{"id":56827,"date":"2024-01-26T20:57:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T20:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/the-judiciary-attacks-sishuwa-sishuwa"},"modified":"2024-01-26T20:57:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T20:57:29","slug":"the-judiciary-attacks-sishuwa-sishuwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/the-judiciary-attacks-sishuwa-sishuwa","title":{"rendered":"The JUDICIARY ATTACKS SISHUWA SISHUWA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Last week, I asked \u201cWhy are all the court cases \u2013 three in the Lusaka High Court, one in the Constitutional Court \u2013 involving the State-supported Miles Sampa versus the main opposition Patriotic Front only given to Lozi-speaking judges?\u201d<\/p>\n

This week, \u201cThe Judiciary of Zambia\u201d issued a rare press statement in response to my post (see attached), branding the questions I posed as \u2018careless and baseless statements\u2019 that \u2018undermine the judiciary…jeopardize the integrity of the legal system and have a direct effect on investor confidence.\u2019<\/p>\n

I can ignore the effort when it is ruling party-aligned intellectuals and civil society actors who attempt to discredit my name. This is because I do understand \u2013 and I am even sympathetic to \u2013 the primary impulses that are causing individuals including those in academia and civil society today to betray public interest and identify themselves with the ruling elite. In an impoverished country like Zambia where the state is the dominant employer, the ability to stay alive requires association with the government of the moment. The price of dissenting, of challenging the government, of being in the minority, is very high. I know this from personal experience under this administration and previous governments. I do not accept it, however, when this role of attacking government critics is taken up by \u201cThe Judiciary of Zambia\u201d, which according to the Constitution of Zambia, consists of the Supreme Court, Constitutional Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, subordinate courts, small claims courts, local courts, and any other courts as prescribed by Parliament.<\/p>\n

I feel aggrieved that the judiciary is tarnishing my reputation, insulting my integrity, and questioning my capacity to decide what is careless and baseless. Now since the \u201cThe Judiciary of Zambia\u201d has already pronounced itself on this matter, where do I go to get justice? Look out for my in-depth paragraph-by-paragraph response to the response from \u201cThe Judiciary of Zambia\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. 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