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Chisenga calls for leadership audit

Chisenga calls for leadership audit
By Christopher Miti in Chipata
Sat 02 July 2011, 04:00 CAT

Elected leaders should be subjected to political audit this year, says former Commonwealth youth representative for Zambia Gilbert Chisenga. In an interview on Monday, Chisenga said there was need for Zambians to reflect on the performance of the last parliament which adjourned sine die on Friday.

“Parliament adjourned sine die on Friday, what is the meaning of that to us people of Zambia? This is the time that we should reflect on the performance of that parliament and the performance of individual members of parliament whom we elected in 2006. We have to make sure that we subject them to a political audit. If they didn’t perform they shouldn’t be coming back to us to ask for votes,” Chisenga said.

He said people were aware that the parliament which adjourned on Friday tabled crucial and critical national issues.

“Our interest is to see how our representatives debated and voted in that parliament. For example, how did they vote on the increase of their emoluments? How did they vote on the removal of article 37 from the Anti-Corruption Commission Act? How did they behave when they went to the NCC? How did they vote when they tabled that Constitutional bill? So we can politically audit these people on these lines,” Chisenga said.

He urged political parties to ensure that they field credible candidates.

Chisenga said the Zambian people had in the past five years been subjected to mediocre leaders.

“You cannot go to the council and your only role is to second things you don’t understand. You can’t go to parliament and for five years you just finish mineral water. We want candidates who are going to speak on behalf of the voiceless and on behalf of the marginalized, who are going to share the challenges that the people of Zambia face every day,” he said.

Chisenga appealed to political parties to consider adopting young people and women to bridge the generation gap that currently existed in Parliament and at local government level.

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