{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Mpelembe Network","provider_url":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net","author_name":"admin","author_url":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/index.php\/author\/admin\/","title":"Military raids and treason in Zambia - Mpelembe Network","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"6ox3DLpf80\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/index.php\/military-raids-and-treason-in-zambia\/\">Military raids and treason in Zambia<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/index.php\/military-raids-and-treason-in-zambia\/embed\/#?secret=6ox3DLpf80\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Military raids and treason in Zambia&#8221; &#8212; Mpelembe Network\" data-secret=\"6ox3DLpf80\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/zambia-emblem.png","thumbnail_width":933,"thumbnail_height":548,"description":"The 2025 constitutional amendments were presented as a bridge to a more inclusive democracy, but their first implementation has produced a paradox. While the shift to MMM successfully integrated 40 demographic representatives, it did so by reinforcing the dominance of the ruling UPND under Hakainde Hichilema. By tying legislative proportionality to the presidential vote, the amendments effectively insulated the executive from the checks of a fragmented parliament, moving Zambia closer to a dominant-party state.Zambia\u2019s reputation as a \"bastion of democracy,\" a sentiment echoed by regional observers and figures like Ambassador Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba, currently sits in a state of peril. The resilience of the Republic's institutions is being tested not just by the new electoral rules, but by the militarization of political competition and the shifting state narratives that followed the Kabulonga raid. For Zambian constitutionalism to survive this \"new normal,\" the judiciary must demonstrate absolute independence in resolving the treason trials and election petitions that now define the post-2026 landscape."}