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The National Restoration Party (NAREP) has called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to prove the authenticity of the alleged human rights abuses in Zambia.
NAREP president, Ezra Ngulube, urged the Zambian government to invite the UN special experts who reviewed the allegations to present evidence on the issue.
In a statement issued in Lusaka on Sunday, Ngulube said that the experts should not have made definitive remarks about the allegations without first conducting a fact-finding mission.
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“We believe that the experts should have awaited a comprehensive response from the Government of Zambia on these allegations to ensure a balanced view was presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council,” Ngulube stated.
“We are appealing to the government to pursue this approach, as the allegations received by the experts could originate from anyone, whether inside Zambia or abroad,” he added.
Ngulube further advised the government to focus on providing the experts with an enabling environment to accurately assess the situation in the country.
“We note that the experts are not staff members of the United Nations Human Rights Council and, therefore, may have received incorrect information from individuals with malicious intent,” he noted.
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