JUSTICE Minister Princess Kasune says the proposed amendment to increase the number of nominated MPs was not well phrased in her ministerial statement, clarifying that government wants them to constitute five percent of the total number of elected MPs. On Friday, Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) president Lungisani Zulu said what the UPND-led government was proposing was Bill 10 Pro Max. He said the proposal to increase nominated MPs through an Act of Parliament was retrogressive and dangerous for the country’s democracy. Commenting on this in an interview, Kasune said she could see where the misunderstanding was coming from. “What we are trying to say, maybe it wasn’t said correctly, so I did try to explain it in talking but...

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