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FDD accuses PF Govt of Using Police as a Tool of Intimidatation
The Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) is saddened by the continued use of Police by the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) as a tool of intimidation.
FDD Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza says what was witnessed at Woodlands Police Station where United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema was summoned for questioning is totally unacceptable in a democratic country.
Mr. Mwanza has since appealed to parliamentarians seriously consider making amendments to the Zambia Police Act so as to ensure that no one is seen to be favored by the Police but every citizen is protected.
He says the Zambia Police Act in its current state is still aligned to the one party system of governance.
He adds that the country cannot continue with a system where men and women in uniform are being used by politicians to intimidate political opponents.
Mr. Mwanza has further advised the police to be professional in the way they carry out their duties and ensure that they protect all citizens regardless of political affiliation.
Meanwhile Mr. Mwanza says the FDD supports calls for the resignation of Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba to allow the tribunal constituted to probe him to smoothly investigate him.
He says it is only morally right that Mr. Kabimba steps down.
Posted by
ketiwe
January 16, 2014 at 9:11 am
you should also use the same police to quench the confusion.
matcox
January 16, 2014 at 10:02 am
Mwanza, you must know and understand that the Police station is not a political rally centre. The police did not go to UPND cadres’ homes, it is the cadres who went to cause confusion at the Police station. Did you expect the Police men and women to just let anarchy prevail and let some of them get assaulted?
Once beaten they say????????????
Ukeshe ukukonkela ngoshe ku bewndo tukamone ifyo ukabwela.
matcox
January 16, 2014 at 10:03 am
correction:ku bwendo
icinshikululwa
January 16, 2014 at 11:27 pm
@matcox; you are right pefectly. People fail to understand what it meanz to Gorvern a Country; nowornder most of them will never see their way to State House.
Ken
January 17, 2014 at 11:01 am
We have too many people talking without using their brains at all.
How do you support a situation where UPND cadres resort to disobidience? How do expect the police to tolerate anarchy in their own backyard?
Noooooo! come on! The FDD spokesperson must begin to use his brain not his stomach for national matters
…and what has the matter got to do with PF?
Reveal
January 17, 2014 at 11:23 am
UPND lacks strategists that’s why they do things which the rest of the Zambians dislike.When HH is summoned by Police does mean that you over feed sour milk and go berserk