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Andeleki: Political Parties That Fail To Gain Political Ground Within 2 Years Will Be Deregistered
REGISTRAR of Societies chief registrar Clement Andeleki says political parties that fail to gain political ground within two years will be deregistered.
In an interview yesterday, Andeleki said parties that did not actively participate in elections but only endorse others would be deregistered once amendment of the societies Act chapter 119 of the Laws of Zambia was done.
“This is the view that we are going to take after amending the act. We have been consulting with stakeholders and we will even be presenting the amended Act to Parliament very soon,” he said.
Andeleki said it was unfortunate that most political parties in Zambia were just there to endorse other parties when it was election time and also gain donor funds.
He said there were 47 political parties in Zambia but only about six participated in elections.
Andeleki said deregistering political parties that did not actively participate in elections would prevent most other parties from using politics as a business.
He said people were supposed to use politics to benefit the whole country and not just to satisfy their desires.
“One thing I know for sure is that when a political party starts, it obviously starts from one town, say Lusaka and later on grow into a fully fledged political party with physical presence in all the provinces. That political party should be able to take part in elections instead of just endorsing other political parties. We are trying to bring sanity in the manner in which societies are being operated in the country,” he said.
He said his department would not allow other political parties endorsing and ratifying other political parties during elections because all parties were supposed to take part in elections.
And Andeleki said his department would engage church mother bodies to come up with a code of conduct for all church leaders.
The Council of Churches in Zambia in a Communiqué from the CCZ 29th general conference stated that the church mother body was looking forward to engaging with the Registrar of Societies to iron out problematic issues in the Act.
But Andeleki said the Church in Zambia was facing a lot of problems because the Act did not make provisions for the regulations of church leaders.
He said the Act only concentrated on the Church and not the individual.
“How do we discipline church leaders when the Act does not make provisions for such regulations? These are some of the grey areas that are found in the Act. There are a lot of people who are claiming to be pastors and bishops. Some even go as far as preaching in the buses and collecting offering…it is not right,” he said.
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Bingo
October 19, 2012 at 2:37 pm
Gud move bwana Andeleki..
Sibiligani Walibongani
October 19, 2012 at 2:47 pm
Iwe Adeleki, you’ve talked so much of late. Where have you been all this time for you to start making appearances with all that courage to distabilise the political parties.
I hope you are not paid indirectly just like chanda chimba then later flee.
taliban
October 19, 2012 at 4:08 pm
it starts with FDD and NAREP..hahahah
zemuntu
October 19, 2012 at 4:15 pm
i have decided to post this here coz every time these tribalists at ZW MBWA brings up a tribal issue and you want to correct the falseholds these tribalists wont show your comment.
Here are the facts.
In Northern Province,
Deputy PS – Eastern
Assistant Secretary- Eastern
Acting Chief Planner- Western
CSO Statistician- Western
Head Procurement- Southern
Provincial Accountant- Eastern
PEO- Southern
Head Zanis-Western
Head Personnel-Luapula
Head Meteology- Southern and these are facts,etc,
i wish you people who cry about development being taken to Muchinga could one day visit the place coz therez nothing in Muchinga. 21st century and wer still engulfed in tribal talk, just recently Cabinet Office apointd some! from SP to act as Chief Plana 4 Muchinga
KAYA
October 19, 2012 at 4:52 pm
Do the same with embassies if ur well informed n balanced
PUSO
October 19, 2012 at 9:13 pm
Good move,……..
Induna Akokana
October 20, 2012 at 1:40 am
@Zemuntu: Even though I have not always liked most of your postings, where ever I have seen them,I am obliged to endorse what you have said here about ba ZWD’s hypocrical stupidity, laced with a lethal dose of tribalism; ofcourse, nothing closer to the daring Bemba tribalism I have seen in this country Zambia.I believe the role of the media is to promote free speech based on a ‘preponderance’ of facts; not to muzzle it!
Real Buffalo
October 20, 2012 at 7:33 am
Ewe Andeleki.whats wrong with you? what democracy are preaching to us.keep your oppinion about politics to yourself and leave zambians to register as many parties as they wish, let no one scheme up like yourself to suppress their God given right to belong, form their political parties of their choice. what wrong with us zambians,when we given a little bit power, we tend to abuse it and pretend that we are knowing like god.Repent my brother.
kopala
October 21, 2012 at 3:09 am
Useless.