Veteran politician Nason Msoni says if the Patriotic Front thinks that it will guarantee its political future by manipulating the draft constitution it is wrong.
Msoni said it was strange that officials that could hardly win an election in their own villages were championing the manipulation of the constitution.
And the political activist also notes that the fear of the 50 plus one vote was causing panic in the PF regime.
“The constitution making process has entered the most difficult and slippery phase where those ultimately charged with the responsibly of overseeing the smooth transition of the process have turned-out to be an interested party thereby seriously endangering and compromising the integrity of the process and the future of ever crafting a truly people-driven constitution,” he said.
“The true enemies of the constitutional making process are those who can’t win elections anywhere and not even in their own village background environment under the current subsisting flawed Republican constitution.”
He said: “It is inconceivable political mischief for anyone person to think and imagine that by circumventing the collective will of the Zambian people in the draft constitution into another same-old diluted document then their political ambition can be assured and secured and possibly guaranteed at some point in time to assume the office of Republican President.”
Msoni adds: “We think the Centre and source of discomfort in the draft constitution document is obviously the 50 +1 threshold for a winning Presidential candidate and the intended fusion of unholy tailored provisions meant to shamelessly bar as many potential Presidential candidates as possible so as to have a near-free passage into state house.”
He said, “We want to caution that those intent on circumventing the popular proposals in the draft constitution that they should be mindful that pushing their luck too far could have disastrous political consequences which could ultimately spell doom as the dynamics on the ground have dramatically shifted and are tilting in favor of regime change.”
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