CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the Constitution amendment process doesn’t require wider consultations because it is not the whole document which is being amended. And Mweetwa says the beauty of having a constitutional amendment process right now is that Zambians can punish UPND next year if they do something wrong. On Saturday, the Law Association of Zambia warned government about the dangers of timing the constitution amendment with elections, urging them to tread carefully. LAZ also called on government to ensure that all proposed amendments to the constitution and reforms were based on genuine, broad-based stakeholder engagement and consensus. But commenting on this in an interview, Sunday, Mweetwa said while LAZ was on firm ground with their caution, this...
