THE Public Order Act is now a hot topic among political stakeholders on how it is being applied by the Zambia Police Service.This is more so since the governing party, the United Party for National Development (UPND) was a strong critic of how the POA was being applied when the Patriotic Front was in government.The UPND while in opposition complained that the POA was a tool by the PF regime to silence its rivals using the police.This time around, there are insinuations that the new dawn administration is using the same tactics as their predecessors to keep the opposition at bay.That is the more reason we hope the Zambia Police Service have strong grounds for summoning Mr Sean Tembo, the president of the Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) and not over the so-called media briefing held yesterday in Lusaka.The Police ought to realise that they are under spotlight and whatever they do, is in full […]
Abusing Public Order Act
