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Nalubamba opposes Kalale’s return to ECZ

Nalubamba opposes Kalale’s return to ECZ
By Moses Kuwema
Sat 05 Feb. 2011, 04:01 CAT

IT is ridiculous for leaders in government to regard people in opposition political parties as enemies, says Senior chief Bright Nalubamba.

Commenting on the attacks on works and supply deputy minister Lameck Mangani for meeting PF member Judith Kapijimpanga, chief Nalubamba questioned the kind of multi-party democracy the MMD embraced in 1991 when it could not allow people with different views to meet.

“For someone to talk to a person from the opposition then they commit a crime. Mangani can still be close to the MMD but he must have the right to talk to people with different views,” chief Nalubamba said.

He said the political set-up in Zambia required people who were elected or nominated to Parliament to be representatives of everybody regardless of their political affiliation.

“Constituencies have people from the opposition who are free to make contributions to issues of national development. Now should these people be shunned? It’s ridiculous for a leader to only address party cadres from his party. People need to talk to you when you are their leader,” he said.

Chief Nalubamba said it was totally wrong for the MMD to consider Mangani their enemy on the basis of his meeting Kapijimpanga.

“Mangani is my friend too. Now should our friendship be determined by what I am to the MMD? He has a choice to be with everyone, whether they are from PF or not because that is the only way you can win the support of the people. I am totally in support of Mangani on what he is doing, friendship should not be stopped because of political affiliation,” he said.

And chief Nalubamba backed calls for former Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) director Dan Kalale not to return to the institution.

He said allowing Kalale to return to ECZ would only result in the stakeholders and voters losing their confidence in the electoral institution.

“If I were him Kalale I would respect the views of the stakeholders and stay away from the ECZ just like justice Florence Mumba did,” he said.

Chief Nalubamba said there was need for the ECZ to be audited so that the public could know how taxpayers’ money was being spent.

“How can an important institution like ECZ be ran without auditing? There must be something wrong they are trying to hide. I don’t care who does it but the auditing has to be done,” said chief Nalubamba.

Labels: CHIEF NALUBAMBA, DAN KALALE, ECZ

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