Fri, 07 Jul 2017 10:59:21 +0000 It is cynical for propagandists who are self-professed constitutional law experts to mislead members of the public that the invocation of Article 31 by President Edgar Lungu implies Zambia is under a state of public emergency, thereby causing apprehension. Foremost, it is crucially important to underscore that what has caused apprehension is not the invocation of Article 31 but a steady build-up of events slightly before, during and after last year’s general elections. If anything, the invocation of this constitutional provision should be the one to ease the apprehension that citizens must have felt because of what has been going on. Article 31 is intended to arrest any situation that has been happening that threatens the security of the country that if allowed to continue may lead to a state of public emergency. In this case, by President Lungu invoking Article 31 it implies he will now use powers […]
