Former PF secretary-general assaulted at Zambia’s Supreme Court
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on ZambianobserverOur method
The former secretary-general of the Patriotic Front was assaulted and publicly humiliated at Zambia’s Supreme Court, according to Zambianobserver. The episode is presented as a test for President Hakainde Hichilema, who is called on to enforce the law against political violence regardless of the perpetrators’ party affiliation.
The former secretary-general of the Patriotic Front (PF), Davies Mwila, was assaulted and publicly humiliated at Zambia’s Supreme Court, reports Zambianobserver. The outlet presents the incident as a test of President Hakainde Hichilema’s commitment to the rule of law.
Zambianobserver called for the alleged perpetrators to be prosecuted, recalling that President Hichilema regularly says that members of his camp must answer for their actions before the courts. Zambia’s chief justice condemned the confrontation involving Davies Mwila at the Supreme Court.
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