VIRTUALLY every time that MMD president Nevers Mumba is accorded a public audience, he inexplicably states his thinly veiled fear of being jailed. He was at it again yesterday when he called the press for a
briefing at which he charged that President Sata wants to jail him. What he didn’t say is that President Sata is not a judge hearing any of the cases that the MMD leader is facing, so how does President Sata come in?
Pastor Mumba would do well to pray real hard for God’s guidance to do that which is right to keep him away from the courts of law.
If he is innocent, there is no need for him to worry. The law will take its course and if he has done no wrong, he will be a free man.
He should, however, not expect preferential treatment because every citizen is equal before the law.
This is why President Sata is giving no special treatment even to his own ministers and his other appointees, some of whom are now either being probed or already facing the judges.
Therefore, rather than try to blame President Sata for his frailties, Pastor Mumba should be commending the Head of State for his magnanimity in ensuring that there are no sacred cows in the quest for respect of the law.
It is understandable that Pastor Mumba may find it difficult to give praise where it is due, in which case it would be better for him to keep quiet on matters rather than try to blame others for his own shortcomings.
He also claims that the PF Government is all out to destroy the MMD through court petitions against some parliamentary election results.
What he should be asking himself is if it is legal to petition an election result. Obviously it is lawful, so it is within the rights of any aggrieved party to seek the courts’ interpretation of any alleged electoral malpractice.
The PF losing candidates were aggrieved and so they petitioned. For some of them, the petitions have been justified as the courts have ruled in their favour.
If the losing MMD candidates were also aggrieved, they, too, should have brought their concerns to court. They did not and they can only have themselves and their leadership to blame.
It also does not make any sense for Pastor Mumba to demand early general elections. There just is no justification for him to make this demand.
In fact he is contradicting himself on the argument that the by-elections are costing the country a lot of money. Does he reckon that general elections would be cheap?
Wouldn’t he be the first one to cry foul and question where the money for general elections would come from just as he is lamenting that the by-elections are costing Zambia a lot of money?
In any case, even if general elections were to be called today, does Pastor Mumba honestly think that the MMD still has the muscle to return to power? It is within his democratic right to think so, but that would be a case of losing track with reality on the ground.
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