YALI petitions government to table governance reforms in parliament
The Young African Leaders Initiative has petitioned government to expeditiously publish and table the key governance reforms in Parliament.
“The government can not afford to be distracted because the failure of this reform process will not be borne by the Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) or the Church. The failure will be the direct responsibility of the government itself.
“We may not need to remind the government that there are so many people who may wish it to fail!”
“The petition is motivated by the fact that since mid-2017, the process to clean up the laws and move the reform agenda has stored. No tangible progress has been achieved!
“The country can not be on a stand still! We have to move forward and make progress. All of us must be alive to the fact that the 2021 elections are around the corner and we can not continue to procrastinate any further,” he said.
“May we also take this opportunity to remind the opposition that the governance reform agenda is for the good of the country. There comes a time when national interest must override political persuasions and agendas. This is a moment for sobriety, maturity and magnanimity! We pray our opposition can see sense in what we saying and jump on the bandwagon and support this governance reform agenda.
“As we say this we do not mean any malice but wish only for the greater good of our motherland. The opposition should remember that had we put national interest first, by now the Zambian people would have had an expanded bill of rights,” he said.
“We advise the church to be sensitive, that they are not used to divide this nation by politicians. We say this in all honest and wishing nothing but good will for the church! The church in Zambia can do well to learn from the sad happenings in Rwanda and ensure that Zambia does not become yet another example were the church would be perceived to be fueling confusion as opposed to promoting peace and unity,” he said.