By GIDEON NYENDWAThe defamation of the president law should be removed because it gives protection to a bad president, Human Rights Activist, Fumba Chama, has said.Mr Chama, who is also popularly known as Pilato, said if this country was to have a dictator as a president they would use that law to silence, arrest and detain anyone that disagrees with them.He said the defamation of the president law has potential to legalize the dictatorial tendencies of a president. Mr Chama said if this country tolerates this law and in an instance where the president decides to become authoritarian, he would just use that particular law to make his dictatorial tendencies legal. He said this when he featured on a on ZNBC’s Sunday Interview. Mr Chama said that presidents in this country like the presidents in other countries are super powerful and the defamation of the president law intimidates people’s public participation in conversations, governance and accountability. “Bad laws make […]
Scrap defamation of the president – Fumba
