 This is a statement from my office concerning the Socialist Party and its utterances. I'm sure everybody has noted that there have been some utterances from the Socialist Party, which we have noted with serious concerns. Recently made by the Socialist Party leader Dr. Fred Namimembe, the statements published in some cabloids and various social media platforms are inclined at nothing but inciting the peace loving people of Zambia so that they lapse into a civil disobedience in order for them to gain this case political mileage. The Zambia Police Service is mandated with the responsibility of maintaining law and order in the country and also detection of crime among other things. As such, we cannot sit and watch while an individual whose advances are held bent on causing amache in the country. Him referring to military junters in West Africa only means one thing to destabilize the peace in the country which is being enjoyed by innocent citizens. The socialism is preaching about and the bringing of military coups or let me just say the relevance of military coups from West Africa into this country. We are wondering if this is the philosophy of socialism, all these statements have been made time and again on our watch and excesses can no longer be tolerated because now we know where he stands and what he is made of. Zambia Police Service, we want to put it on record that we will not allow such schemes which everyone else equally aboves. If he knows what is good for him, it's better he queues fourth wheel while he can and the same applies to every citizen who may be in the process of being chaperoned for the same. Please walk away, Zambia is not for selfish individuals therefore this philosophy being championed by these desperate politicians can no longer be observed with patience. The Zambia Police Service has an obligation to defend the constitution at any cost and that it will do even if it takes some strange measures such as smashing the rebellion which we know is carefully being instigated by the socialist party. The image in jantas in West Africa is referring to is bad wish for thinking that the same could be extended in this country. We are carefully studying the ingredients of the office and we will let you know in due course what his fate is going to be. The socialist party is preaching and feasting for democracy yet they have no spine to uphold the same. He has declared his resolve and the Zambia Police is ready to defend the constitution. Even one breath the socialist party wants to say this country has sufficient laws to provide for the rule of law. In another breath they are panting for wireless because they want to cut corners to reach their destiny. As a reminder to the socialist party if you check the history of this country people with frivolous dreams such as yours have been defeated and thank you. This is a continued persecution of the opposition. If you look at all the charges they are usually ridiculous, they don't even make sense and the police are usually apprehensive about nothing. I wish to refer to the statement that has been issued by the inspector general of police today. A very careless statement. Such statements belong to politicians not to professionals like the inspector general of police. He should desist from issuing political statements. The attack or the personality of Dr. Fred Member edging him to desist and keep away from politics has not the duty of the inspector general of police. Us as citizens have the right to associate with whoever we wish to and to practice whatever vocation we wish to and if Dr. Member has chosen to participate in politics you can't say he should quit. In what capacity is IG saying such things I think he should restrict himself to issues of law and order and allow for example the minister of home affairs to be the one to issue political statement. But this is an attack on the opposition. We have now witnessed a shrinking democratic space where people are afraid to say what they need to say where people have to look over their shoulder about what they need to say. That's not a democracy that Zambians want or Zambians voted for. I think for us like you have said I think to a Zambian people Misaka in the HLMA is doing a fantastic job in cleaning the way for his exit in 2020. If there is something that unites effectively unites people together is misery and is doing a fantastic job to impose on the Zambian people with the misery of anger because of the cost of living is doing a fantastic job in uniting the Zambian people because of the arrogance that they have already acquired in less than two years of being in government the brutality they are subjecting all of us through the police and also the violence of the UPMD they are effectively bringing people together and the moment the Zambian people unites around the cause of getting them out of government 2026 is clearly a year Misaka in the HLMA will be kissing goodbye from state house and the good thing is that he has also refused to stay there because he knows that he belongs to community house and therefore it will be better to remain there so that it will be easier only to shift his very lean fows because he has done nothing I don't think he even has any fows he can refer to about what his track record is or legacy in terms of his performance the arrest of doctor member we can only encourage him to remain strong a desperate president and a desperate political party in government the only way to show that they have learned out of ideas is to begin to arrest opposition leaders patriotic front we have been of course the forerunners on behalf of other opposition leaders in occupying these wonderful hotels at Rudan Police Central Police, Emersdale Police and all the police stations across the country so we can only say aluta continua colleagues this is the journey towards redeeming the Zaman people come 206 thank you very much just to support you I think we appeal to the president is to arrest the economy attend to the volatility in the exchange rate attend to the high millimio prices attend to the high cost of living don't arrest the opposition you have work to do our people are hungry our people need you to resolve the crisis that the country has fulfill all your obligations for Zambian people fulfill your promises that you promised our people you said fewer will be cheaper fewer is far expensive now almost double you said millimio will be cheaper millimio is very expensive you had said the exchange rate to be stable is so volatile you can't plan today is at 17 tomorrow is at 19 and it's difficult for our importers and exporters so the arrest of Dr. Fred member is aside sure to take Zambians away from what they need to discuss which is the high cost of living you want them to be discussing Fred member ask offering policy alternatives to your failures we now have to discuss the arrest of the opposition I think that's not the way for the country to be run thank you colleagues