THE Southern African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes -SACCORD has expressed disappointed at the decision by the Zambia Police to block the Patriotic Front -PF from holding a rally.
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The Opposition PF were last week expected to hold a rally in Lusaka’s Zingalume grounds but were blocked by a battalion of Zambia Police officers who sealed the place.
SACCORD executive director Boniface Chembe says it is disappointing that the same trend that had been used by previous administrations had continued in the UPND administration.
Mr Chembe said the best to deal with such an undemocratic tendency was by doing away with the Public Order Act so as to give citizens and the opposition the latitude to express the freedom of assembly.
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