Mon, 20 Mar 2017 11:18:36 +0000 Parliamentary Pantomime melodrama Dear Editor, On one side of a barbed parliamentary political fence sit PF members of parliament who have called on the Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini to mete out stiffer penalties in future than just apologies against 54 UPND members of Parliament who boycotted the official opening of the first session of the 12th National Assembly on 30th September 2016 who allegedly want to gain political mileage out of the boycotts. As if on cue – much like salesmen taking their wares out of suitcases – the opposition MPs had observed that UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema was suffering from a guilty conscience over the manner the seemingly 16-year-old youths got their National Registration Cards (NRCs) in Southern Province and proceeded to register as voters before they attained the voting age of 18 years as first-time voters. At the same time, UPND allowed, if not […]
