State House has challenged a consortium of opposition leaders to move beyond political grandstanding and present concrete objections to Bill 7, following their delivery of an open letter at State House gates on 2ndDecember, 2025. In a statement issued to the media in Lusaka today, State House Chief Communications Specialist, Clayson Hamasaka, said the opposition’s letter contained glaring omission, as it condemned Bill 7 without identifying even a single clause that they claim to oppose.He noted that the approach stands in sharp contrast to President Hakainde Hichilema’s response to Bill 10, during which the President openly and fearlessly identified specific threats to democracy, inviting the consortium to demonstrate similar clarity, if they can.Mr Hamasaka further called on the opposition leaders who signed the letter to submit detailed, clause-by-clause objections to Bill 7 by Sunday, 7th December, 2025, saying failure to do so would confirm what many citizens already suspect.“We await clarity on what exactly they oppose. Is it the delimitation provisions that strengthen fair representation and equitable resource distribution?
Or is it the Mixed-Member Proportional Representation system that finally opens guaranteed spaces for women, youth, and persons with disabilities?” he questioned.Mr Hamasaka emphasised that the government will give the consortium of opposition due consideration and reply, if their objections are real, specific, and constructive.He, however, stressed that if the consortium fails to identify any clause in dispute, Zambians will be left with an unavoidable conclusion which is that the letter was never about Bill 7, but about spectacle. In a statement issued to the media in Lusaka today, State House Chief Communications Specialist, Clayson Hamasaka, said the opposition’s letter contained glaring omission, as it condemned Bill 7 without identifying even a single clause that they claim to oppose. He noted that the approach stands in sharp contrast to President Hakainde Hichilema’s response to Bill 10, during which the President openly and fearlessly identified specific threats to democracy, inviting the consortium to demonstrate similar clarity, if they can.Mr Hamasaka further called on the opposition leaders who signed the letter to submit detailed, clause-by-clause objections to Bill 7 by Sunday, 7th December, 2025, saying failure to do so would confirm what many citizens already suspect.“We await clarity on what exactly they oppose.
He noted that the approach stands in sharp contrast to President Hakainde Hichilema’s response to Bill 10, during which the President openly and fearlessly identified specific threats to democracy, inviting the consortium to demonstrate similar clarity, if they can. Mr Hamasaka further called on the opposition leaders who signed the letter to submit detailed, clause-by-clause objections to Bill 7 by Sunday, 7th December, 2025, saying failure to do so would confirm what many citizens already suspect.“We await clarity on what exactly they oppose. Mr Hamasaka further called on the opposition leaders who signed the letter to submit detailed, clause-by-clause objections to Bill 7 by Sunday, 7th December, 2025, saying failure to do so would confirm what many citizens already suspect.
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“We await clarity on what exactly they oppose. Or is it the Mixed-Member Proportional Representation system that finally opens guaranteed spaces for women, youth, and persons with disabilities?” he questioned. Mr Hamasaka emphasised that the government will give the consortium of opposition due consideration and reply, if their objections are real, specific, and constructive.He, however, stressed that if the consortium fails to identify any clause in dispute, Zambians will be left with an unavoidable conclusion which is that the letter was never about Bill 7, but about spectacle.
Mr Hamasaka emphasised that the government will give the consortium of opposition due consideration and reply, if their objections are real, specific, and constructive. He, however, stressed that if the consortium fails to identify any clause in dispute, Zambians will be left with an unavoidable conclusion which is that the letter was never about Bill 7, but about spectacle.
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