Fri, 08 Sep 2017 10:35:05 +0000 … don’t provoke police with illegal rallies By Bennie Mundando DO not blame the police command when it unleashes its battalion on you for daring it by defying its advice and insisting that you will go ahead with your planned countrywide rallies, the Zambia Direct Democracy Movement (ZDDM) has warned the UPND. On Wednesday, UPND secretary-general Steven Katuka said the party will hold rallies across the country even without police permits, saying it was not expecting police to object because the PF did the same and were not stopped. Mr. Katuka said peaceful and lawful assemblies, demonstrations, meetings and rallies were part of the democratic tenets that must be allowed like the PF members have been doing against Finance Minister Felix Mutati of late. “We intend to hold several thanksgiving rallies across the country without a police permit and we expect the police to allow us like they have […]
