FLS executive director, Edwin Lifwekelo said in Lusaka yesterday that
following the action by the law enforcement agencies to investigate and
prosecute Mr Nchito, the organisation was demanding his resignation on
moral grounds.
Mr Lifwekelo demanded: That Mutembo Nchito resigns on moral grounds.
He cannot be expected to be prosecuting legal matters on behalf of the
people of Zambia when he is facing serious criminal allegations.
He said that Mr Nchito could not be expected to bring people to justice when he was about to face the same justice.
The police on Saturday summoned Mr Nchito and Post Newspapers editor,
Fred M'membe and recorded warn and caution statements from them over
the issue of the defunct airline.
Mr Lifwekelo said if Mr Nchito chose not to resign, the director of
public prosecution (DPP), Chalwe Mchenga should immediately remove him
from the position of public prosecutor.
He called on the Post Newspapers to stop what he described as mockery
of the serious legal proceedings with its comments, editorials and
coverage. He said that the investigations had taken a serious turn with
the warn and caution statement recorded.
The Post should cease to carry prejudicial and contemptuous comments relating to Zambian Airways, he said.
He further demanded that law enforcement agencies should intensify
efforts that should help recover the US$30 million allegedly lost in
the issue.
The FLS was among the first complainants on the issue of the airline
when it wrote letters to the three enforcement agencies urging them to
investigation the matter before they constituted a probe team.
Mr Lifwekelo said that the organisation had equally learnt with keen
interest the statement by British High Commissioner to Zambia, Thomas
Carter that Britain had spent over US$1 billion in the last five years
on Zambia's anti-corruption programmes.
Both the Zambian Government and Mr Carter should help the nation by disclosing what such a colossal sum of money was used for.
We are concerned that corruption has been on the increase in Zambia
and yet so much resources were misdirected to activities that did help
to curb corruption in Zambia, he said.
Times of Zambia
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