The International Institute of Democracy and Conflict Resolutions (IIDCR) has recommended that President Michael Sata drops all charges levelled against former President Rupiah Banda as part of the jubilee celebrations.
Organisation president Tresford Chomba told ZANIS in a statement that this will set a precedence saying the country cannot afford to continue humiliating leaders who have served the nation by parading them before the courts of law.
Mr. Chomba also recommended that the late former President Frederick Chiluba should be honoured posthumously.
He proposed that a university that is being constructed in Luapula Province be named after him.
He said Dr. Chiluba might have made mistakes but he was still a hero who fought for multipartism noting that the legacy follows him.
Mr. Chomba further recommends that the draft constitution be released to the general public as part of the jubilee gift to the Zambians.
He said there was need for the country to dialogue over those articles with intricacies by removing them and forge ahead with national development.
Mr. Chomba added that the President should also pardon former Defence Minister George Mpombo and all prisoners regardless of the offences they committed.
He said as a party in power, the Patriotic Front should maintain discipline and coordination at all levels so that there are no divisions and confusions.
Mr. Chomba noted that since ascending to power, President Sata has exhibited the most enviable level of leadership characterised with pardoning many prisoners.
SO, YOU WANT ONLY POOR PEOPLE TO BE JAILED AND NOT RICH ONES. RB AND HIS SONS, ESPECIALLY COMMITTED CRIMES AGAINST THE ORDINARY ZAMBIANS AND JUSTICE MUST BE SEEN TO BE WORKING REGARDLESS OF WHO COMMITTED THE CRIME. IN THAT CASE SATA SHOULD PARDON EVERY PRISONER IN JAIL. WHAT A NONSENSICAL REQUEST!
@Peter
Anyone with a shroud of legal understanding will tell you that the cases of corruption against RB that are before the courts are a sheer waste of Zambian tax payers money. The evidence is flimsy and based on the machinations of the Post Newspaper owner, the DPP and Kachingwe and it is unable to convict anyone.
The IIDCR know this fact hence the call. I for one would love for the trials to continue so that M’membe is further exposed. And if Sata does respond and drop the charges, we shall see him to be no different to RB who never pursued Chiluba as he should have done
@Its a worry
No one should intervene in court cases. If they know, the evidence is flimsy then they should not be seen to be siding with any side in a manner suggesting interference.
It is ridiculous really to tell a country and it’s judiciary to drop charges of crime and allow SA potential criminal into power. This is the problem with Western institutions that they want to interfere with our sovereign rights to pick our leaders.
That , ‘to allow A potential
I LOVE SATA!!!!!!! am kneeing down praying right now for his healing and long life ,,, i hope he is not doing these good acts from a death bed..some times dying people can be tricky,,, alll smiles in the morning and dead in the afternoon,,,,,,,mwebantu Sata is not dictator,, now i believe!!,,,,, it was all because Kabimba and Mmembe,,
@ndobo, BaSata didn’t do anything yet. The guy is asking him to do something good to society. To pardon all prisoners ….
back in the days when Sata was atleast healthy.
there are many other ordinary Zambians who deserve to be pardoned than politicians and i am sure thats what govt will do over Jubilee.
Our past leaders chose to humiliate themselves by their greed so the law has to take its full course
Are they serious. How does allowing democratically elected officials to defraud the people who elected them and entrusted their resources to them?
This is so ridiculous. It must be a joke.
Some animals are more equal than others. George Orwell
Dropping corruption charges against former head of state will send wrong sinals to future heads of state. Those who aspire for such position MUST know they owe a nation decency of servanthood, falling short of that is courting the law to take its course. IIDCR’s suggestion to discontinue corruption charges against Chiluba, Banda and Mpombo is aiding and abetting to corruption of these individuals and to that effect IIDCR becomes irrelevant to the Zambian nation.
@Aquilla
someone has to cut off the bad past,,, and make clean start for all like mandela,,,,morever, he himself sata“s hands are not clean,, in fact he has vey corrupt hands
Rubish!!! How about releasing from prison all our brothers and sisters who just stole maize or some cash to buy food for staving Family?
How about honor–Athur Wina, Baldwin Nkumbula, VJ, Edward Shamwana and Christon Tembo. These are they guys that fought for multi-party-ism NOT the little Congolese Kafupi guy. How about name the university in Luapula after Baldwin Nkumbula or VJ considering you are able to name airports, schools with people from NP, LP for infrastructure in other provinces. Show us that you believe in One Zambia One Nation.
But this punk is really a nonentity,what cn make a grown ass man say all dat nonsense? Only weed
“Mr. Chomba noted that since ascending to power, President Sata has exhibited the most enviable level of leadership characterised with pardoning many prisoners.”
Yebo Chomba your standards of enviable leadership are pretty trashy huh! What exactly is there to be enviable about Sata?
Only a Bemba thinks releasing criminals is normal. This Chomba chap is messed up.
kikikikikikikikikikiki,,, i hope my friend @Nostradamus wont read this,,,, otherwise kaya!!!!!
It’s f..lish imbiciles like Tresford Chomba who take our country backwards. How do you honour a thief and pardon a thief who steals from the general populace. You are full of sh*t Chomba
I agree and support the views of those that say dropping charges against RB is wrong and will send a wrong message to successive leaders including Sata.
It’s simple, no one is above the law. Imagine the damage and misery RB would have caused Zambians had he completed a 5-year term as president. Let his cases continue. Justice must be served.
If Sata drops these cases he will be accused of interfering with the judiciary thus making the work of dispensing justice very difficult.
Why not speak for the poor who are given long prison sentences for stealing a chicken because of hunger?
This is one most foo-lish suggestion I have ever heard. Chomba’s proposal is so contrary to what the organization stands for (or should stand for). Firstly, the conviction of Mpombo does not suggest that there are conflicts but vindicates the fact that the essential arms democracy are at work. And suggest that RB is being victimized is shameful. Courts are there to give chance to the aggrieved opportunity for the accused to defend themselves. It is Justice at work, not victimization. Chomba’s suggestion will not set the precedence he is hallucinating about. Instead, an impression will be set that politicians are untouchable, that courts and prisons do not belong to them, that the Executive is above the Judiciary and that corruption is okay!
Please someone stop that lunatic Chomba immediately! Leaders who are supposed to be servants of the poor people should behave well and honorably while serving. It’s this kinda mentality that we are still lagging behind. Wrong doers don’t deserve forgiveness unless they accept and plead guilty! Let the law take its course period. Punish thieves to serve as a lesson to the current and future generations!
@its a worry
Says, “Anyone with a shroud of legal understanding will tell you that the cases of corruption against RB that are before the courts are a sheer waste of Zambian tax payers money” And he goes on to say that “The evidence is flimsy and based on the machinations of the Post Newspaper and brah, brah”
Then why not let the courts or justice determine?
With all the corruption and stealing going on in Zambia and the hero worshiping of people who get away with crime, this is uncalled for from these people who think they know better. Now that RB even wants to get back into Politics, its high time they changed the law for stiffer punishments. RB wa a retired politician in rural chipata doing farming. Let the courts do their work. The justice system and prisons where not put up for poor people but for any one who breaks the laws of the land.
Chomba is an exhibit of moral bankruptcy that has afflicted Zambia. He should be asking to be pardoned those individuals jailed for sexing chickens, goats and dogs. If anything public officers caught stealing should receive the harshest jail terms. God, how did we sink so low? Chomba, you are literally an empty head, a simpleton.
These boys are talking nonsense
Many of us strongly believe that President Sata connived with and recruited personnel endowed with the worst human genes to punish our very own Rupiah Banda, Hakainde Hichilema, Dorah Siliya, Maxwell Mwale, Garry Nkombo, Mulusa and anyone reputed to have intelligent leadership qualities. For instance, Kabimba, Mmembe, Mutembo Nchito, Judge Chibesakunda, Dr. Matibini share the same genes of cruelty.
If Sata values 24th Oct. 2014 so dear to his heart, then he must discontinue the persecution of RB and HH in same spirit he has been pardoning hard-core criminals from prisons. Or else it will be a PF to celebrate their deeds.
Therefore, 24th October 2014 will be just like any ordinary day of national bereavement due to persecution under the PF regime.
You really must be a criminal and beneficiary of the proceeds! If not, ninshi ulichikopo fye mune.
This debate should continue, its interesting. I have taken a neutral position
I agree with Mr. Chomba but there is no case against RB everything was schemed by FRED MEMBE, KABIMBA, MUTEMBO NCHITO for fear of RB’S coming back after they realised that he still qualify to stand as Presidential candidate, they just wanted to humiliate him in eyes of people, see how KABIMBA removed his immunity for the first time in the history Parliament to pass such serious motion with 80 MPs supporting it not the required 106. They went ahead connived with KACHINGWE to testify against RB using a fake govt seal made in the street of Nigeria, but up to now Kachingwe is walking free not being in prison for admitting that he made a fake govt seal just trying to fix the old man. These evil people will not succeed in their criminal tactics of wanting to bring down every potential winner
This is nonses let the law take its course.like many are saying why not pardon petty crimninals,Theft of public funds deprive alot of the poor people who die because of the money meant to improve their welfare, health education etc was stolen by greed people like RB.Let him face the law,
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let trial continue for RB in order to vindicate him and shame mmembeand cartel. but order the prosecutor to speed up and stop adjournments by the dpp. if he has full evidence kabimba lied in parly, why is dpp still investigating and fishing for evidence?