Edgar Lungu orders Zambian Police to immediately arrest PF Cadres for attacking journalists

President of Zambia Edgar Lungu has directed the Police to act immediately and bring to book ruling party cadres who caused damage to Power FM in Kabwe and attacked journalists at Radio Maria in Chipata.

Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda said that Zambian President Edgar Lungu is very disappointed with the silence by the country's police and failing to take action on those criminals who attacked Power FM and Radio Maria in Central and Eastern provinces respectively, as reported by Lusaka Times.

Amos Chanda also opined that Zambia's Head of State, Edgar Lungu is a strong advocate of media and press freedom and had ordered that anyone found attacking journalists should be arrested. According to the President, the barbaric acts against journalists were a complete departure from the principles and values of the Patriotic Front and government in general.

"The President is disappointed with failure by the Police to act on visible breaches of the law by some members of the public, including Patriotic Front cadres. Police are expected to act and must be seen to be doing their duty whenever the law is breached by anyone, regardless of the political affiliation. The President observed with disappointment that the acts of violence are being committed in the name of the Patriotic Front without the Police acting even when cadres take the law in their own hands," Amos Chanda opined, as reported by Zambia Reports.

Police are always likely to act, according to Chanda, and must be visible in be doing their duty whenever the law if breached by anyone regardless of the political affiliation. Recently same suspected PF cadres stormed Power FM and Radio Maria and disrupted proceedings of interviews.

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