Fr Richard Luonde says greedy hypocritical forces pushed President Edgar Lungu to stand for election despite knowing his ill health so that they could control and plunder the nation’s resources.
Fr Luonde was commenting on President Lungu’s Sunday Interview televised on ZNBC on September 7, 2014 in which he, then as justice and defence minister, openly declared that he was diabetic and his health condition could not allow him to be Republican President because the job was too demanding. “He himself openly said it; his party would have said, ‘He said he has ill health, so let us avoid him.’
But because of greed and hypocrisy, people went ahead and forced him, pushed him into being President,” Fr Luonde said. He charged that President Lungu had no vision for this country because he had no dream of being Head of State. “I mean, he even said he had no vision during campaigns, and this could have been because he never aspired to be President.
He never planned to be President and now we have been reminded that earlier, he had stated that he did not want to be President because he was not well,” Fr Luonde said. He said President Lungu’s words had come back to haunt him because he went ahead and decided to be Head of State even when he knew he had a health problem. “His [President Lungu] words have come back to him.
He said it was a tedious job and he was not ready for it because of his health and not years went by, within a few months, he changed and said that he was healthy.
He was open and frank about his health, but what happened to the concerns he raised regarding his diabetic condition?” wondered Fr Luonde . “…Their interest was to form government by all means, so that they can take advantage of Zambia’s resources and now they are doing it at the expense of their friend’s life. It is very unfair and sad.
Source:The Post