Change is inevitable, observes Fr Bwalya

Change is inevitable, observes Fr Bwalya
By Abigail Chaponda and Zumani Katasefa in Ndola
Tue 19 Jan. 2010, 04:01 CAT

FATHER Frank Bwalya has said change is inevitable.
During the launch of Change Life Zambia in Ndola 's Chipulukusu compound on Saturday, Fr Bwalya, who is the organisation’s executive director said once the MMD government was out of power, the next government should deliver or else they too would be chased from government.

He said President Banda, whom he referred to as 'ba Chintelelwe', was busy controlling the police and the state-owned media and that made them look bad.
Fr Bwalya said Zambians need to change their mindsets if the way politics was done in the country was to be improved.

We should change the way politics are practiced in Zambia. We shouldn't support state-sponsored terrorism, these are thieves, he said.

He also called for the abolishment of the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) if the 2011 election were to be conducted in a free and fair manner.
Fr Bwalya said the ECZ should be replaced by an independent board that would conduct the election in a free and fair manner.
ECZ should be abolished and Zambians should support this idea by Change Life Zambia, he said.

Fr Bwalya said if ECZ would be allowed to conduct the 2011 elections, there would be chaos in the country.
Fr Bwalya also expressed concern over the manner in which the government was issuing National Registration Cards (NRCs).

He said the issuance of NRCs was done selectively adding that the MMD government was concentrating on issuing the cards in areas where they thought they had support.
Fr Bwalya said it was a right for every Zambian who had attained the age of 16 to demand a National Registration Card regardless of their political affiliation.

He added that Zambians should have a majority President and wondered why the MMD government under President Banda were afraid of a 50 per cent plus 1 vote.
Fr Bwalya also said that Zambia had become a foreign prison for the Chinese because of the poor leadership that did not care about its citizens.
Zambia has become a foreign prison for China. Prisoners from China are being brought to work in Zambia. Government should provide jobs for Zambians, he said.

And MMD cadres who were ferried from Lusaka in two minibuses to go and disrupt the launch failed to carry out their mission after seeing that there were a lot of people who attended the launch.
Police in riot gear were also deployed at Chipulukusu grounds where the meeting was held.
Zambia for Empowerment and Development (ZED) president Frederick Mutesa also attended the launch.

And PF Roan member of parliamentary Chishimba Kambwili said it was time Zambians removed the MMD from government through the ballot.
Kambwili also urged people not to be like ticks that cling onto a dying animal, adding that President Banda's administration was taking Zambians for granted.
He said people should not take long in changing parties and join a progressive one.

Kambwili said he was going to be the first person to resign if the pact lost its direction.
He said if a political party was not doing well, it should pave way for another party to continue and that people should join progressive parties.
Kambwili said it was time the MMD left power because they had over-stayed and that in the 20 years that they had been in government, they had not done anything apart from upsetting the poor Zambians.

"Look at Zamtel, how can an investor get 75 per cent shares and lay off 70 per cent workers. Mine Union of Zambia (MUZ) and National Union of Communication Allied Workers general secretary Clement Kasonde, you have sold your friends," he said.
Kambwili said the MMD had nothing to show because they had failed to deliver.