Kabimba: Review of Public Order Act a Waste Of Time

The opposition Rainbow Party has charged that it preposterous for government to ask political parties to submit recommendations on the review of the Public Order Act.
Party Secretary General Wynter Kabimba says his party is not interested in making such recommendations as it is a waste of time.
Mr. Kabimba says what needs to be amended in the Public Order Act is already in public domain.
In an interview with QTV News, Mr. Kabimba says by asking political parties to use the Zambia Center for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) to make recommendations towards the review of the Act, Justice Minister Given Lubinda has only exposed his appointing authority.
He says there is no law that states that political parties in Zambia fall under the umbrella of the ZCID and therefore should use this avenue as a means to speak to government.
Mr Kabimba states that the fact that political parties are duly registered by the Register of Societies, they are also independent organizations that are supposed to speak on their own on any national issue.