{"id":3538,"date":"2021-08-01T22:45:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T22:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?p=3538"},"modified":"2021-08-01T22:42:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T22:42:06","slug":"president-lungu-deploys-soldiers-as-violence-escalates-two-weeks-before-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/president-lungu-deploys-soldiers-as-violence-escalates-two-weeks-before-elections","title":{"rendered":"President Lungu deploys soldiers as violence escalates two weeks before elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\">Zambia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>President Edgar Lungu has ordered the Defence Forces to help the Zambia Police Service deal with political violence ahead of the August 12th General polls. President Lungu said maintaining law and order in the country is not only the job of the police but also other security wings.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote on his Facebook page that the soldiers have so far been deployed in Lusaka and will be deployed in other parts of the country if the situation demands so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFellow citizens, In order to curb the polical violence we have witnessed in the past two days, I have allowed the Zambia Army, Zambia Air Force and Zambia National Service to help the Zambia Police in dealing with the security situation,\u201d President Lungu said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaintaining law and order is a daily chore of the police, but sometimes they need help from other security wings. Defence wing personnel have already been deployed in some parts of Lusaka and will be deployed in other parts of the country if the situation demands so,\u201d President Lungu stated.<\/p>\n<p>He said this step has been taken in order to ensure that the work of the Electoral Commission of Zambia is not interfered with. \u201cThe events in Kanyama where two of our members were allegedly killed in political violence makes me very sad. I\u2019m sad not because the victims were members of my party, but because they were Zambians who didn\u2019t deserve to die in that manner,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said government will not allow what happened in Kanyama to be repeated anywhere else in our country. \u201cWe cannot shed any more blood. I expect all political players to exercise maximum restraint, even under provocation and allow the law to take its course. Let us not forget who we are \u2013 one Zambia, one nation,\u201d said President Lungu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. President Edgar Lungu has ordered the Defence Forces to help the Zambia Police Service deal with political violence ahead of the August 12th General polls. President Lungu said maintaining law and order in the country is not only the job of the police but also other security wings. 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