WHEN PARLIAMENT’S VOTES ARE FOR SALE, DEMOCRACY IS ON AUCTION In a constitutional democracy, Parliament is meant to be the final shield between state power and the people. It is where conscience should outweigh convenience and public interest should prevail over private inducement. Yet the controversy surrounding inducements allegedly offered to MPs during the passage […] The post WHEN PARLIAMENT’S VOTES ARE FOR SALE, DEMOCRACY IS ON AUCTION first appeared on The Zambian Observer .