
There is a Procedure to be followed….
There is an Order Paper that comes way before Parliament sits indicating the Order of Business to be Discussed on the Floor if Parliament…
Nothing comes through the Back Door…
Not even a Private Members Motion…
I am very surprised that even the so called ‘Bishops’ bana Supuka….
These Bishops are highly learnt and should have known this but they now have a smear of Rotten Eggs in their Faces…
To add more salt, HH7 has now Appointed a Technical Committee to gather Views from Each and Every Citizen…
Kaya ngati bazakamba chani manje…
HH7 aba Chaya pallmall…