Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:05:50 +0000 The drama, theater and antics that characterized the arrest and subsequent arraignment of UPND President Hakainde Hichilema was a clear display of “brazen power” intended to awe and intimidate. Those who managed the police from behind the scenes obviously intended to drive a point home to show they were in power and more importantly that they ensured that UPND President “was put in his place”. As NAREP President Elias Chipimo has noted, there was nothing criminal about the matter, but everything political. He asked why the state would resort to such draconian measures rather than take the necessary steps to show the statement to have been false. Chipimo was also concerned and wondered how President Michael Sata who was himself a victim of unfair prosecution was not troubled when similar events happened under his charge. These events he noted could not have happened without the approval of the President. […]
