Fri, 14 Jul 2017 10:46:17 +0000 WE are surprised by the continued hullaballoo over President Edgar Lungu’s declaration of a near state of emergency through the invoking of Article 31. In our view, the invocation of Article 31 and the subsequent approval by Parliament is intended to guarantee or ensure that citizens’ lives and properties are safeguarded. When the President made a declaration of the proclamation, he did emphasize that lives of law abiding citizens would not be impacted negatively in any way. This means that the only people who should be apprehensive about the near state of emergency are those who harbour ill intentions towards the country. In the recent past, the nation has witnessed acts of sabotage bordering on terrorism, in which strategic installations such as the ZESCO cables, power lines have been sabotaged. The Lusaka City Market, a major development-initiated and opened by the late President Frederick Chiluba was burnt. In […]
