Give Zambians their freedoms back,Nevers tells PF

MMD President Nevers Mumba has demanded that the PF government gives the Zambian people their freedoms back in line with the biblical declaration of Jubilee as the country commemorates 50 years of independence.

Dr Mumba says Jubilee entails returning all possession taken away from individuals and ensures that not a single person is oppressed by another.

He says the country should apply itself to the true meaning of Jubilee, as it opens a new page.

Dr Mumba in a statement issued today states that Jubilee is not a political slogan but a Biblical truth, which literally means a time of renewal.

He says the MMD demands that the abuse of the Public Order Act be stopped, and people given back the freedom to hold meetings without facing the brutality of the Police.

The MMD leader says in this year of Jubilee, freedom must be restored including media freedoms.

Dr Mumba states that the MMD pioneered press freedom in 1991 which the PF government has taken away by dragging journalists and publications to court on flimsy charges and blocking critical media websites.

He says without press freedom, a nation can never be truly free as the media are the watchdogs of society to make the governments accountable to the electorate.

He has further demanded that the wage freeze imposed on the public service be lifted, so that workers can freely bargain for better pay in this Jubilee year.

Dr Mumba adds that as the country looks to the next fifty years, Zambians should insist on leadership of morality and integrity to move Zambia into the future.