THE United Party for National Development (UPND) has continued harassing and gagging citizens as its leadership is averse to criticism and dissenting views, Emeritus Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu has said.Archbishop Mpundu has charged that there is no change to talk about under the UPND government because according to him there was nothing positive to talk about in terms of the economy, human rights violations and the rule of law.[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”4,5,6″ ihc_mb_template=”2″ ]Featuring on Diamond TV programme dabbed COSTA on Sunday, Archbishop Mpundu said the UPND administration had quickly adopted an autocratic style of governing the country by resorting to gagging dissenting views.Archbishop Mpundu, the chairma of the My Civic Duty Association (OCiDA) said that people were being stopped from opposing the government which was a clear breach of freedom of speech and the rule of law.Archbishop Mpundu disclosed that he was influenced not to read the statement by a government official who told him that […]
UPND failing – Bishop Mpundu
