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Golden Party of Zambia (GPZ) president, Jackson Silavwe, says it is evident that under President Hakainde Hichilema’s administration Zambia is dealing with a Police Service that has become highly politically weaponised.
Silavwe said this in a statement issued in Lusaka on Thursday.
He said Zambia Police under political instructions has become the conduit of political tension in the country.
Silavwe said whilst Zambia Police Service returns some professional men and women in their rank and file, their recent conduct shows that it is on its way to becoming a state sponsored militia bending only to the whims of those in power and abetting illegalities.
“The law has left Zambia Police investigations and emotions and political biases have taken over to please President Hichilema and his circle of power.
In a very short time of UPND in power a record number of questionable arrests targeting opposition political leaders have been made in cases that seem to have no direction at all,” he said.
Silavwe said Zambia Police Service is now only a service to President Hichilema and United Party for National Development (UPND) ruling elites to settle perceived political scores
He said history has shown everyone that the general citizenry of that country look for other ways to protect their fundamental rights and property from a state sponsored militia.
“Unfortunately, history has shown us that even state sponsored militias have supporters who cheer and encourage them to the very end even in the glaring reality of threatened national peace, national prosperity and national unity,” Silavwesaid.
He said the Zambia Police must be politically de-weaponised and be a pinnacle of law and professionalism for all the citizens regardless of their political affiliations.
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