Sat, 01 Jul 2017 11:16:45 +0000 CABINET’S decision to authorise the Ministry of Justice to spearhead a national consultative process on whether Zambia should remain a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) demonstrates how democratic, and not dictatorial, government is. At the time President Edgar Lungu expressed his view on the matter, and how government should come up with a position, several civil society organisations and some opposition political parties, particularly the United Party for National Development (UPND), trivialised this crucially important public discourse. For instance, the UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema trumpeted lies and insinuations that Government’s resolution to conduct wide consultations regarding Zambia’s membership to the International Criminal Court (ICC) was intended to create an autocracy. How sincere was Mr Hakainde in his statement? It is crystal clear that the UPND leadership agenda was bent on misinforming and misleading the citizens on a very straightforward but pertinent issue. From the total submissions received […]
