STATE House has denied ever causing the cancellation of the Our Civic Duty Association (OCIDA) press conference which was scheduled to be delivered by Emeritus Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu on Thursday.Anthony Bwalya, the Presidential Spokesperson has parried allegations that OCIDA was gagged from holding its much anticipated press conference which was to be cancelled on grounds that State House had objected to Archbishop Mpundu reading the statement on behalf of the organisation.Mr Bwalya said in an interview that engagements such as press conferences by various interest groups and other gatherings bordered on the people’s enjoyment of their fundamental rights and freedoms and could therefore not be curtailed at the whims of State House.He stated that the democratic and civic engagements space in Zambia was not regulated by State House and it was therefore not possible for any member of the presidency to have stopped or gagged Archbishop Mpundu from delivering his statement on behalf of OCIDA.On […]
OCIDA wasn’t gagged – state house
