FORMER defence minister Davies Chama says the change in chairmanship for the defence Central Joint Operations Committee (CJOC) is unnecessary and only raises suspicion. In a statement on Wednesday, Defence Minister Ambrose Lufuma disclosed that the chairmanship of the Central Joint Operations Committee which was headed by the Army Commander Lieutenant General Sitali Alibuzwi had been shifted to the Director General Special Division Friday Nyambe for administrative convenience. But in an interview, Chama said government should have left the chairmanship of the CJOC with the Army Commander. “For me those changes are unnecessary, it just brings a lot of suspicions and even in terms of trust. I only hope that they can reverse it and just go back to the way...

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