{"id":12109,"date":"2021-12-22T16:45:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T16:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/leave-ecls-benefits-jonas-zimba"},"modified":"2021-12-22T17:10:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T17:10:15","slug":"leave-ecls-benefits-jonas-zimba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/leave-ecls-benefits-jonas-zimba","title":{"rendered":"LEAVE ECL\u2019S BENEFITS-JONAS ZIMBA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>FORMER President Edgar Lungu is entitled to benefitsby virtue of having held the office of Head of State hence with-holding his benefits is illegal, a Lusaka lawyer, Mr Jonas Zimba has said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Zimba said in an interview that it was unrealistic to claim that President Lungu had been active in politics considering the manner he had been conducting himself. He said withholding President Lungu\u2019s entitlement on the pretext that he was active in politics was a wild decision for anyone to make.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I know is that those benefits are an entitlement by virtue of being a former President, not whether you are active in politics or not. So to begin to extend that to the fact you are active in politics not-withstanding that you are former, you can\u2019t get the benefits, is a wild thing,\u201d Mr Zimba said.<\/p>\n

He said this in response to Vice President, Mutale Nalumango\u2019s statement in Parliament that the former President wouldn\u2019t be given his benefits until he retires from active politics.<\/p>\n

Mr. Zimba said the provisions of the \u201cBenefits of former PresidentsAct\u201d Chapter 15 of the Laws of Zambia provides for the pension and other retirement benefits of former Presidents<\/p>\n

needed to be challenged. \u201cThe provisions of the Act may need to be tested but from what I know and what I have seen and what I have read, the former President is not active in politics.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. FORMER President Edgar Lungu is entitled to benefitsby virtue of having held the office of Head of State hence with-holding his benefits is illegal, a Lusaka lawyer, Mr Jonas Zimba has said. 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