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Given Lubinda – Justice Minister Picture by Albert Mpezeni
Justice Minister Given Lubinda says enforcement of a Constitutional Court ruling that found his Predecessor Dr. Ngosa Simbyakula and 96 ministers wanting will be done once Government concludes studying legal ramifications.
Mr. Lubinda says it is a mark of selfishness for one to pledge to repay or refuse to do so as the Constitutional Court action taken is on a group and not necessary an individual litigation on a Zambian citizen or public official.
Mr. Lubinda, who is serving as Patriotic Front (PF) Kabwata Member of Parliament in Lusaka Province reaffirmed that as a group they had reached consensus to wait for a collective Government position.
He has reiterated a need to allow thorough interrogation of how the treasury will implement the judgment, to allay fears that the rights of the 96 ministers could be infringed on account of the intricate Constitutional matter.
Mr. Lubinda says he will equally be guided by decisions of the Zambian Government as the matter at hand involving the 96 ministers and Zambia’s Ambassador to the United States Dr. Ngosa Simbyakula is legally intricate.
Following last year’s ruling that President Edgar Lungu constitutionally stumbled by allowing ministers to remain in office after dissolution of parliament, pressure has been mounting on the 96 ministers and others to repay the money in a campaign dubbed Payback Public Money.