A CONSORTIUM of CSOs has insisted that government should halt its desire to amend the Constitution. Addressing the media, Friday, the CSOs, which included Chapter One Foundation, ActionAid, CSPR, MISA Zambia, TIZ, among others, argued that the proposed amendments in their current form were inadequate and risked undermining the principles of democracy. ActionAid Country Director Faides Tembatemba, speaking on behalf of the CSOs, said their call stemmed from the lack of a legitimate, people-centered constitutional reform process. “We join the Zambians and stakeholders that have expressed deep concern and opposition to the proposed constitutional reforms currently under consideration by the government. The proposed constitutional reforms, as they stand, are not just Inadequate; they risk undermining the very principles of democracy,...