SOLWEZI UPND member of parliament Teddy Kasonso says he does not see any reason why he should walk out of Parliament when the Constitution Amendment Bill Number 10 is being debated.
When Justice Minister Given Lubinda introduced the controversial Bill for second reading, Tuesday, all UPND members of parliament walked out of the House, save for three who opted to stay, namely: Professor Geoffrey Lungwangwa of Nalikwanda constituency; Kasonso and his Senanga counterpart, Mukumbuta Mulowa.
But in an interview, Kasonso said he did not see the point of walking out as he was still waiting for the amendments which were due to be presented by Lubinda for him to make up his mind on how to vote.
“What was the reason for me to have walked out? Let us wait for the amendments, which will come from the Minister of Justice that is when my position would be known. If PF will bring things that are not in the (Select) Committee recommendations, then I will vote against them. But if they include them, I have no problem. I was part of the Committee, which cleaned up the Constitution. Read the recommendations of the Select Committee and compare it with the proposed Bill by government. Let us see what the PF government will do. Are they going to go by the will of the people who came to submit or not? That is a bigger position. Is there any clause that you think is very contentious, which we, the Committee, did not address? People are saying, ‘no, Cabinet will print money.’ Of course, they brought a lot of proposals we rejected all the contentious issues. We are waiting if they will amend; if they don’t amend, tough luck, nobody can support that,” Kasonso said.
He also refuted reports that he was bought by ruling party agents.
“That is politics! Are you telling me that the people from the other camp that are supporting UPND have also been bought by the UPND? Unless you are me telling that, that is the position. It is principal! I was a member of the Select Committee; why do you want me to run away from the recommendations of the stakeholders of which I was part of? Our Committee was speaking to government to do the right thing, do what people want, that is what I am waiting for. I am not going to run away from the recommendations of the people, no! In fact, you should be asking me why am I not pushing the PF to do the right thing,” argued Kasonso.
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Ba Kasonso Insoni ebuntu…
A wrong will always be wrong no matter what you make of it..
And what makes you think that those recommendations of yours will be implemented?
Am puzzled,
dont you think even an animal can reason better.
Judas, Judas, Judas how many time have I called your name? You should have not used the vehicle you jumped on to get to parliament. Just eat the 30 pieces, one day you will fall headfirst, your body will burst open and all your insides will spill out. That is how Judas reaches his end.
Please let us act maturely as honorable members, running away is not a solution vote against that is the rule, Zambians when are we going to grow!!! Congrats Kasonso
Don’t fool us kasonso, you mean up to date you don’t know what is in bill ten,
If that bill went through it means it you who remain in there,
We are watching you from solwezi, fight for your people who sent you to parliament.
Ver educative and we’ll researched articles.Please do an article on mixed member electoral system for Zambian citizen to understand it before Bill 10 is passed.I thank u.
That fake MP
People are suffering because of MPs who have no heart for them! Remember the anti-referendum advocates, HH and GBM what have the masses gained, pin UStS. Lousy MPs walkout from issues. Voters Mark them out for 2021
This is a clear indication that Mr kasosnso been compromised, but he ll be ashamed coz Bill 10 will still fail. Don’t you know that even some pf MPs are not in support of that Bill.