WHY WE HAVE RECOMMENDED FOR THE PROSECUTION OF GIVEN LUBINDA-UPND
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
(POWERS AND PRIVILEGES) ACT
19. Any person shall be guilty of an offence who-
(d) shows disrespect in speech or manner towards the Speaker;
27. No prosecution shall be instituted for an offence under this Act except by the Director of Public Prosecutions upon information given to him in writing by the Speaker.
And this whole issue came about because of a point of order by Kalabo MP Chinga Miyutu who wanted to know whether PF vice president Given Lubinda was in order to demean the office office of the speaker
Hon Miyutu said PF members of parliament led by Given Lubinda held a press briefing where they suggested that a “SOCIAL STUDIES SCHOLAR IN PRIMARY SCHOOL WAS BETTER SCHOOLED ON THE PRINCIPAL OF SEPARATION OF POWERS OF GOVERNMENT ORGANS THAN THE SPEAKER WAS”