lawyerBy KETRA KALUNGAFORMER President Edgar Lungu is entitled to benefits by virtue of having held the office of Head of State hence withholding his benefits is illegal, a Lusaka lawyer, Mr Jonas Zimba has said.Mr. Zimba said in an interview that it was unrealistic to claim that President Lungu had been active in politics considering the manner he had been conducting himself.He said withholding President Lungu’s entitlement on the pretext that he was active in politics was a wild decision for anyone to make.“What I know is that those benefits are an entitlement by virtue of being a former President, not whether you are active in politics or not. So to begin to extend that to the fact you are active in politics notwithstanding that you are former, you can’t get the benefits, is a wild thing,” Mr Zimba saidHe said this in response to Vice President, Mutale Nalumango’s statement in Parliament that the former […]
Withholding Lungu benefits illegal – Lawyer
