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Zambian gov't says debate on president's origin should end

Xinhua,April 04, 2018 Adjust font size:

LUSAKA, April 4 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government on Wednesday called for an end to a debate on the origins of President Edgar Lungu, saying the debate has become unproductive.

Mike Mulongoti, an opposition leader who has repeatedly accused the Zambian leader of being a foreigner, has written to the Office of the Public Protector for an inquiry into Lungu's identity.

Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya said the Zambian leader has stood for elections twice without anyone raising the issue of his identity.

"We believe that the debate on the president's origin has to come to an end. We believe that it is unproductive," she told reporters during a press briefing at her office.

On Sunday, a group of traditional leaders from eastern Zambia that Lungu hails from dispelled assertions that he was a foreigner from Malawi.

Lungu is not the first Zambian leader to have his origin questioned as this happened to late former president Frederick Chiluba. Enditem

 

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