By ADRIAN MWANZA THE presidential immunity clause encourages presidents to misbehave and it should therefore be removed from the constitution, lawyer, Wynter Kabimba has charged.Mr Kabimba suggests that there would be no need to start chasing after presidents once they leave office if the immunity clause was not there because they would be compelled to behave. The Constitution, Mr Kabimba said, should be amended to remove immunity of the president clause to restrain and deter serving presidents from acting with impunity. Mr Kabimba, who is also Economic Front (EF) President, said in an interview that the constitution needed to be worked on and one of the issues that needed serious intervention was the issue of presidential immunity.Contributing on the debate on the need to review the constitution to remove lacunas, Mr Kabimba said that the fact that sitting presidents knew they had immunity they were prone to get involved in illegal and criminal activities without fear of being prosecuted.“Presidents in Zambia are […]
REMOVE IMMUNITY LAW, SAYS WYNTER KABIMBA
