CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the dissolution of the ACC board doesn’t mean the dissolution of the institution. And Mweetwa says there will be no overarching implications for ACC to operate without a board for two months. Meanwhile, Mweetwa has charged that the former ACC board failed to run the institution. On Tuesday, Governance Activist Rueben Lifuka said President Hakainde Hichilema had created a vacuum at ACC by dissolving the board, further raising some concerns on how powerful the DG’s office is. But in an interview, Wednesday, Mweetwa said ACC had continued to operate because there was already someone who was acting as DG. “The Anti-Corruption Commission is an institution which is a system of governance, it is one...

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