UPND Katombora Member of Parliament Clement Andeleki has welcomed President Hakainde Hichilema’s pronouncement on the review of the Public Order Act (POA).Mr Andeleki has charged that apart from being a colonial law, the public order act is also a bad law.Commenting on President’s ceremonial opening of the first session of the 13th National Assembly on yesterday, Mr Andeleki said that the statement by the President is inspiring and will be supported by parliament as it starts sitting next Tuesday.“The President was speaking like he is a Messiah who has just come into Zambia. The Public Order Act has been a very thorny piece of legislation,” he said.Mr Andeleki said that the history behind the public Order Act is that it is a colonial legislation that was used by the colonial masters to regulate the exchange of information by the people in Northern Rhodesia and the region at large.“Therefore, when UNIP came into power in 1964, […]
UPND MP APPLAUDS HH SPEECH
