Newly appointed spokesperson for the PF Election and Media Technical Committee, Amos Chanda has dismissed assertions by some foreign media organizations that the executive decision by President Edgar Lungu to deploy defence forces on the streets to work along with police ,will give PF undue advantage over the opposition in next Thursday’s polls .Speaking at a briefing, Chanda, who is also former special assistant to the president for press and public relations said President Lungu had a constitutional mandate to protect the lives and property of the citizens. “Some of the misrepresentations that have occurred in the foreign media in recent weeks, particularly regarding the electoral process and the unfair advantage that is being alleged against the opposition and attributed to the Patriotic Front…we want to state from the outset that, for the PF, we do understand that democracy itself is premised on durable peace and stability of the country which is why we support the […]
CHANDA SEEKS TO ENGAGE FOREIGN MEDIA
