The Opposition United Party for National Development -UPND- has alleged that the ruling Patriotic Front -PF- has opposed the reintroduction of Deputy Ministers following pressure from citizens.
UPND President Hakainde Hichilema says the statement by PF Secretary General Davies Mwila is merely responding to pressure from the masses.
Addressing the media in Lusaka, Mr. Hichilema also called on Zambians to push for the withdrawal of the constitution amendment bill alleging that government is trying to allow Ministers continue in office even after Parliament has been dissolved.
And Mr. Hichilema has accused government of trying to amend the Bank of Zambia mandates of printing money and supervising banks because it wants to print money.
He also accused the PF of wanting to dissolve the Financial Intelligence Centre -FIC- and make it a department of the Drug Enforcement Commission so that the public may not be informed about illicit money transactions.
Mr. Hichilema further called for the country to go back to the Church led dialogue process and abandon resolutions of the National Dialogue Forum -NDF- which he said was illegal.
He said the country should also agree to a broad-based reform process governed by the rule of law that allows freedom of assembly and non-selective application of the public order act.
Source: ZNBC
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I’LL NOT IMPOSE GAY RIGHTS ON ZAMBIANS IN EXCHANGE FOR DONOR AID-PRESIDENT LUNGU
President Edgar Lungu has said that he will not impose gay rights on Zambians in exchange for donor aid. President Lungu said that certain rights that are enjoyed in other parts of the world may not be accepted by Zambians.
The President said that cultural differences have proved that some of the rights enjoyed in some countries cannot be applied elsewhere.
President Lungu said this when outgoing Swedish Ambassador to Zambia Henrik Cederin paid a courtesy call on him at State House.
The President assured the envoy that Government will continue cooperating with the Swedish Government in terms of cooperation in areas such as gender equality.
Mr. Cederik has thanked President Lungu for always being available to meet him in the past four years that he has served his country in Zambia.
He praised the Head of State for his stance on the quality of life for Zambians in areas such as sexual reproductive health.
Mr. Cederin said he had to deal with two major cases of corruption during his time as Swedish Ambassador involving misapplication of funds at the Zambia National Farmers Union and in relation to the social cash transfer.
He has since thanked President Lungu having taken a clear stance in dealing with the corruption cases where the Head of State encouraged the concerned Cooperating Partners to make sure that they get to the bottom of the matter.
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