{"id":13732,"date":"2022-01-13T22:42:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T22:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/the-law-on-defamation-of-the-president-is-undemocratic"},"modified":"2022-01-13T22:57:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T22:57:26","slug":"the-law-on-defamation-of-the-president-is-undemocratic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/the-law-on-defamation-of-the-president-is-undemocratic","title":{"rendered":"The law on defamation of the President is undemocratic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>The law on defamation of the President is undemocratic. It, alongside the Public Order Act & other portions of the Constitution, must be considered as matters of urgency for repeal.<\/p>\n

If the UPND suffered in opposition as a result of such an archaic piece of legislation, they should not use it on anyone. Not even on their worst enemy. It sends wrong signals.<\/p>\n

To arrest Raphael Nakachinda for \u201cteka \u201camatako panshi\u201d loosely translated as \u201ctake it easy\u201d is the same as arresting Father Frank Bwalya for saying \u201cchumbu munshololwa\u201d loosely referring to someone\u2019s rigidity on a specific position.<\/p>\n

President Hichilema was given a popular mandate by Zambians to do things differently, and do them a new way, hence the New Dawn mantra. There\u2019s nothing New Dawnish about arresting Nakachinda for his political statement on the campaign trail. I submit.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. The law on defamation of the President is undemocratic. It, alongside the Public Order Act & other portions of the Constitution, must be considered as matters of urgency for repeal. If the UPND suffered in opposition as a result of such an archaic piece of legislation, they should not use it on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":13731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12,16],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-13732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nThe law on defamation of the President is undemocratic - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The law on defamation of the President is undemocratic. 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