Why do people feel persecuted when told to prove ownership of their property – Mudenda
By Ben Mbangu in Choma
FORMER Hamangaba ward councillor in Bweengwa Constituency Maybin Mudenda says it is now sickening to hear those asked to explain how they acquired their properties likening the process to persecution.
Commenting on former president Edgar Lungu and his wife Esther’s reaction following her summon by the Drug Enforcement Commission to explain how she acquired the 15 flats in Lusaka, Mudenda said it was important for people to realise that the presumption of innocence until proven guilty was still in place.
“Why do people feel persecuted when they are told to prove ownership of their property? Is it not time to be happy to prove their innocence? DEC and ACC are not courts but investigative wings,” he said.
Mudenda charged that those who feel persecuted when asked to prove the source of their wealthy should never hold public offices.
“We had former first lady Thandiwe Banda prosecuted over Mpundu Trust entity and when she proved her innocence, it was handed over to her. In whose regime was she being prosecuted? What is so strange with DEC inviting Madam Lungu to an interview over the 15 flats? Where is this fever coming from? Why should she feel convicted when she claims she has all the documents? Is the law blind on first ladies of the land?” Mudenda asked.
He said Lungu must be made to enjoy his retirement by keeping him off the camera.
“I don’t know why of late when given the camera he utters a lot of reckless statements. Surely even when he was given a humiliating defeat of one million votes to President Hakainde Hichilema he still thought he couldn’t hand over the instruments of power? What is he telling the nation? It takes a little intelligence, if little is all that one has, to deduce what he meant that HH lied his way to presidency,” Mudenda said. “What picture is he portraying to the Head of State? President HH has not clocked a year in leadership and he expects him to deliver everything in that period! Is it how Mr Lungu performed in his period of presidency? Is he aware of the CDF masterstroke and free education among the many fulfilled promises? Please keep our former president off the camera to avoid further embarrassments.”
Recently, Lungu and his wife Esther spoke their mind regarding investigations targeted at some family members.
“You don’t need to be intelligent to know that after her (Esther) it’s me they want,” said Lungu.
And Esther said God would rescue her family from persecution it is going through.