{"id":25829,"date":"2022-07-04T22:04:57","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T22:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/im-a-puppet-of-zambians-hh"},"modified":"2022-07-04T22:24:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T22:24:21","slug":"im-a-puppet-of-zambians-hh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/im-a-puppet-of-zambians-hh","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m a puppet of Zambians-HH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>President Hakainde Hichilema has been annoyed by insinuations from his critics suggesting that he is a puppet of foreign entities. Democratic Party (DP) President Harry Kalaba and Socialist Party leader Fred M\u2019membe are among people that have branded President Hichilema as a stooge of foreigners.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kalaba once said that President Hichilema cares more about foreigners and the rich at the expense of majority poor Zambians that voted for him during the 2021 elections. But President Hichilema has described as noise accusations that he loves foreign entities.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the 2022 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking held at Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka on Tuesday, the Head of State said he was a puppet of Zambians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am asking the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) to finalise in this respect the drug and substance control policy. Please finalise the policy, take into account international instruments which constitute the cornerstone of the international drug control system. Madam resident coordinator from the UN (United Nations) you could assist us, you could help us in that regard. On best practices but also working together on the steps that are required to conclude that piece of law. That will help us now to derive laws from regulations and domestic ethos. We cannot deny that we are a member of the UN,\u201d President Hichilema said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI must say what I said yesterday (Monday) when we were swearing in and the UN aid colleagues visited us. The World Bank visited us. Young people separate between noise and substance please. I hear a lot of noise. Separate that noise from substance. I made a request to the DGE Director, a capable woman. I make a request to the UN Resident Coordinator, another capable woman. Tomorrow someone said HH believes in foreign entities. Aikona man. That is noise. That is politicking. The issue is that this is our own UN. We are the founders of the UN. We are members of the UN. It is our UN. That lady (UN representative) there works for us. Isn\u2019t it madam? She is a civil servant. An international civil servant working for our UN based in Zambia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>President Hichilema said Zambia has a stake in international organisations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, United Nations and Commonwealth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we are not asking a foreigner to assist or work with us. The IMF is not a foreigner, we are shareholders. We pay money. The World Bank is our own World Bank. That is why we want it to work with us. We want them to work with us but tomorrow you will hear the noise\u2019 HH is a stooge of foreigners and imperialists\u2019. I am not a stooge of the IMF. I am only a stooge of you people (Zambians). I love to be your stooge. So let\u2019s distinguish noise and substance. Then we should all say we should not be involved in the African Union because it is a foreign entity. Should we not be involved with the Commonwealth? I am sending a message because young people are afflicted by this scourge that affects everybody including elders feeding young people drugs. So research has been done already on our behalf by the United Nations. So let\u2019s work together. Otherwise, she wouldn\u2019t be here (UN envoy Zambia),\u201d he said. President Hichilema further called for concerted efforts in fighting drug abuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a nation we can\u2019t solve a problem we don\u2019t acknowledge, and so the moving testimonies we heard from the victims of drug abuse really underscored our collective aspiration to fight this vice, which has far such horrible consequences. Illegal drug dealing threatens to disrupt our way of life and the security of this nation. Sadly, those most affected by this vice are our youth, whose future this nation relies upon. That\u2019s why we called upon the Drug Enforcement Commission to finalise the Drug and Substance Control Policy, taking into account the international instruments which constitute the global cornerstone of the International Drug Control System. Illegal drugs can destroy families and tear communities apart. There is no place for drug traffickers in Zambia. We will find you. We will protect our communities, and our children, from the pain of addiction. If you think you are above the rule of law, you are wrong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\">Zambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. President Hakainde Hichilema has been annoyed by insinuations from his critics suggesting that he is a puppet of foreign entities. 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