By Jackson MapapayiPolice have been called upon to create a level playing field for all political parties to conduct their campaign activities freely without any interference.The call has been made by the Human Rights Commission of Zambia (HRC).HRC head of research and planning Foster Hamuyube said there is need for the police to uphold respect for human rights during the campaign period. Mr Hamuyube disclosed that the commission has received a lot of complaints from stakeholders with regards to the application of the Public Order Act (POA) by the police.He said there is need to make sure there is a fair playing field where every political party has the same opportunity to reach out and engage the members of the public without disadvantaging others.“Police are not doing sufficient engagement with the members of the public to explain some of the actions that they are taking so that the public can appreciate that the actions that […]
LEVEL PLAYING FIELD, POLICE URGED
