Office of the Public Protector
PUBLIC ALERT
Theft of the People’s Constitution
INFORMATION
TO THE PUBLIC: This notice
serves to put the nation on public alert that the People’s Constitution has
been stolen. This theft was perpetrated by persons as yet unknown, but known to
be purposely acting against the will of the people with a view to usurping legitimate
government.
CALL
TO ACTION: This
information is therefore a call to action to prevent the completion of a coup
d’etat, where a small group of criminals are attempting to capture state power
in order to distribute state resources entirely amongst themselves.
DUTY
TO SEARCH: In
order to avert this constitutional crisis, all citizens are called upon to
conduct a national search to find the missing People’s Constitution.
NEED
TO EXCLUDE INVESTIGATORY AGENCIES: Unfortunately the existing state
investigatory agencies cannot be called upon to participate in this search, since
there is a strong possibility that the coup d’etat process is already in the
process of taking place, so that these agencies must be presumed to be already
taking orders from the perpetrators of the theft.
PLACES
TO SEARCH: Given the nature
of the crime, the first places to search are the grounds, homes and offices of rogue
government officials, who are the prime suspects in this crime. Since the
intention of the thieves is to bury the People’s Constitution, the first search
priority should be large government lawns, especially those along Independence
Avenue, which should be systematically dug up.
ORGANISATION
OF THE SEARCH: The
search is being organized by the Church, where plans are communicated by
whispering during Sunday morning prayers. Under no circumstances should you use
cell-phones or e-mail to discuss search organization, since it must be assumed
that all electronic means of communication are controlled by the gang of
thieves.
ACTION
IF FOUND: In the event
that you find the People’s Constitution, you should under no account take it to
your local police station, where you would be arrested for theft. You should
instead take the Constitution to your nearest Catholic Church, or otherwise
give it to the Bishop of your diocese.
APPREHENSION
OF SUSPECTS: In the event
that you identify suspects on whose property the People’s Constitution was
found, do not attempt to apprehend the suspects or to take them to the police
station or to bring them before a court of law. Due to the current undermining
of legitimate authority by rogue elements within government, these institutions
are not employed to protect people from criminals, but instead are employed to
protect criminals from the people. A document setting out the people’s rights
is therefore a direct challenge to their authority.
ROADMAP
FOR RETURN TO LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT: Since the Church
is now the only remaining venue for the voice of the people to be heard, the
People’s Constitution will be put to a referendum by public acclamation at
church meetings to be held on the Sunday after the People’s Constitution has
been restored to the people.
PENALTIES
FOR THE THEFT: Once
the People’s Constitution has been approved, and legitimate government
restored, all the people suspected of the earlier theft of the People’s
Constitution will be charged with treason in the newly established Court of the
People.
Signed:
Archbishop Spectator Kalaki
Public Protector.
This Article is a painful remainder of the realities on the ground. What shall be the solution people of Zambia? How do we rescue our Constitution from this hijacking of the process that's going on?
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