“As FODEP awaits to see how Kabimba will handle the Constitution making process”

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:03:59 +0000 Forum for Democratic Process (FODEP) has said that Zambian people are expectant of how the newly appointed Minister of Justice Wynter Kabimba will handle the Constitution making process issue. FODEP executive director Mac Donald Chipenzi said that Mr. Kabimba was one of the people who had a lot of reservations with some issues and especially contentious clauses such as the running mate 50 percent +1 threshold for the winning presidential candidate in the Constitution. Mr. Chipenzi said Justice Ministry had a huge task of undertaking genuine and political judicial reforms as well as delivering a people’s driven and owned Constitution. “Being a very crucial ministry in the dispensation of justice, we therefore hope that the new Minister will rise above partisan interests in the discharge of his ministerial duties and ensure that justice is delivered to all Zambians regardless of their party, religious, regional and tribal affiliations,” he said. […]