Dora’s re-appointment will buy her silence over Rupiah’s scandals charges Sata

Dora’s re-appointment will buy her silence over Rupiah’s scandals charges Sata
Written by Patson Chilemba in Mpika

PATRIOTIC Front (PF) Michael Sata yesterday charged that President Rupiah Banda has re-appointed Dora Siliya in order to seal her mouth from exposing scandals which could implicate the President. And Sata had demanded High Court judge Phillip Musonda’s immediate resignation for overruling his superiors judgment in his recent ruling that cleared Siliya.

Commenting on Siliya’s re-appointment as a Cabinet minister to serve in the Ministry of Education shortly after High Court judge Musonda cleared her, Sata said the move had raised more questions than answers, in that her appointment came barely a few hours after she was cleared by the courts.

He said in more likely circumstances, President Banda had already known the outcome of the judgment even before the court process was finalized.
Sata said the speed with which the court process was conducted and Siliya’s speedy reappointed showed that there was something President Banda was trying to hide.

“Rupiah Banda is sealing her lips. He knows if he doesn’t appoint, she will crack and speak. Now again, he has sealed her lips,” Sata said.

“I hope now since she’s so close to the President, she will tell the President to give teachers more money, and we shall be content with this crap she brought at the Lusaka International Airport.”And Sata further asked judge Musonda to resign for overruling his superiors judgment on Siliya.

“Or Supreme Court Justices Dennis Chirwa and Chitengi must resign because judge Musonda has punched a big hole into their credibility. Who is going to trust their decisions? Remember, they have in the past made several decisions, they presided over my petition case. It is just that time has passed, we would have also taken it to judge Musonda,” Sata said.

“Judge Chirwa, judge Chitengi and the Chief Justice must resign because a puny judge has overruled them. How can they remain on the bench when a puny judge has overruled them?”

Sata said judge Musonda had sent a very serious message to the Zambian people which they should reflect on seriously regarding the judicial process in the country.

He said Zambia had been turned into President Banda’s leadership ‘sangwapo’ where the President’s friends were above the law.