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{{main| 2017 state of emergency|President Lungu’s Speech to the Nation on the Declaration Relating to Threatened Emergency}} | {{main| 2017 state of emergency|President Lungu’s Speech to the Nation on the Declaration Relating to Threatened Emergency}} | ||
On 5 July President Lungu declared a State of Emergency by invoking Article 31 of the Zambian constitution. In his speech he stated out | On 5 July President Lungu declared a State of Emergency by invoking Article 31 of the Zambian constitution.<ref name=UPND>{{cite news|title=President Lungu Declares State Of Emergency |url= https://zambiareports.com/2017/07/05/president-lungu-declares-state-emergency/ |issue=6 July 2014|publisher=Zambia Reports}}</ref> In his speech he stated out | ||
that there is no doubt perpetrators of this act is to make the country ungovernable. As president, he will not tolerate this lawslessness, he also pointed out that it was not an easy decision to make but was left with no choice as the primary responsibility is to protect life and property. | that there is no doubt perpetrators of this act is to make the country ungovernable. As president, he will not tolerate this lawslessness, he also pointed out that it was not an easy decision to make but was left with no choice as the primary responsibility is to protect life and property. | ||
