LAZ : Someone Should Pay For Failed Constitution

Someone should be held accountable for the failure of the constitution-making process, says LAZ.

In an interview, Law Association Of Zambia (LAZ) president Musa Mwenye said it was amazing that after bungling the NCC (National Constitution Conference) process and the subsequent attempts at enacting a constitution, the individuals who were primary movers of the process were still holding public offices without any repercussions whatsoever.

“Clearly, the government has failed to deliver a people driven constitution and we have lost over K100 billion in this bungled process, and as Zambians, we need to promote a culture where we start holding our politicians accountable for failures such as the constitution failure.” He said.

Mwenye said even the current debate surrounding Article 34 sub-title three of the Constitution of Zambia which was the infamous parentage clause would not have arisen if the country had a people driven constitution.

And Mwenye said the constitution should never be taken back to parliament before the people approved of it in a referendum.  He said once the constitution is submitted to parliament without the people deciding what they wanted, parliamentarians would be empowered to impose their will over the aspirations of the people.

He said it was easy for Zambia to have the best, cheapest and most representative method of enacting a new constitution.

Mwenye disagreed with president Banda’s plans to take back the constitution to parliament if the MMD wins this year’s election, saying there was need to get back to the drawing board.

 

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