Kabimba says people were tired of hearing President Lungu’s plea of ignorance on theft.
“This is not the first time that Edgar is making that pronouncement and we are tired of listening to that pontification. What we want to see from Edgar Lungu now is action. He cannot keep on making pronouncements every time, what he needs to do is to take action. So that’s the problem that I have with Edgar myself, this is not the first time he is saying that he will deal with everyone who is corrupt in his government, he has said it several times. For as long as he continues making these pronouncements without taking any action, Zambians will not take him seriously. Zambians will either not take him seriously or they will think that he’s also involved. That will be the perception of the general citizenry; that either he’s not serious about the whole thing or he himself is involved. It is not enough for him to keep on saying ‘I am not involved’ we want to see him take action against those that are involved,” Kabimba said.
He said the investigative wings should take interest to investigate the dealings of the Head of State, saying executive immunity did not protect the President from being accountable.
“The President is only immune from prosecution because the article in the constitution says ‘nothing that the President does while in office shall make him amenable to prosecution.’ That’s what the article says, it doesn’t serve him from investigation no, he can be investigated. But even if they establish a case against him, you can’t prosecute him as a sitting President unless his immunity is removed by moving a motion to revoke his immunity under the constitution, like what happened to (former President) Rupiah Banda,” explained Kabimba.
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