By Ann Zulu
THE next National Assembly will have the best
Members of Parliament that Zambia has ever had, the Young African Leaders
Initiative (YALI) has observed.
Andrew Ntewewe-YALI president
YALI president Andrew Ntewewe said a better Parliamentary
representation after the August 11 general elections was envisaged because of
the progressive provisions in the amended Constitution such as to have people with
Grade 12 school certificates.
“It is our
view as YALI that the next parliament will be one of the best, in a sense that
if you look at the amended Constitution, especially on the provision to have people of a certain
academic qualification of a Grade 12 school certificate.
“We are hopeful that we are going to have MPs that
are well-informed, equipped and knowledgeable enough to comprehensively debate
matters of national interest,” he said.
He reiterated that the country had in the past faced
challenges due to perceived uneducated representatives.
“The biggest problem we have had in the past is that
we had some MPs who may not have been well-informed, so even when bills are
presented in parliament because of their lack of knowledge, they did not meet
the minimum education qualification, they couldn’t research adequately and so
the debates were always very bad,” Mr. Ntewewe said.
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