Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:11:11 +0000 The Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini was wrong to revoke the recognition of MMD as the leader of opposition in Parliament, says Professor Muna Ndulo. Pro Ndulo revealed this in an his article which he wrote concerning the revocation of the recognition of the many opposition party in the house which was also copied to the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) in which he argued that Dr Matibini was wrong in the manner he handled the matter. He said that article 84(4) of the Constitution cannot be used to deal with the determination of what requirements an opposition political party was supposed to have if it wanted to be a leader of the opposition. He said “following MMD’s loss of three Members of Parliament through by elections, the Speaker stated that none of the opposition parties had the required 53 members to satisfy the quorum as […]
