CORNELIOUS MWEETWA REPORTED TO POLICE

Socialist Party Leader Fred M’membe has reported Information and Media Minister Cornelius Mweetwa to police over his statement that the UPND worked with Patriotic Front member Chishimba Kambwili to issue tribal remarks so that then President Edgar Lungu could be hated by people and be brought down.

Dr. M’membe says the statement is a self-confession by Mr. Mweetwa of being party to Mr. Kambwili’s hate speeches for which he was charged, arrested, prosecuted and convicted by the courts of law.

He notes that confessing to be a party to this crime necessitates that Mr. Mweetwa be similarly charged, arrested and prosecuted for the same crime Mr. Kambwili was convicted for.

Dr. M’membe insists that Mr. Mweetwa as Minister, Chief Government Spokesperson and UPND spokesperson is not above the law and does not enjoy immunity from criminal prosecution which is only enjoyed by a sitting president.

He feels Mr. Mweetwa has confessed to promoting, encouraging and abetting tribalism, ethnic divisions and hatred.