Q FM Africa's Modern Radio
The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has urged President Edgar Lungu to give a clear direction to the nation on the implications of the amended constitution on the electoral process as the country heads to the 2016 polls.
The President is tomorrow expected to sign the constitution amendment bill into law at a public ceremony to be held at Heroes Stadium.
FODEP Executive Director MacDonald Chipenzi in a statement issued to QFM News the President must explain which clauses are transitional and those for immediate implementation as many Zambians seem to be still in the dark as the document was not shared after parliament passed it on to him.
He states that in light of the controversy surrounding the constitution making process, the Minister of Justice should have clearly submitted and circulated the approved clauses by parliament and those dropped in the 1996 Constitution and the combined old and new clauses of the amended constitution to be assented by the president tomorrow.
Mr. Chipenzi has also appealed to President Lungu to save the meager national resources by assenting to the Constitutional Bill at State House.
He says this will be a cost effective platform of assenting to the Constitutional Bill than the stadium where people would have to be bused to and from the stadium at a huge cost to the country.
Mr. Chipenzi says it will be ironic for the President to call for a lavish ceremony in the face of economic challenges the country is facing, having announced austerity measures late last year and in conformity to the dictates of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).