Burial of former president in Zambia Hakainde Hichilema cancels mourning

The President Hakaine Hichilemia in Zambia violently ended the national mourning of the former President Edgar Lungu, among his birthplace plans between his family and authorities.

On Wednesday, it is negated from South Africa from his family Lungu’s return to Lungu, the country about uncertainty and where the former leader will be buried.

On Thursday evening, President Hakainde Hichilema announced the immediate ending in the mourning period, saying that the country had to “start the normal life again”.

“The government has done everything possible to contact the family of the Sixth President,” Hichilem said.

The national mourning period went to June 8 to 14, but was then extended until June 23, who play the flags flying in the music mast and radio chains in solemn music.

The extension carried out a meeting between government officials and the Lungar family in an effort to fix the deadline for the funeral program.

Burial was finished And his remains would return home on Wednesday, private charter charter.

President Hichilema and higher officials received the coffin with full military tributes, and the plans were lying on the headquarters of Lungu on the next Sunday and the next day.

However, Lungu’s family blocked the remnants of Lungu on Wednesday, saying that the government refused the agreement on the funeral plans.

The family said he was expected that the former president would be buried in “one day” and Zambia.

The government expressed regret on the action of the family and apologized to the South African government and the military, who prepared his hand.

“It’s unfortunate that their efforts have been vain,” Hichilem said.

This lunga, “Being a former National President of Zambia,” It is National in Zambia “and therefore must be buried in Zambia with honorary honors, and not in any other nation.”

Hichilema said his government has reached the point that he has reached a clean decision, “the country cannot endure the” unlimited mourning “.

The anti-patriotic front (PF), Lungu festivities lasted to death, has protected the family position.

“The government has become a political game,” said President PF to perform Lubinda. “This is not how we treat the former state.”

Civil society teams have requested an urgent resolution on the subject, saying that a section of religious leaders was standing “the dignity of our people was hurt”.

“We attract humility, dialogue and resolution while maintaining the nation that honors the memory of the former President,” Emmanuel Chikoya said the Church of the Church of the Church of the Church of Zambia.

The government has requested peace of mind and confirms the will to follow the conversation with the family.

Lungu, who took Zambia to 2021, died this month in South Africa, not receiving the treatment of a disease without a disease.

As six years later, Lungu lost 2021 elections with Hichilem with a great margin. He retreated from politics but later returned.

He had ambitions again to the presidency, but at the end of last year the Constitutional Court was running, serving the maximum of two terms authorized by law.

Despite its disqualification from the presidency election, he had a great influence on Zambia politics and did not hold the critic of his successor.

Additional news made by Wycliffe Muia