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Chalochatu (talk | contribs) (Created page with "In February 1993, the government-owned Times of Zambia reported that a plot by the former ruling party, UNIP, to overthrow the MMD government by unconstitutional means, known as the ''Zero Option Plan'', had been uncovered. The Zero Option Plan was alleged to call for a destabilisation of Zambia through industrial unrest, the promotion of violent crime, and the organisation of a mass uprising against the government. The governments of both Iran and Iraq were...") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
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Releases started in early March and continued through April in an arbitrary fashion. On May 19, the Supreme Court found that, on the evidence it had been presented, the emergency regulations were not valid, but gave the government two days to present further evidence. Further releases followed though the final seven detainees including Wezi Kaunda and Cuthbert Nguni were finally charged with various offences against the security of the state. On May 25 Chiluba lifted the state of emergency. | Releases started in early March and continued through April in an arbitrary fashion. On May 19, the Supreme Court found that, on the evidence it had been presented, the emergency regulations were not valid, but gave the government two days to present further evidence. Further releases followed though the final seven detainees including Wezi Kaunda and Cuthbert Nguni were finally charged with various offences against the security of the state. On May 25 Chiluba lifted the state of emergency. | ||
==See also== | |||
*[[1991 food riots]] | |||
[[Category:1993]] | |||
[[Category:Politics of Zambia]] | |||
