Tue, 06 Dec 2016 09:48:59 +0000 By Chikumbi Katebe IT will be nugatory and meaningless for Margaret Mwanakatwe to appeal to the Constitutional Court against the nullification of her seat without a stay because the Speaker will be within his rights to declare the seat vacant and for the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to call for a by-election. Mrs. Mwanakatwe has now appealed to the Constitutional Court for stay which was denied by Judge Mwiinde Siavwapa who declared that that such a stay would be illegal because it would mean a reversal of his earlier nullification of the seat. Ms Mwanakatwe in her appeal filed on Saturday, December4, 2016 said that the Constitutional Court had jurisdiction to grant her a stay as interim relief following her appeal before it. She submitted that if the stay of execution of judgment was not granted, the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) would proceed to call for by […]
