12 Quotes by Frederick Chiluba

We had a very good meeting (among the heads of state), ... All of us agreed what must happen in the Congo.

I wish to state very strongly that the above reasons and others cited by the Attorney General through their lawyers in the London High Court are not sufficient or valid reasons justifying the ousting of jurisdiction of the Zambian courts in this matter,

It is important to state that the Zambian Constitution guarantees that the High Court of Zambia has unlimited and original jurisdiction to hear and determine any civil or criminal proceedings under any law and such jurisdiction and powers as has may be conferred by the constitution or any other law.

I want to warn those who rise by the sword they will fall by the sword, ... I appeal to you fellow Zambians to unite and be resolute. We can't go back to the Dark Ages.

The date for the elections will be December 27. Parliament is dissolved with immediate effect,

We are still firmly in control, ... legal and democratically elected government.

Details of the agreement will be released tomorrow.

They had wanted to come to Lusaka as three separate groups ... In the end, that was not done,

It is therefore the duty of the Zambian government to promote and strengthen its judiciary, ... In fact the government should decide which matters they will pursue. Other than being legally folly, the attempts to run parallel civil and criminal matters based on the same facts, material and circumstances, unfairly prejudices me.