Running mate issue not conducive - Kabimba
Running mate issue not conducive - KabimbaBy Edwin Mbulo in Livingstone
Sun 20 May 2012, 13:50 CAT
WYNTER Kabimba says the issue of a running mate as provided for in the draft constitution is not conducive for Zambia learning from the Malawian experience which ended up being resolved only through the death of Bingu wa Mutharika.
And Kabimba who is the PF secretary general says the people of Zambia are not against the three suspended judges but want a clean Judiciary and anybody opposing the formation of the tribunal is going against the will of the people and not President Michael Sata.
Speaking during a media briefing at Court Yard Hotel in Livingstone yesterday, Kabimba said the PF would not impose a constitution on the people of Zambia, but would educate them on the dangers of some provisions in the draft constitution.
"We have to be very careful as what works for the US may not work here in Zambia. Some of the democracies we are learning from have had their constitutions for three to four centuries. We cannot be parallel to them. We must be very careful and decide what type of society we need to live in.
I will give an example of Malawi, that country was in a constitutional crisis because the President could not work with his deputy. What saved Malawi was his death," Kabimba said.
And answering a question on the three judges, Kabimba said the establishment of the tribunal by the President could not be challenged by any sober person.
"Many of us know the status of many institutions under the MMD including the Judiciary.
In 2008 when the PF petitioned the presidential elections, the UPND said they would not petition because it was going to be useless, in other words they did not have confidence in the Judiciary, what has changed now? I'm surprised that the opposition leaders don't know what the Zambians want. They are just digging their own graves," he said.
Kabimba asked for the analysis of each and every one of the opposition leaders against the establishment of the tribunal, saying they only represented their own interests and not Zambians.
"I want them to know that they are not fighting President Sata, but the people of Zambia. There is no doubt about the need of judicial reforms," Kabimba said.
On street vendors, Kabimba said the PF needed to answer the question of job creation before chasing the vendors off the streets.
"We are against any programme that throws out vendors to go and starve. We are conscious of the benefits derived by vendors for their livelihood, but what we need is orderliness and cleanliness, so there is no conflict between government and the PF. We ultimately need to answer the question of employment creation," Kabimba said.
And Kabimba said the PF was against the media glorifying President Sata at the expense of poor Zambians.
Featuring on Radio Mosi-o-Tunya on a special programme on Friday, Kabimba said President Sata realises that Zambians were poor and hence he did not suffer any media complex.
"We are against the media glorifying President Sata and due to this, the media complexion has changed. If you find a PF story, it is not because the PF has instructed that, but because the media heads have found it news worthy. We will not use the media like MMD or like the UPND did to use the media to try and glorify them," Kabimba said.
He said the PF believed that an independent media and church were important to the development of the country.
Kabimba congratulated Zambians for having voted the MMD out of power as they failed even to ensure sanitation to the people of R Section in Maramba in 20 years.
He said the PF now needed to sell itself as the only party that the Zambian people could believe was the only way to redemption.
He said the UPND was told that the PF could win elections without their inclusion.
"They should know that it is not bitterness that can get them into power but planning," Kabimba said.
On investors, Kabimba said unlike the MMD, the PF would not go to bed with investors at the expense of the Zambians.
He urged anybody with information of abuse and poor working conditions to report using a toll-free line that his party would launch soon.
And Kabimba who visited Libuyu, Maramba and Dambwa markets said Zambians should not trade in the conditions he had seen.
"We shall do everything we can to uplift the standards. The MMD has not improved anything, things have deteriorated in 20 years. We have never been to war to trade in these situations; we will use the peace we have to improve trading conditions," said Kabimba.
Labels: BINGU WA MUTHARIKA, PF, VICE PRESIDENCY, WYNTER KABIMBA
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