WE are surprised that the leadership of the United Party for National Development (UPND) has allowed the confusion in Chililabombwe to continue.The ongoing legal hearing in which 16 mealie meal traders have sued the party over its illegal move to stop them from trading is something the party should have stopped.Why should a party whose leadership believes in the rule of law even entertain a suit against it that clearly shows it was in the wrong?It is sad that local UPND officials in Chililabombwe have continued to defy a ruling from the Chililabombwe Magistrate’s Court restraining them from hindering some businessmen from trading in mealie meal on account of being aligned to the Patriotic Front.Yesterday, Magistrate’s Court ruled that the injunction granted to the 16 mealie meal traders to restrain the ruling UPND cadres from stopping them or interfering with their business in Konkola township is still intact and no UPND cadre should interfere with […]
WHY THE DEFIANCE?
