The Road Transport and Safety Agency has celebrated the failure of the private members’ motion that sought to halt the fast track court system having weekend imprisonment as part of the sentence for drunk driving.
Choma Central Member of Parliament Cornelius Mweetwa had moved a motion to thwart the weekend imprisonment punishment fearing that it will be abused by RATSA but the motion failed.
RATSA Executive Director Zindaba Soko said it was great news for the institution that the motion had failed as it will give them more powers in curbing drunken driving.
“There was a private member’s motion that was thrown out. For us that is very positive news. We will move fast to stop this vice of drunken driving,” Soko said.
Under the new law RATSA will have the powers to effect weekend arrests for convicts of drunken driving as part of the sentence.
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