Africa-Press – Zambia. LOCAL government minister Gary Nkomo has accused opposition PF of wanting to run government through the back door. Nkombo, in parliament on Tuesday, accused PF of collecting information from the government system adding that there is somebody within the government machinery who is feeding in.
He said there is a clear dichotomy between wanting to run a government and failing to accept that you lost elections and providing oversight role.
“But I am very concerned this afternoon and my concern is in the manner in which you are transacting business in this people’s assembly. There’s a clear dichotomy between oversight function and attempting to run a government using the backdoor,” Nkombo said. “I will ride on the standing order number 65 which compels us to be, first, factual and with verifiable information. Having said so Madam, it is clear from where I’m sitting that the honourable members of parliament from PF, the former ruling party, are collecting information from the government system. Going from what Mr Kafwaya was reading from his phone, it is very clear, there is somebody within the government machinery who is feeding in. Madam Speaker, my point of order is very serious. It’s extremely serious and is now overbearing on myself. Now I will tell you why it’s overbearing on myself. When I say there’s a clear dichotomy between wanting to run a government and failing to accept that you lost elections and providing oversight role…”
Nkombo said the PF wants to run government from the opposition benches thereby disrespecting the will of the Zambian people who voted them out. He said the PF have an illusion that they would come back into power.
“Madam, the example I will give you in order for you to appreciate where I’m coming from, in raising my point of order, is that not so long ago, the President Mr Hakainde Hichilema transferred one member of staff in State House to the foreign mission and there was an uproar from those who were in government then,” said Nkombo. “I am giving a clear example of an administrative adjustment. In his maiden answer, the Minister of Finance was very clear that this is an administrative investigation and that if the officers who have been cited in this, which may seem to be an irregularity are found to be innocent, they will go back and resume their employment and as it is they are just transferred. Is it in order, Madam, that we can be spending one whole hour over a group of people who lost elections wanting to run government illegally, by wanting to run government from the opposition benches? They are disrespecting the will of the Zambian people who voted them out and are still in an illusion that alebwelelapo pa mupando (returning to power).”
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