Mon, 28 Aug 2017 10:31:41 +0000 By Bennie Mundando TEMPERS flared as an attempt to seek clarifications on some articles contained in the Political Parties Bill by the Ministry of Justice were out-rightly rejected by “small” political parties during consultative meeting at Mika Lodge as the document has been labelled a ‘poison’ which would annihilate the majority of political parties and favour only the UPND and PF. The meeting, which was supposed to end on Saturday continued yesterday as no agreement had been arrived at on party funding, registration, and the appointment and composition of the political parties’ board. Sections which attracted sharp reaction from stakeholders include section 3 part 1(a) and (b), which provides for the creation of a political parties’ board comprising the chairperson, a representative from each of the three church mothe bodies, the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA), Ministry of Finance and Home Affairs which are to be appointed by […]
