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Acting in terms of that mandate, the nca launched the 1st draft on 28 september 2001 and thereafter the following events took place. The constitution records all those agreements that will be important for the whole life of the. It is a promise he made to the zambian people on january 24, 2015, when he was sworn in as zambia s sixth head of state and he returned to the same venue, heroes stadium in lusaka, to give the people what he promised. Zambian constitution for android free download and. Apr 30, 2012 he said the draft constitution has incorporated social, economic,cultural,religious and environmental rights. Sample constitution xyz organization at etsu please read.
Editorial we hope that zambians are studying government reactions to some of the contentious issues proposed in the mungomba draft constitution and interim report. What is clear is that we are not going to have a new constitution before 2016 because the time has run out. Students want draft constitution released zambian watchdog. On the 15 th of january 2014 the zambian watchdog and lusaka times released a leaked copy of the final draft constitution which was reportedly handed to president sata one of president satas promises in the runup to his election in 2011 was the adoption of a new constitution. This act may be cited as the constitution of zambia amendment act, 2016, and shall be read as one with the constitution of zambia, in this act referred to as the constitution. Review of the draft constitution for the republic of zambia. This act may be cited as the constitution of zambia. The times of zambia ndola the national constitutional conference ncc yesterday released its initial draft constitution with chairperson. This complete constitution has been generated from excerpts of texts from the repository of the comparative constitutions project, and distributed on.
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Zambia has been engaged in several efforts to try and develop a new constitution in the context of both demands for a more democratic constitution and the need to rebuild. The final draft of zambia s new constitution, which had been hidden from public view by president sata until it was leaked to the zambian watchdog and the lusaka times, has taken a position on some of the key debates that raged during the constitution making process. Reading through the 227 pages of the michael sataappointed technical committees first draft constitution, am reminded of the struggles, pickets, war of words and insults that the people of zambia have gone through over the past years on this seemingly unending constitution making process. The document also contains a bill of rights and establishes a 50%plusone voting system for electing the president of the country. Zambian draft constitution for android apk download. May 7, 2012 zambia released a draft constitution on april 30, 2012, that has been praised for its provisions on freedom of the press. Jun 22, 2010 as some of you may be aware, section 23 of the national constitutional conference act, no. The constitution is the key founding document of an organisation. Acting justice minister ngosa simbyakula announced this in parliament saying the launch of the final draft. Download zambias new constitution as amended elias.
Jan 08, 2016 constitution of zambia amendment act, no. The draft constitution the report of the technical committee the draft constitution of zambia bill in view of this background and the recent developments in this process as shown in various media, we the students of this great republic have the following concerns and requests to make. The constitution of the united states preamble we the people of the united states, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do. President edgar lungu has unveiled the longawaited peopledriven republican constitution as he promised. Article 63 2 of the constitution is amended by the deletion of paragraphs d and e. Constitution of zambia 1996 ace electoral knowledge. Zambian constitution info page download the zambia constitution oct 2014, 2nd draft pdf file, 1. One of president satas promises in the runup to his election in 2011 was the adopt. On this page you can read or download zambian constitution 2016 pdf download in pdf format. There have been varying voices on the document with some sections of society expressing doubt while others have embraced the process with confidence. The constitution of the republic of the gambia a r r a n g e m e n t o f s e c t io n s section c h a p t e r i th e republ ic 1.
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