President Michael Sata should stop publicly castigating government ministers as it undermines their authority, says Father Frank Bwalya.
In a statement issued on behalf of his new political party, the Alliance for Better Zambia (ABZ), Fr Bwalya said it was “unbecoming” of President Sata to “humiliate” Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Effron Lungu, which occurred this weekend during a swearing in ceremony.
“Mr Sata should realize that castigating ministers in public demeans them and undermines their authority,” Fr Bwalya said. “Moreover, the President should always bear in mind that our ministers are grown up people with families and subordinates in their ministries. They deserve respect and kind treatment even when they go wrong.”
The ABV is urging President Sata to use better ways of dealing with government ministers and those that work with him, commenting that his habit of threatening government officials with dismissal each time they do something wrong is “cruel and very demotivating.”
“We are surprised that the President has been displaying his anger on trivial issues that have nothing to do with the problems our people face,” Fr Bwalya said. “We will be happy to see Mr. Sata annoyed about lack of good medical care for poor people, high cost of education, transport, meali meal and cement. Above all, President Sata should have been annoyed at the killing of defenceless citizens in the Kampasa land saga and many other bad things that have continued to happen in our country.”
Fr Bwalya was formerly aligned with the PF government, having campaigned heavily alongside President Sata before turning against the state and resigning from his position on the board of state utility ZESCO. Since his resignation, Fr Bwalya has been subjected to several physical attacks and threats of arrest.
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