Leave Sky FM Radio alone - Kabwela

Leave Sky FM Radio alone - Kabwela
Fri 25 June 2010, 14:10 CAT

Lusaka, 25 June 2010 – Chairperson of the Press Freedom Committee of The Post – Chansa Kabwela – has called on the Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services to desist from gagging the media as well as limiting the Zambian citizens’ right to express themselves.

Kabwela was reacting to the Minister’s threat to censure or revoke the license of Sky FM radio. Kabwela said, “The truth of the matter is that people are expressing their views on the governance of our country and because Zambia is a democracy, the citizens should be allowed to do just that”.

Kabwela has called on the government not to turn a deaf ear to the cries of the nation, reminding the minister that his continued threats to shut down the radio station were an affront not only to freedom of the press, but also to freedom of expression, which are both enshrined in the Zambian constitution.