LAZ concerned ZP has become tool for oppression

The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has noted with great concern the continued use of the Police service as a tool of political oppression and stifling divergent views.

LAZ President Linda Kasonde says it is also sad to see youths take to the streets to fight each other in the name of politics.

Ms. Kasonde says political violence should end now.

Linda Kasonde

She says the country is experiencing levels of political intolerance and violence that threaten the existence of the country’s record as a beacon of peace on the continent and the world.

The LAZ President said this in a speech read on her behalf by her Vice Eddie Mwiitwa after a march past in Lusaka organized by the association under the theme ‘Peace and Unity in Diversity’.

Speaking at the same event, Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) formerly Zambia Episcope Conference (ZEC) Deputy Secretary General Father Justin Matipa says today’s March for peace shows how stakeholders in the country are crying to politicians to restore peace in the country.

And Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) Board Member Bishop Peter Mulenga has called on political party leaders to uphold Christian values of embracing one another and embracing peace in national interest knowing that Zambia is bigger than any political party.