Zambia ex-ruling party dissolved
Lusaka, 15 Mar – (ANA) - Zambia's former ruling party has been stripped of its legal status for not paying fees for the past 20 years - amounting to $75,000 (£50,000).
The Registrar of Societies says the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) has been deregistered for failing to pay its "statutory obligations".
The party says it does not owe anything and will appeal against what it brands "an assault on democracy".
If the decision is upheld, the MMD will lose its parliamentary seats.
The MMD is one of Zambia's oldest political parties, sweeping to power in 1991 in the country's first multi-party elections.
Last year, it became the largest opposition party with 53 seats when it lost power to the Patriot Front of President Michael Sata. (ANA)
FA/ANA/15 March 2012---------