In a surprising Twist of Fate, Frederick Chiluba finally gets a magistrate's acquittal in the high-profile corruption case about serious criminal charges many Zambians had hoped he would be convicted on and sent to jail for. Was this a fair ruling and how could it impact the future of the fight against high-level corruption in Zambia?For many attentive Zambians, the shocking news this week has been that ex-President Frederick Jacob Titus Chiluba, a man accused of gross...
Some people seem to be implying that under any
circumstances, the ruling of any court must be believed, not questioned, not
appealed against.History teaches us that people have been persecuted in
the past grounded on similar simplistic stances such as the above: that a
court’s ruling must not be questioned, is infallible, as if anything calling
itself a “court” automatically makes democratic and just judgements. History is replete with countless examples to counter such a...