CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says there’s no political benefit which President Hakainde Hichilema and the UPND will get from the proposed amendments to the Constitution. Addressing the media, Friday, Mweetwa said the proposal was purely because Zambians were dealing with an honest President and administration. “Talk about returning members of parliament back to councils in view of the expanded CDF and also the decentralisation process. This is not at variance with the doctrine of separation of powers within that same doctrine of separation of powers is what is called permissive overlap of one arm of government into the operation or the other. That’s why the Chief Justice is nominated and sworn in by the Head of State. And the...
