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50% plus 1, Presidential Running Mate Parley Bound
Justice Deputy Minister Keith Mukata has disclosed that the 50% plus one vote and the presidential running mate are some of the clauses government will take to parliament for amendment when the house resumes sitting next month.
Mr Mukata adds that government will also table the clause on having a fixed general election date among other clauses which do not need to be subjected to a referendum.
Mr. Mukata has to QFM News in an interview that government will be disclosing more clauses which will be taken to parliament for amendment as time goes by.
He has advised stakeholders to consult widely on other clauses they want government to take to Parliament for amendment.
Mr. Mukata says the amendment of the constitution is a continuous process which requires the inputs of relevant stakeholders.
He says his ministry is consulting widely with relevant stakeholders including the opposition political parties, adding that what government is doing is merely to provide leadership.
Mr. Mukata has however cautioned that taking the clauses to parliament does not mean they are guaranteed of being enacted, stating that parliament has the powers to reject or approve them.
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Herve Stalin
May 22, 2015 at 9:24 am
50% + 1 just increases the price of electing a president.
mj banda
May 22, 2015 at 9:34 am
@Herve stalin, you are very right cos HH will never gather 50 + votes to go to plot 1 and hence can never touch it cos it ll aways be stalemate and re runs thru out. Or he ll just be crushing in kalingalinga.
Hildah Malama
May 22, 2015 at 10:35 am
The Green Truth is that Edgar Lungu will lose Presidential Elections next year in 2016, unless he urinates from his mouth.
Time is up for Lungu. HH is the Man of the People.
Isaac
May 22, 2015 at 10:51 am
Since when imwe ba Hildah became a political analyst? There is no indicator that points at Hakainde that he can win elections at any level. This is a dram that you used to have since 2011. We were being told Hakainde is already a winner but alas this never come to pass and will be never be. Your job imwe ba Hildah is to bark like a rabid dog and you will continue barking even 2016 coz your man Hakainde is no where near to smell a victory!
Mukabwana
May 22, 2015 at 9:50 am
The trend of primitive Zambian men stripping women naked in public is not right and it should be stopped!!
Mobs of classless stinking men surround a beautiful woman and rip away her clothes until she is naked.
Primitive Zambian man be civilized its none of their business what someone is wearing.
Shame on these lowlifes, when did anyone’s dressing became another person’s business?
These savages are potential rapists who should rot in jail
The last time i checked God created us naked and in African culture women wore bark-skin “G-String” and nothing on top… Chitenge’S AND SALAULA WERE BROUGHT BY MUZUNGU’S
Shame on you Zambian idiots!!
kakolwe
May 22, 2015 at 4:38 pm
Iwe, ili ilyashi twalikonkluda! You are out of sync. People are debating critical issues iwe you are stuck pa clit-exposure!!!!! Ala!!!!! Go protest around Kulima Tower NAKED, with your deadlocked pubic & erect d!ck.
Hello Haters
May 22, 2015 at 7:02 pm
Kikikiki mukabwana angankale na di*k? Taumfwa iwe.
New Educated Zambia©
May 22, 2015 at 11:33 am
The PF takes zambians for a ride again. Why should they decide piecemeal what should be taken to parliament? is this PF’s constitution or that of the zambian people? Let the zambian people decide and not a few selfish individuals with personal interests to decide on those clauses that they know will not affect them or will have a positive effect on their hold on power. Please let us vote UPND. PF lied to you about constitution now they are playing delaying tactics. foolish
VAMPIRO
May 22, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Dep justice minister said that govt is providing leadership. Meaning the rest are doing the work citizens involved. So if Yu @nez ain’t doing nothing then yu are not part of the process.
kakolwe
May 22, 2015 at 4:45 pm
You ask if it is ‘PF’s constitution? Tell me, are they taking it to the.PF’s parliament? Is parliament comprised of ‘a few selfish individuals?’
That aside, but I also hope we can get past this constitution hurdle for good in this country. I’d, for once, be happy to see people campaign on real issues. Not this all the time.
chanda
May 22, 2015 at 1:42 pm
ba hildah ine ndebomfwila uluse bushe tabakaikulike hh ngaalusa? cos she is so much in HH, mama concentrate with yo life and work hard to leave a legacy.A man always disapoints bt if u trust God u wil neva b disapointed. stay cool
PANTUFYE
May 22, 2015 at 1:52 pm
Hilda Hamalama,what are you smoking?
Motototo
May 22, 2015 at 1:57 pm
Hildah chee colour chobe with due respect
poly
May 22, 2015 at 2:16 pm
Yaba! Suppose we have 5,000,000 voters for arguments sake and non of the usual 10+1 Presidential candidates gets 2,550,000 votes. We then go for a re-run with the top two candidates and they both fail to get 2,550,000 votes. Where do we go from here? This scenario may seem hypothetical but we shall soon get there.
A lot of changes do happen in the 90 days before we cast again.My appeal to the learned technocrats is to seriously look at this issue from a wider perspective so that in future we are not leaderless for a long time.
poly
May 22, 2015 at 2:19 pm
@Hilda Malama, using abusive language against our leaders has never been known to be exciting.Just be civil and grow up.
Isaac
May 22, 2015 at 2:39 pm
A lunatic will never grow my dear bro. If all the ladies in this country or world over were like this Hildah, most of us men wouldn’t be bothered to marry one. She really belongs to dust bin!
Kenny
May 23, 2015 at 6:05 am
Insults wil never take us anywhere.
Maano
May 22, 2015 at 3:31 pm
Rubbish!
Why should this Regime pick and choose for us – are they really serious?
Who tells them that they own this Country and that the peaople of this Nation are their subjects or, indeed, servants to throw their left overs? As zambians,we are very docile! How can we allow people to buy our Votes using our own hard earned money and let them Rule us at their own whims? Very disgusting! I am very annopyed with this development.
kakolwe
May 22, 2015 at 5:52 pm
Walapoleka iwee. Go jump into the deep freezer & cool off for 30 seconds. Whom did you sell your vote to? Who has measured your docility? What you call ‘docile’ in upnd may be called ‘reasoning’ PF. What you term ‘agitation in upnd, may be translated for ‘childish excitement’ in FDD. So speak for hakainde & HIS upnd that they are docile and childish.
Hello Haters
May 22, 2015 at 6:49 pm
iwe kolwe who gave authority to down dress UPND in such temperantal manner , such unwarranted scathing attack is uncalled for, i mean maano has not mentioned any party in his comment, what has made you align him/her to UPND? Why should with opposing views from yours be deemed UPND.
kakolwe
May 22, 2015 at 8:32 pm
Twalishibana kale guys! Even you @H. Haters, I’d say Isaac, you’d know PF will be sung accolades, tutu & you know that poosies & d!cks will be celebrated. Say NEZ & you know that “We-in-the-upnd-when” will be stated. So boy hh, we have come from far. Can you point me to any blogger who is pro-any other party in Zm?
Hello Haters
May 23, 2015 at 8:10 am
How about chifumo banda and Antonio mwanza, they are pro nawakwi.
New Educated Zambia©
May 22, 2015 at 6:39 pm
vote upnd next time mune. We welcome you with open arms. we thank you
kakolwe
May 22, 2015 at 8:39 pm
Iwe NEZ! Welcome who? Maano has been UPND from inception! Apapene mwasokoloka you think even upnd old guns are new? @Maano, where have you hidden Mali, the C/belt upnd stalwart?
New Educated Zambia©
May 22, 2015 at 10:22 pm
kiki can you imagine this silly cretin. Do you see how foolish you look? Whether maano is upnd or not, we are still welcoming him and telling him to vote UPND. Why do you assume that just because he is upnd now, if at all he is, that he voted upnd in the last elections? it is assumptions based on lack of facts by the pf that has got us in this position we are in as a country. I will forgive you because it is friday today and you might be speaking under the influence of timwenge
kakolwe
May 22, 2015 at 11:22 pm
How do you say ‘Welcome!” To a person you”ve found sitting inside the house? Kambi kakapenapofye! Anyway, Zambia yesu bonse. Sleep well boyi NEZ.
kanono
May 22, 2015 at 7:56 pm
50+1 ikalapwafye indalama sha calo elyo tukekala ukwabula president pantu tukala bwekesha bwekeshapofye ukula voter pantu tapali political party president uli onse uukasumina ukupela umunankwe ama votes bcoz of selfishness,ukwali insoke takwafwile abantu
syms
May 22, 2015 at 10:51 pm
practically and reality are to the side of pf government over the Constitution making process. whether you like it insult or shout just come to tames with it otherwise mukaya impanga.