Sun, 18 Dec 2016 10:04:00 +0000 THE manner in which the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has come out on a number of issues of public interest is worrisome. To say the least, on more than one occasion the position taken by LAZ has been disappointing. As a law body, LAZ is expected to be apolitical in its discharge of duties. It must be seen to offer unbiased and untainted professional legal guidance to the nation. However, the Association has in the recent past clearly taken a partisan stance by siding with the opposition political party against the governing Patriotic Front. As such, the pronouncement by the PF secretary general that LAZ shall be treated as a political organisation is exonerated. It has been observed with dismay that each time the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has come into conflict with the law, LAZ has either remained mute or issued sugar-coated statements meant […]
