Diplomats playing dirty politics on social media must be punished, Msoni tells Hichilema

All Peoples Congress (APC) Leader, Nason Msoni, is calling on President Hakainde Hichilema to take disciplinary action against erring Diplomats in order to help serve the integrity of Zambia.

Msoni in a statement issued in Lusaka on Monday said he is saddened with the indiscipline and the general misconduct that is being openly exhibited by those who ought to be civil servants representing the country in their various missions abroad.

He has urged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) to take keen interest in ensuring that those representing the country do not engage themselves in domestic politics and openly tagging with opposition political leaders.

“The behavior of some of the Zambian diplomats representing Zambia leaves a lot to be desired,” Msoni said.

The APC Leader claims that some known foreign elements in foreign missions are equally using pseudo names to aggressively attack those holding contrary views to government positions.

“And we think that this behavior is beginning to reflect badly on the UPND administration.
In a nutshell this is a serious indictment on the Ministry of Foriegn Affairs,” he said.

Msoni said diplomats ordinarily are civil servants who should not be openly partisan and engage themselves in partisan politics.

He said all Zambians should all be concerned by the unraveling and unprofessional conduct and behavior being exhibited by Zambian envoys.

“As a diplomat you can’t have it both ways. If you want politics it’s best that quit your respective jobs and take on politics. It is apparent for all to see the general misconduct being exhibited by diplomats and going uncensored by their principals,” Msoni said.

He said it is unprecedented for envoys to be on Facebook spewing invectives or Whatspp during official hours.

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