Dear Editor,AS a nation, we are at an inflection point. The election of President Hakainde Hichilema seems to erase moral accountability – the hatred of Edgar Lungu and the Patriotic Front has become a justification for lawlessness. Since when did we see cadres beat suspects at the High Court while in Police hands?President Hichilema should not sing the rule of law and human rights, while allowing his cadres to terrorise other citizens. The recent video of a PF suspect in Police hands being escorted to the High Court, and physically beaten by UPND cadres in broad daylight made me afraid – the UPND regime has brought the New Dark era in Zambian politics. President Hichilema promised to restore the rule of law, but that video is embarrassingly humiliating to his administration, which vowed to promote human rights for all Zambians. Under no administration has this ever happened, Mr. Hichilema must tame his followers – we are a nation of […]
ZAMBIA: NATION AT INFLICTION POINT
