THE Democracy and Motherland Defenders Coalition (DMDC) has described as hypocritical, retrogressive calls from the UPND to amend the Public Order Act (POA).DMDC spokesperson, Andrew Ntewewe, said it was regrettable that the very people that had the chance to deal with constitutional lacunas were not advocating for the amendment of the Act.He said the people that frustrated various constitutional amendments were now calling for review of the Public Order Act.Mr Ntewewe told journalists in Lusaka that there was insufficient time for such an undertaking considering that parliament would be dissolved in a few months’ time.“The Zambian people will recall that the purpose of the National Dialogue Forum (NDF) was to among other things amend the PoA. However, the very people that are now demanding for the amendment of this piece of legislation frustrated the NDF and its subsequent outcomes.“It is therefore unacceptable that after frustrating such a noble cause, the very people would come through […]
AMENDING PUBLIC ORDER ACT A NON-STARTER, SAYS NGO
