Tuesday 9 October 2012

NAMWALA DC CONFIDENT OF PEOPLE DRIVEN CONSTITUTION



Namwala District Commissioner Gevar Nsanzya  says government is determined to have a constitution in which the people of Zambia have an input in it as evidenced by the District Consultative foras held in different parts of Zambia.
Mr Nsanzya was speaking in Namwala District when he officially opened the Namwala District Consultative forum at Corner Point lodge yesterday.
He said that for the first time in the history of the constitution making process in Zambia, the government of Zambia has deemed it necessary to undertake a bottom up approach in the constitution making process.
Mr Nsanzya emphasized that the constitution making process was started immediately the Patriotic Front government coming to power when President Michael Sata appointed the Technical Committee on drafting the Zambian Constitution on 16thNovember 2011 and the work of the committee started on 1st December 2011.
Mr Nsanzya said that this constitution making process is a unique one in that the technical committee has been mandated to review the previous draft constitutions that emanated from the various constitution review processes and to draft a constitution that would last a test of time.
He further said that in order to ensure that the aspirations of the Zambian people are truly embodied  in the constitution making, the Technical Committee was tasked to be accountable to the people of Zambia by among others, consulting members of the public, sector groups, local and international experts on constitutional law and practice.
Mr Nsanzya said that the District Consultative forum has been convened primarily to obtain the views of the people in the district.

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