PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s Political Advisor Levy Ngoma says government will not be distracted from its development agenda by “mischievous individuals” debating the presidential term limit. Ngoma also says he does not see any need for the UPND leadership to comment on discussions surrounding the removal of the two-term presidential limit. On Monday, Socialist Party leader Dr Fred M’membe wrote to the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ), requesting it to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting to take a public position on presidential term limits and reconstitute the Oasis Forum that stopped the third-term bid in 2001. Dr M’membe also demanded that any attempt to remove presidential term limits be subjected to a referendum and not left to Parliament alone, warning that...

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