{"id":254954,"date":"2010-01-31T02:56:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-31T07:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16711557.post-8040249065393617702"},"modified":"2010-01-31T02:56:04","modified_gmt":"2010-01-31T07:56:04","slug":"zambia-wants-president-to-hold-university-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/254954","title":{"rendered":"Zambia Wants President to Hold University Degree"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe with Zambian President Rupia Banda, during a trip by Mugabe to Zambia. The leaders are working to strengthen relations in the southern Africa region.<\/a>
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Zambia wants president to hold university degree<\/p>\n

AFP<\/p>\n

LUSAKA. Zambia\u2019s new constitution could block anyone without a university degree from running for president, a move that opposition leader Michael Sata said last Friday would violate basic human rights.<\/p>\n

The National Constitutional Conference, which is meant to adopt a new charter before next year\u2019s elections, last week adopted a clause that required a presidential candidate to hold a degree.<\/p>\n

Sata, leader of the main opposition Patriotic Front, does not have a degree. He said the clause would strip voters of their right to support the candidate of their choice.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople should participate in the running of their country even without a degree,\u201d Sata told AFP.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe fought the white oppressors 45 years ago so that the majority can rule this country, but now it look like this government want the minority to rule,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Government spokesman Ronnie Shikapwahsa insisted that demanding a qualification for people seeking a job was not a violation of human rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anybody wants a job, the employer asks for a qualification,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the Zambian people that are asking for a degree from the holder of the presidency,\u201d Shikapwahsa told AFP.<\/p>\n

Sata served in government before forming his own party in 2001. He lost the last polls in 2008 by just 35 000 votes to President Rupiah Banda. \u2014
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