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January 23rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
“I swept London Bridge, I swept Victoria and I enjoyed it. If I went to
England and I was treated like a gentleman, I would not have had any
resolution to look after this country.
“But every hour I spent on manual work, every hour I was humiliated in
England or degraded has helped me because that’s the same way other people
feel in the townships here. People are still walking long distances and are
working long hours.”
Some criticise Mr Sata for his authoritarianism, saying he is unable to
delegate and could struggle with modern diplomacy.
He sees himself as a visionary, and expects his ministers to follow his lead.
“To be a parent, you must be authoritarian. If the Zambians want to
succeed they must learn to work hard and they should not expect to be
treated with kid gloves,” he said.
“I have to try and uplift the standard of living for the people in
Zambia. If I cannot do that, I will have failed.”
Zambia’s peaceful transition following the election was held up as an
all-too-rare beacon of democracy in the region. It was hoped that Mr Sata
might use his strong mandate to speak truth to other regional powers like
Zimbabwe.
However, Mr Sata said he believed Zambia would do better to solve its own
issues before meddling in those of others.
He said that he would not block Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s push to
abandon his troubled coalition with the Movement for Democratic Change,
dismissing Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai – well regarded by the West – as
a “stooge”.
“We don’t know the policies of Morgan – he has other people speaking for
him rather than speaking for himself,” he said.
Jacob Zuma, the South African President who leads the regional team mediating
in Zimbabwe, has insisted that Zimbabwe write a new constitution and reform
its voters roll before new elections.
But Mr Sata said that such reforms were unnecessary. “You people, the
Western countries, you taught us that democracy is elections. Now somebody
wants elections and you say no,” he said.
“There will be elections and Mugabe will go and someone else will take
over but not someone imposed by the Western countries.”
He is however keen to court British influence in Zambia as a counterbalance to
the heavy Chinese presence which he campaigned against so fiercely in
previous elections, angered by alleged abuse and poor pay of local workers.
Britain remains Zambia’s biggest bilateral donor but as in many other
countries on the continent, its involvement in the country has waned.
“Africa and Zambia in particular drifted away from the West for a long
time and we have to reconcile,” he said. “We need you people more
than ever before because it will cost us less when we have publications from
Britain, or equipment, we don’t need an interpreter. The language, the mode
of operation, everything is British and we don’t see why there should be
gap. Better the devil you know than one you don’t.”
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