Daily Archives: February 18, 2017

Constitution review should be of the good of the nation – EEP

The Patriotic Front government has been advised not to concentrate more on clauses that appear to be beneficial to it in reviewing amendments made to the Constitution. Economic and Equity Party(EEP) president Chilufya Tayali notes that there are many lacunas that have been identified in Republic Constitution following amendments made to the document last year. Mr. Tayali says his party ...

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Govt challenged over secrecy surrounding Constitution review

Government has been challenged to tell the nation why it wants to keep the Zambia’s Constitution review process a secretive undertaking. Electoral Expert MacDonald Chipenzi has questioned why government has set up a Technical Committee at the Ministry of Justice to receive submissions ahead of the constitution review. Mr. Chipenzi has accused government of allegedly trying to ambush the Zambians ...

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You’ll be arrested as many times, State House warns HH

State House has warned opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema that he will be arrested as many times as he breaks the law just like any other citizen. The President’s Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda says in a democracy anyone who breaks the law must be arrested by the Police. Mr. Chanda states that Mr. Hichilema should ...

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