Ilute Yeta IV
Ilute Yeta IV
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On Barotseland’s right to secede, the Litunga Ilute Yeta IV made the following assertion: -
“Secession is a matter of right and is inherent in the Barotseland Agreement of 1964 so that the parties to the said Agreement reserve the right to revert to their original status if the Agreement under which they intended to achieve unity can no longer work.” He added that Zambia has no moral right to hold the people of Barotseland in perpetual enslavement on account of an Agreement, which was entered into voluntarily, “we cannot be expected to adhere to the terms of the Agreement, which the other party to it does not recognise.”
November 1995 - Special Pizo held at Lealui from 3rd to 4th November 1995 resolves that:
“(a) Barotseland Agreement 1964.
(i) That the government must unequivocally recognize the Barotseland Agreement 1964 and accept that the rights and obligations therein are still binding upon the Government.
(ii) The recognition must be incorporated in the constitution of Zambia, as has been the case hitherto as with all other honorable agreements.
(iii) That if the Government continues to be obstinate the people of Barotseland shall have the right to self-determination by reverting to the original status before 1964.”
Chief Inyambo Yeta, Report on Barotseland Agreement 1964, February, 2011
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