By NATION REPORTERIT is a charade that Zambia should play host to the Summit for Democracy when the country’s detention centres are holding several political detainees while the affinity for breaching the rule of law by the UPND government is ever growing, Wright Musoma has said.Mr Musoma, the leader of the Zambia Republican Party (ZRP) says the new dawn adminstration has been abrogating the rule of law and that people with divergent views are being harassed, arrested and detained on politically tramped-up charges.Mr Musoma said it was ironical that the UPND government was talking about hosting the Summit for Democracy when political opponents were being harassed by state police for only expressing their views on the governance of the country.“For me, it does not make sense that the country will be hosting the Summit for Democracy when opposition political leaders are being detained wantonly and harassed just because they have opposing views. Our democratic tenets […]
Zambia’s democratic credentials in tatters
