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The Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) has accepted an invitation to join the peaceful street protest scheduled for Friday, November 29, 2025, from the Freedom Statue to State House, organised by the Oasis Forum.
PeP president, Sean Tembo, said the invitation came from Oasis Forum Chairperson, Beauty Katebe, who called on the party to participate in a protest against what she described as the irregular and unlawful manner in which President Hakainde Hichilema’s government was attempting to amend the Constitution using Bill 7.
Tembo said in a statement issued in Lusaka on Monday that this was despite Bill 7 having recently been declared unlawful and unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court.
“Our acceptance of this invitation, and desire to participate in this planned peaceful street protest, is premised on our strong belief that in a constitutional democracy such as ours, citizens should never be shy to exercise their inalienable constitutional rights and liberties, such as the right to peaceful assembly and protest, provided such rights are exercised within the confines of the law,” he said.
Tembo said he was pleased that the Oasis Forum had complied with the Public Order Act by giving notice to the police regarding the planned protest.
He, however, expressed concern over reports from the Oasis Forum Chairperson that the Lusaka Division Police Command refused to receive the notice when it was delivered.
“However, the fact that the notice was delivered, is enough to have satisfied the legal requirements of the Public Order Act. Whether the Police read the notice or refuse to read the notice, is entirely their own matter,” Tembo said.
He also acknowledged President Hakainde Hichilema’s call—through his Press Aide—for dialogue with the Oasis Forum on the ongoing Constitution amendment process.
Tembo said the party believed any such dialogue should only take place after the planned protest.
“In other words, the planned peaceful street protest that is scheduled for this Friday, 29th November 2025, must proceed without fail,” he said.
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