Mon, 08 Jan 2018 14:46:49 +0000 By AARON CHIYANZO PRESIDENT Michael Sata’s attempts to initiate radical constitutional changes were thwarted when “someone” swapped the speech he was supposed to deliver to Parliament in 2014 and replaced it with a watered down but longer version, which he refused to read. However, late president Sata’s former press aide, George Chellah insists there was nothing sinister in the speech. In the abridged speech, the Head of State had intended to propose that Presidential powers be devolved to a prime minister and as well institute electoral reforms to include proportional representation for parliamentarians. To obviate the expense of by elections. The longer speech which he was supposed to read did not have reference to these radical changes. In the speech, Mr Sata is supposed to have told Parliament that “Let us divorce our partisan and personal interests from the Constitution which we should all ensure is a credible legacy […]
