Sat, 17 Jun 2017 11:24:23 +0000 By ROGERS KALERO IT WAS wrong for opposition UPND Members of Parliament to boycott President Edgar Lungu’s address to Parliament and they should blame themselves for the punishment slapped on them, Anti-Voter Apathy Project (AVAP) Copperbelt provincial coordinator Poster Jumbe has said. Mr Jumbe said UPND MPs were in Parliament to represent the people in their constituencies and it was irresponsible of them to boycott President Lungu’s address to Parliament when he was talking about issues of national development. Mr Jumbe was reacting to the suspension of 48 UPND MPs last Tuesday when Parliament reconvened after recess as a consequence of the incident which happened on March 17, 2017. The Speaker Dr Patrick Matibini suspended the 48 MPs for a period of 30 days with effect from June 13 and challenged them to resign on moral grounds if they maintained that they did not recognize President Lungu as duly […]
