Sat, 10 Dec 2016 11:20:39 +0000 CHARLOTTE Scott says the Constitutional Court has no jurisdiction to reverse a final decision of the High Court before the hearing and determination of a preliminary issue raised in any interlocutory application. Dr. Scott said this in her response against the Constitutional Court appeals application to stay the High Court’s decision to nullify Margaret Mwanakatwe’s election as Member of Parliament for Lusaka Central Constituency. This is in a matter in which Ms Mwanakatwe has appealed to the Constitutional Court following High Court Justice Mwiinde Siavwapa’s judgment to nullify her election, and subsequent ruling to dismiss her application for a stay of execution of the judgment, that her appeal would be nugatory if the Speaker of the National Assembly should go ahead and declare her seat vacant. Mr Justice Siavwapa refused to grant her a stay of execution that it would be illegal to reverse his own judgment when […]
