By ROGERS KALEROIT is hypocritical and a lack of respect for the rule of law for ministers to distribute CDF cheques in areas where there are by-elections, Former Kwacha Member of Parliament (MP) Joe Malanji and Governance, Elections, Advocacy and Research Services (GEARS) Executive Director Macdonald Chipenzi have said.And Mr Chipenzi has since requested the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to be very active in all areas where by-elections are scheduled to detect and prevent corrupt activities and violence likely to be committed by candidates or political parties’ campaign teams.Mr Chipenzi said that such government activities which were not emergencies could wait until after the elections which are a few days from now to avoid the influence of such activities on the voters. (To page 2)Mr Malanji said the UPND has clearly shown its hypocrisy and lack of respect for the Rule of Law by allowing its Ministers to hijack the issuing of Constituency Development Fund (CDF) cheques […]
IT’S HYPOCRISY – MALANJI
