Zambia: Supreme Court's Missed Opportunity

opinion

Last night's extremely disappointing decision by Zambia's Supreme Court to advise against, but ultimately allow, President Michael Sata's plans to form a special tribunal aimed at removing inconvenient judges is based upon a long history in our country.

When Levy Mwanawasa resigned as Zambia's Vice President in 1994, it was because of what he alleged were corrupt tendencies in the Frederick Chiluba administration. At the center of Mwanawasa's corruption allegations was Micheal Sata, who had started of as the first Local Government Minister under the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD).

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