(LUSAKATIMES) Henry Banda’s Lawyer Robert Amsterdam should fight a clean fight: Sata is not Zambia and Zambia is not Sata

Henry Banda’s Lawyer Robert Amsterdam should fight a clean fight: Sata is not Zambia and Zambia is not Sata.
TIME PUBLISHED - Tuesday, October 23, 2012, 7:03 am
By Pezzy Kudakwashe

Efforts aimed at “sabotaging” Zambia’s economy by Robert Amsterdam, Henry Banda’s lawyer, should be condemned by every Zambian regardless of political affiliation.

Canadian citizen and self proclaimed international lawyer, Robert Amsterdam representing former president Rupiah Banda’s son, tweeted very negative sentiments while Michael Sata was in Japan.

The comments were aimed at blocking” would be” Japanese investors from investing in Zambia. He tweeted both in Japanese and English saying ” President Michael Sata of Zambia is asking Japan to invest. Maybe they should ask him why he is making the state’s property his own”.

Mr Amsterdam seemed to have lost the focus of his so called “fight for justice” for his client, Henry Banda.

Instead of fighting for the freedom of his client, he now has resulted to acts of desperation with intentions to jeopardize the lives of 11 million Zambians while trying to protect Henry.

It is obvious that there is a growing enemity between Sata and Amsterdam, however, that does not give him the green light to sabotage Zambia’s economy. A learned man of his caliber should know fully well that Sata is not Zambia and Zambia is not Sata.

What kind of lawyer abandons court justice procedures in favor of cheap slogans which in this day and age are used by hooligans sponsored by desperate political parties.

Amsterdam is over-blowing the case of government of Zambia vs Henry to a point where he does not care who gets hurt in the process.

Supposedly a” professional lawyer”, operating from Ottawa, Washington DC and London, his actions are lower than a third world party cadre or vigilante

He has gone out beyond his borders in the name of “fighting for justice” and now his fight is on the verge of bringing injustice to the entire Zambian population.

Amsterdam should fight a clean fight. His fight is against Sata and his lawyers. His fight is not and should not be against the Zambian people where Henry belongs.

His focus is to represent Henry Banda and not to create enemies for Zambia. He cannot and should not hold us hostage over his ill feelings for Sata.

His target is the Sata regime and his actions to hurt our people and economy in the process of representing our fellow Zambian, should be condemned by all those who love Zambia.

Zambia is the safest place to invest in our region despite what Amsterdam thinks.

Every Zambian should rise up and speak against Amsterdam and condemn his primitive ways of seeking justice.

We Zambians do not advocate for street justice, we believe in settling our matters in peace and dignity. We may be a poor third world country but that does not mean anybody can walk all over us in the pretext of providing justice for one of us.

Amsterdam has failed to represent his client and he is now using his careless tweets to cover up his failures.

This is a typical case of lawyer turned economic saboteur in desperation to win a case for a shoddy client. Amsterdam is trying to let the world hear a positive story from the dubious Henry Banda case.

In Amsterdam’s eyes, Henry is innocent and the Zambian government and its citizens are wrong, thereby, deserving to pay dearly for the sins of trying to find answers to the corruption allegations.

Or even if Henry has a case to answer, Amsterdam wants to win the case to justify why his client paid the big check.

However, the route he has chosen to win the case cannot be condoned. His action are not just meant to bring down the Sata regime but the entire Zambian economy.

Amsterdam’s grudge against Sata does not justify his comments aimed at hurting many poor Zambians who could be affected by his careless campaign against Zambia.

Any good lawyer always guards oneself from actions that would put innocent people in hams way while on a path to seeking justice.

This serves as a great lesson for us Zambian’s who always think justice can only be found in the west. This is a typical failed case where a Zambian prefers to hire a foreign lawyer over our own, only to get half backed justice.

Amsterdam is using ordinary Zambians as his human shield. He is looking for ways to hurt our economy. When he achieves that, he hopes the people will rise against the government and his client’s enemies.

What an evil way to seeking “justice” by using routes that only satisfy one’s selfish ego.

Amsterdam’s job should be to represent Henry Banda, and not fight Zambians.

This issue is very unfortunate and Amsterdam deserves to be reprimanded and condemned for his bad actions.

Lesson learnt, we need to stop hiring foreign people that will hurt us when they fail to do their work. Should we reexamine judge Chikopa’s appointed too? His appointment undermines our justice system.

Let’s build Zambia by Zambians and foreigners who love Zambia. Peace.