I Don’t Want My Hands To Be Tainted By Blood – Lungu

President Edgar Lungu says he doesn’t want his hands to be tainted by blood,
political victims,people who want prominence.Asked to comment on remarks
by Dr Guy Scott in the Saturday Post that the bond between Rupiah Banda and him was a
MacGyver bandage that came along with other undertakings and offers, President Lungu said he did not want to be involved in simple politics.“Ah, no! No! Don’t involve me in those simple politics, please,”
President Lungu told journalists at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport last evening before depar-ture for Malawi.
“Forget naiwe ifyo ifya ba Guy Scott. Elyashi elyoline (is that the only issue of discussion?) I don’t want my hands to be stained with people’s blood; political victims,people who want prominence. I don’t want that. I am too busy working.” On his trip to Malawi, President Lungu said he had been invited to celebrate that country’s 51st independence anniversary.
“I think it’s all about Pan Africanism more than anything else. We need to show solidarity
with our friends and learn best practices,” President Lungu said.“It’s about democracy; in fact, we want to have same values and good governance and so forth.Those are important.”
President Lungu said Zambia could only get the best if the country interacted with others.
“You tell them this is what we are doing in Zambia and they will tell us how they are doing it in
Malawi,” said President Lungu,who was accompanied by first lady Esther.