Lusaka youths petition Matibini against UPND MPs

Some Lusaka Youths have petitioned Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Patrick Matibini demanding action be taken against UPND Members of Parliament for shunning President Edgar Lungu’s address to parliament.

In their petition to the Speaker, the youths contend that the boycott by UPND MPs is an insult to the people of Zambia hence the need to take action against lawmakers

The Youths have recalled that in 2001, then UPND Leader Anderson Mazoka lost elections in the disputed general election which saw the UPND go to court, but that at no point did he instruct his Members of Parliament to boycott then President. Levy Mwanawasa’s address to the House.

They are asking the Speaker to withhold the salaries of the Members Parliament until such a time that they will recognize President Edgar Lungu as the duly elected President.

And the Evangelical Youth Alliance International (EYAI) has also written to the Speaker seeking tougher punishment for the UPND Members of Parliament whom they have accused of failing to firmly represent their electorates.

EYAI Executive Director Reverend Moses Lungu tells QTV News that this is because the MPs are failing to reason on their own, but are working under instructions from their political party leaders.