By Daily Revelation Reporter
Lumezi independent member of parliament Munir Zulu said he would swap Tanzanian President Samia Sululu Hassan to be his leader.
In his remarks delivered in parliament following President Hassan’s address to Parliament, Zulu said exclaimed what he termed as the Tanzanian President’s humility.
“Had the African Union charter permitted the Zambian people or indeed the African people to be swapping Presidents I would have chosen President Sululu Hassan,” Zulu said. “I would have chosen President Sululu Hassan to be my leader because of the levels of humility.”
He described President Hassan’s humility to lead as being second to none, saying ordinarily in his culture men lead but only in rare circumstances would he accept a woman to lead, and that was President Hassan.
“You will not hear the brutality that we have gone through under the banner of saying we have brought about the rule of law. Which rule of law? A rule of law that allows you to come and break my house when I am not armed. A rule of law that only allows 15 Zambian police officers from one region to be arresting all political matters? In this country?” Zulu said, wondering what rule of law that was and that without shame to even infuse in people from the “north, east, west, south” to be arresting people.
He said had she known that as she was addressing members of parliament, “Sean Tembo’s house because he’s from the east was being broken into by 15-inch hammers.”
Zulu said had she known she was not going to speak the famous quote by Dr Kenneth Kaunda of “Tiyende Pamodzi.”
Zulu hailed the address by President Hassan to the members of parliament as it came during the time when Zambia was celebrating 59 years of being independent.
He said when an important leader like that visits the country, they should be given an opportunity to interact with members of parliament from the opposition so that the information that is shared on the floor of the house is not only misleading but factual.
Zulu said President Hassan should have been made aware that opposition members of parliament were rarely allowed to make submissions.
He said one thing that attracted him the most about President Hassan was her levels of humility where when her aide walked to her to take a seat, the President said she could not sit when addressing the members of parliament.
Zulu said a regime could deregister a political party on paper but not the unity of purpose of the people involved.
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