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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Opposition Green Party Leader Peter Sinkamba has defended President Hakainde Hichilema\u2019s decision to delay the appointment of a new Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister following the resignation of Mr. Stanley Kakubo on December 26, 2023.<\/p>\n

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Mafken FM radio, Mr. Sinkamba has stressed that according to the Zambian constitution, the President possesses the discretionary power to appoint or disappoint any minister.<\/p>\n

He has further emphasized that President Hichilema\u2019s choice to appoint Justice Minister Mulambo Haimbe to temporarily serve as the Foreign Minister is within his constitutional authority.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. Opposition Green Party Leader Peter Sinkamba has defended President Hakainde Hichilema\u2019s decision to delay the appointment of a new Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister following the resignation of Mr. Stanley Kakubo on December 26, 2023. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Mafken FM radio, Mr. Sinkamba has stressed that according to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":58575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-58576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nGREEN PARTY LEADER BACKS HH\u2019s DELAY IN APPOINTING FOREIGN MINISTER - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Opposition Green Party Leader Peter Sinkamba has defended President Hakainde Hichilema\u2019s decision to delay the appointme ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/green-party-leader-backs-hhs-delay-in-appointing-foreign-minister\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GREEN PARTY LEADER BACKS HH\u2019s DELAY IN APPOINTING FOREIGN MINISTER\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Opposition Green Party Leader Peter Sinkamba has defended President Hakainde Hichilema\u2019s decision to delay the appointme ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/green-party-leader-backs-hhs-delay-in-appointing-foreign-minister\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-24T03:09:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-24T03:28:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2024\/02\/sm_1708732627.316673.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/green-party-leader-backs-hhs-delay-in-appointing-foreign-minister#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/green-party-leader-backs-hhs-delay-in-appointing-foreign-minister\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"GREEN PARTY LEADER BACKS HH\u2019s DELAY IN APPOINTING FOREIGN MINISTER\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-24T03:09:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-24T03:28:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/green-party-leader-backs-hhs-delay-in-appointing-foreign-minister\"},\"wordCount\":116,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/green-party-leader-backs-hhs-delay-in-appointing-foreign-minister#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2024\/02\/sm_1708732627.316673.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/green-party-leader-backs-hhs-delay-in-appointing-foreign-minister#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/green-party-leader-backs-hhs-delay-in-appointing-foreign-minister\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/green-party-leader-backs-hhs-delay-in-appointing-foreign-minister\",\"name\":\"GREEN PARTY LEADER BACKS HH\u2019s DELAY IN APPOINTING FOREIGN MINISTER - 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