ZCID still engaging the Church on chairing presidential summit

Jackson Silavwe

The Zambia Center for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) says it is still engaging with the Church on chairing the presidential dialogue summit.

ZCID Spokesperson, Jackson Silavwe says the ZCID is following the mandate it was given by its constituency that the Church be brought on board in the dialogue process.

Mr. Silavwe says the Center also holds the view that if the dialogue meeting among political leaders is going to stand a test of time, it should be all inclusive.

In an interview with QTV News by telephone, Mr. Silavwe says to this effect, the ZCID has been meeting with various individual church mother bodies.

Mr. Silavwe says the ZCID last Tuesday met the Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ), the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) and the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB).

He says the ZCID expects to hear from the three Church mother bodies in the Course of this week.

Mr. Silavwe states that the ZCID will therefore not give the date on which the presidential summit will be held until it conclusively resolves the issue of chairing the summit with the Church.