By LUCY PHIRI
The ruling UPND government will be reported to cooperating partners and other international donor organisations for alleged abuse of state machinery and human rights to fix political opponents.
National Democratic Congress (NDC) Secretary General Charles Kabwita told the Daily Nation, he would personally deliver letters of complaints against the ruling party because of what he termed as abuse of law targeting opposition leaders.
Mr Kabwita has further accused the Zambia Police in colluding with the United Party for National Development (UPNDin the alleged abduction of members of the opposition political parties under the guise of reporting them to far-flung areas for offences committed in Lusaka.
“We have seen the Zambian police and the United Party for National Development (UPND) abducting men and women from the opposition political parties,” National Democratic Congress (NDC) Secretary General Charles Kabwita has claimed.
Mr Kabwita said under the current leadership and under the watch of President Hakainde Hichilema, Police have been abusing the opposition members with impunity.
He said recently, police abducted Mr. Chilufya Tayali more than twice, Ms. Saboi Imboela, Mr Sean Tembo, including PF members, Chishimba Kambwili, Raphael Nakacinda, Davies Chama and Stephen Kampyongo.
Mr Kabwita said such an attitude cannot continue in the country that prides itself on being democratic.
“We are worried following incidents of police brutality against the opposition leaders in Zambia. I am compelled to visit the following embassies, the United States embassy, United Kingdom, the Swedish, and so forth to report because I believe they treasure and value Democracy and our human rights and democracy must prevail,’’ he said.
He stated that the new UPND government will continue wasting their resources and taxpayers money which people are sweating for.
“Our Democracy has been injured to the core with impunity,” Mr Kabwita stressed.
Mr Kabwita said he will expose the UPND to the embassies mentioned and other entities that support democracy and outline a number of incidents they have been abusing human rights.
“We have seen the misuse of the police by the UPND with impunity continuously, such that they have been turned into a subcommittee of the party and this is against the wish and promises that the President made. Mr Hichilema promised that once elected as president of Zambia he would do things differently,’’ he said.
Mr Kabwita said the President said he will respect the rule of law, but instead there has been total abuse of state police and human rights.
“I am going to visit the offices tomorrow so that I can drop letters in relation to the abuse of authority of this government,’’ he said.
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