{"id":12091,"date":"2021-12-22T16:41:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T16:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/my-excitement-hope-in-upnd-being-replaced-with-fear-john-sangwa"},"modified":"2021-12-22T17:01:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T17:01:20","slug":"my-excitement-hope-in-upnd-being-replaced-with-fear-john-sangwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/my-excitement-hope-in-upnd-being-replaced-with-fear-john-sangwa","title":{"rendered":"My Excitement, Hope In UPND Being Replaced With Fear \u2013 John Sangwa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>I am worried because the initial excitement that I expressed and the hope that I expressed in the new government, I think it\u2019s being replaced with a sense of fear, Constitutional Lawyer John Sangwa, State Counsel, says.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Capital Radio\u2019s \u201cFrank on Capital\u201d program yesterday, Mr Sangwa said he expected a lot more adding that what he has seen so far is something that does not give him the comfort. He disclosed that he has vested interest in seeing President Hakainde Hichilema and his government succeed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think people misunderstood what the three months was all about. It wasn\u2019t about expecting government to succeed and accomplish all their programs in three months. I think it was, when I said that after three months, you get the flavour of which way or which direction the new government is taking the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that should be quite evident after three months because it is very difficult to assess that in two weeks or whatever but I think three months is a reasonable period of time to be able to determine whether we should sit comfortably thinking that we are in safe hands or we should get worried.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Sangwa bemoaned the emerging intolerance to criticism by the New Dawn Administration. He explained that criticism is made out of love for the government.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the other biggest problem which is emerging is intolerance to criticism. When we criticism government, we do so out of love and out of concern. Let me speak for myself. You see, I have the vested interest in seeing HH and his government succeed. I have a vested interest because I made a choice to say am not voting for Edgar Lungu am voting for HH. It\u2019s a question of judgement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople always confuse me for a UPND Member. They think that when you talk good about a political party you\u2019re a member of it, no. It\u2019s a matter of policies. When they do good you support them when they do bad things you criticize. So I have the vested interest in his success because the last thing you want is for people to say we made a mistake in 2021. That would also be a personal failure on my side. It means that my sense of judgement was wrong. Because it means that I have failed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Sangwa said failure of the President Hichilema and his government is also his failure because he gave them his vote. \u201cSo the 2.8 million Zambians that voted for them, they would have failed. So when we criticize, we criticize out of concern. We criticize because we want the government to do better. So there is a misunderstanding. People think when you criticize the government then you\u2019re anti-government. I am not anti-government, you just want them to do better,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo if you ask me, well I am actually worried. I am worried because I rated the President very high. But there is a sense of disappointment. Let\u2019s take for instance the current topical issue of removal of subsidies on fuel. Now, we have a situation where the President is being called a liar. That\u2019s not a good thing. Such words should never be used to describe a person. There maybe a factual basis for somebody to use those words but those words should not be used and when they are used we should interrogate why they are being used.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the State Counsel said the only requirement for proper leadership is honesty. \u201cOnce you\u2019re an honest person, I don\u2019t think you can have many challenges in governing. People should know that campaigning and governing are two different things all together,\u201d he said.- Zambia Reports<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. I am worried because the initial excitement that I expressed and the hope that I expressed in the new government, I think it\u2019s being replaced with a sense of fear, Constitutional Lawyer John Sangwa, State Counsel, says. 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