Sat, 08 Jul 2017 13:29:16 +0000 By JUSTINA MULENGA THE invocation of Article (31) has put to shame doomsayers because they would have indicated that President Edgar Lungu was a dictator if he had declared a state of emergency, 3rd Liberation Movement president, Enoch Roosevelt Tonga has said. Speaking to the Daily Nation in an interview yesterday, Mr. Tonga said it was commendable for President Lungu to declare situation for a state of emergency and not a state of emergency as it will help protect the lives and property of people in Zambia. Mr Tonga said the people he rates as the ‘cartel ‘preaching hatred about Zambia to the international community will not succeed as the country was still a peaceful and united nation. “The invocation of Article (31) has put to shame doomsayers because they would have indicated that President Lungu was a dictator if he had declared a state of emergency,” he said. […]
