Another points I differ with Charles Mwewa is what he says: reducing poverty as being a priority, that the committee of experts is well represented and that it will be less expensive venture.

There is no government in it tenure of office even in the name of wamuyayaya (forever) will find all the moneys required to find a panacea to the social economic problems. They will never be able to provide all the roads, all the hospitals, all the schools and all the jobs required. A constitution is the best depository where people are afforded chance to realise their rights and fully support the legitimacy of a government and limit the excesses of its leaders. From the last MMD administration we have learned that greater lapses exist that allow government leaders to get away with mismanagement of their power. There is no allergy, though we are made to believe there is, in the present regime against the excesses we have seen since the turn of our multipartyism on August 30, 1991. Apparently this date happens to be my birthday somewhere in the early 70s. I passionately stand to defend constitutional democracy on this basis. And there is no democracy that is going to be cheap. The reason that Zambians have a discretion to accept the second best in the form of the constitution that is there does not mean we cannot reach for the better without wasting time.

I have a problem with putting a full team of Catholic Bishops and a failed priest who still embraces Catholic doctrines on the constitution as being balanced. What do we need the three bishops for. Even if they will not sit themselves, what we drawing is not a Catechist Recital, but a country’s constitution. Look at the first statement of the President: that he is going to run this country on 10 commandments and Catholic Principles. The Evangelical churches were left out. Suzzane Matale is not a good proxy and she was hand picked. Levy was fair as he asked groups to choose their own representatives. Remember representation is never implied in a democracy. People, as in groups, must be given chance to participate in the process. Already this is no democracy. Parliament was supposed to approve these names. For now and as it stands, it is Michael Sata’s expert committee and not Zambians.

Then the cost of the expert committee working on the constitution is hidden. The argument that it is cheaper is misplaced without a premises of inference which would have been an allocation in the budget. Seriously Mr Mwewa you need to check the position of your write up here.