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UN chief urges Zambia to fight corruption
Posted: Feb 24, 2012 11:10 AM by Jacqui Heinrich
Updated: Feb 24, 2012 11:50 AM
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) - The U.N. chief has urged Zambian lawmakers to spare no one in the fight against corruption.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, speaking to Zambia's parliament at the start of a visit Friday, called corruption a cancer that threatens democracy and anti-poverty efforts.
He says, "In this fight there can be no sacred cows, there can be no parallel systems of justice - one for the poor and the weak; another for the powerful and protected."
Zambian President Michael Sata came to power in the southern African nation last year on an anti-corruption campaign. Ban is scheduled to meet Sata Saturday.
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