Thu, 28 Sep 2017 10:39:20 +0000 By CHITE MTONGA CIVIL society organisations planning to hold a demonstration at the presentation of the budget this Friday will be acting illegally, Lusaka Province Commissioner of Police Nelson Phiri has warned. Mr Phiri said police had received a letter from a civil society organisations giving notice that they intend to hold a demonstration on the 29th of September at Parliament of which police declined to allow due to security concerns. “Indeed we received a letter from a combination of civil society organisations notifying us that they intend to hold a protest on Friday, when the budget will be presented, but we advised that the demonstration should not go ahead because this might bring confusion. There could be protesters being attacked by counter protesters and things like that, so we told them that they should put their grievances in writing and present them to the relevant authorities or schedule […]
