Sat, 04 Feb 2017 12:31:04 +0000 THE Patriotic Front (PF) has rubbished Rainbow Party leader Wynter Kabimba’s U-turn on President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility to stand in 2021. PF deputy spokesperson Frank Bwalya told the Daily Nation in an interview yesterday that the opposition leader’s latest position that President Lungu was not eligible to stand in 2021 did not mean that the petition before the Constitutional Court must be withdrawn. Four opposition political parties have petitioned the Constitutional Court to interpret Article 106 of the amended Republican Constitution regarding one’s eligibility to stand for republican presidency. “The debate concerning Article 106 of the amended Constitution should not be centred on President Lungu because the Constitution does not know individuals. The Constitution stipulates provisions which do not refer to individuals but to laws. “We want to put it on record as PF that this debate is not about President Lungu and therefore it will be good […]
