Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:16:00 +0000 The opposition MMD will continue to defend democracy and reject any efforts by President Sata to dilute the dignity of Parliament, says its president Nevers Mumba. And the former ruling party will boycott this year’s independence celebrations at State House because of the continued police brutalization of citizens who hold divergent views. Dr Mumba said that the current walk out by opposition Members of Parliament has the blessing of the entire party as a way of challenging the unruly PF government to start respecting the constitution and parliamentary procedures. He said while MMD wanted the debates to go, it also had a duty to save the country from degenerating into a banana republic. “Our job as opposition is to stop illegalities being perpetuated by PF. It is a known constitutional fact that the Minister of Finance who delivers the budget speech, must remain in the House to defend his […]
