By: Big Lips
There are a lot of things that can be avoided. One of such things is the current row over the confiscation and subsequent burning of counterfeit goods.
The Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRa) can talk about upholding the laws of the land. That is fine and understandable. They can tell us that some of the confiscated goods were collected seven years ago. That, too, is fine and understandable.
The NamRa can convince us that they are concerned with the people’s health because some of the goods confiscated and eventually destroyed were medicine. When NamRa says that, they are right too.
When the police say, they protected Chinatown because they have laws to uphold. They, too, are correct in that. Even when they justify excessive force on non-violent protesters and tell us that it was meant to maintain peace and order, the police are correct.
Even when the courts keep two people behind bars because they called for fair and equal treatment of all the people regardless of their race and nationality, they are also doing what they are supposed to do.
It does not matter, I guess, that the law used to keep the two people in custody until sometime in July is an old law enacted in 1956. It is a law meant to punish the founding fathers who fought to liberate the country.
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