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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila says the agenda to lift former president Edgar Lungu\u2019s immunity will not work because UPND does not have the numbers in Parliament.<\/p>\n

Commenting on Anti-Corruption Commission Director-General Gilbert Phiri\u2019s remarks that there was need to amend the law so that Presidents who committed financial crimes did not hide behind immunity once they leave office, Mwila described the sentiments as a joke. He said the UPND must appreciate Lungu because he handed over power peacefully without any resistance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe law is there and it has been there that former presidents or Presidents have the immunity. It will not be possible for them to remove that. They don\u2019t know what they are talking about and they will not manage. But for them to go to Parliament to try to amend that law will not happen. It is a constitutional matter. They should just start harassing former president Edgar Lungu as an individual.<\/p>\n

As it is now, he is being harassed through his family and close friends. I want to say that if they have to go to him, they have to go to Parliament to lift the immunity. The UPND government knows that it is not possible because they don\u2019t have the numbers in Parliament. So what the Anti-Corruption Commission is saying on the need to amend the law, those are jokes. It will not happen,\u201d Mwila said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir agenda is to harass their opponents. The UPND government must appreciate that Edgar Chagwa Lungu handed over power peacefully without any resistance. So that agenda will not work. That agenda has been on the table for a long time. We are now 11 months now and that will not happen. They are harassing the wife, children and close friends. They know that these people don\u2019t have immunity. They are harassing us because we don\u2019t have the immunity. On the former president, they are not even sleeping. So what ACC is saying, that agenda or thinking will not work.\u201d<\/p>\n

And when asked whether the suggestion to amend the law with regards to the immunity, was targeted at Lungu, Mwila responded in the affirmative. \u201cOf course. UPND has stated that they have been targeting at the head of state. That is the agenda. I hope that Mr Phiri will be professional. I heard him on TV and he spoke very well. I hope that what he said is what he will be doing,\u201d said Mwila.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila says the agenda to lift former president Edgar Lungu\u2019s immunity will not work because UPND does not have the numbers in Parliament. 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