Sinkamba calls on President Lungu to dissolve parliament

Peter Sinkamba

Opposition Green Party president Peter Sinkamba has called on President Edgar Lungu to consider dissolving Parliament not only to save the decorum of the house, but also to promote national values and principles.

Mr. Sinkamba says the on-going circus in Parliament since September last year undoubtedly shows that the Executive cannot effectively govern the country.

He says the suspension yesterday of 48 UPND Members of Parliament (MPs) which is almost one third of the House representing half the country is a confirmation that the National Assembly has failed to objectively and reasonably carry out its legislative function.

Mr. Sinkamba says there is no way the President can claim that in its current state, Parliament is promoting national values and principles espoused in Article 8 of the Constitution of Zambia when HALF OF the country is not represented in the House.

Mr. Sinkamba fears that if President Lungu fails to dissolve Parliament, the circus will continue and that the UPND Members of Parliament will again walk out on him as he goes back to Parliament in September for the ceremonial opening of the National Assembly.