CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says government cannot report Archbishop Alick Banda to the Vatican. Mweetwa says government is not answerable to the Vatican, adding that in the archbishop’s case Zambian law is applicable. Meanwhile, former secretary to cabinet Leslie Mbula says the law doesn’t discriminate, therefore Archbishop Banda should face it. Responding to a News Diggers editorial which suggested that it would have been wiser to report Archbishop Banda to the Vatican to allow internal processes to run their course, Mweetwa said government cannot be entangled in Vatican issues. “You can’t entangle us in the issues of the Vatican and whatever, no! As government, we are just there to ensure that there is rule of law, period! The issue...
