By GIDEON NYENDWA and PRISCA LUMINGUTHE continued investigations over the source of funding for PF campaigns by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) are illegal as they are not backed by law, Lusaka-based lawyer Chifumu Banda has said.Mr. Banda said if the probe on source of campaign funding by DEC was genuine, it would have started with the now ruling party.“This can at least show that they are transparent in what they are doing,” he saidMr Banda said it was very questionable that the investigations were only targeting the former ruling party.This follows revelations that DEC had written to some media houses requesting them to provide information and documentation relating to contracts they signed with the PF to run campaign adverts.Mr Banda said the continued investigations of the PF funding were illegal.He said there was no law that compels political parties including the ruling party to reveal the source of their campaign funding.Mr. Banda said if […]
‘CAMPAIGN FUNDING PROBE ILLEGAL’
