Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:28:22 +0000 President Michael Sata is abusing his constitutional powers by issuing executive orders to deal with or clampdown opposition political party leaders and individuals criticizing his government over the abuse of the Public Order Act. In an interview, Mr. Mulongoti who is former minister of works and supply in the MMD said that President Sata had abused his powers over the support for police officers abusing the Public Order Act, when previously the courts of law have interpreted the Act with respect to freedom of speech and rights to assembly. Mr. Mulongoti said that the PF were creating trouble for others by the use of the Public Order Act to shut up or silence everyone because they had failed to fulfill the promises they made prior to the 2011 elections. “The problem is that Mr. Sata and the PF overrated themselves when they were making all those promises to the […]
