FINALLY, Mr Davies Chama, former Defence Minister in President Edgar Lungu’s administration under the Patriotic Front has been released on bail of K100, 000 after 11 days in police cells.The President, Mr Hakainde Hichilema is aware of this case that has been reported extensively by the media.We have no quarrel with the Zambia Police Service arresting any citizen they feel has broken the law.But we do find it hard to understand why police, in this new political dispensation must take so long to bring an accused person before a court of law.We say so because we feel the Police breached a Presidential directive in which he stated that no person should be held in cells for more than 48 hours without being charged.This was one of the first pronouncements that President Hichilema made after he was declared winner of the August 12 Presidential and general election.He said his administration will be based on the rule of law, and he was specific that the […]
RULE OF LAW
