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Given Lubinda – Justice Minister
Justice Minister Given Lubinda says he will not be able to present the Constitution amendment bill to parliament in the next sitting.
He says this is view of the overwhelming response from various stakeholders who are making submissions towards the amendment of the republican constitution.
Mr. Lubinda has told QTV News that he has been advised by experts in his ministry that it will not be possible for the bill to be presented to parliament in the next sitting because they need time to look at the submissions.
Meanwhile, Mr. Lubinda has castigated political parties claiming that they were not directly engaged in the process of formulating the Political Parties Bill.
He says government cannot manage to write to every political party in the country asking them to make submissions towards the formulation of such pieces of legislation.
Mr Lubinda has since stated that he will not extend the September 15th deadline for political parties to make submissions towards the Political Parties Bill.