REVEAL HH, LUNGU ASSETS

….ECZ must reveal assets for all other Presidential candidatesBy GIDEON NYENDWA and GRACE CHAILE LESOETSATHE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) must reveal declared assets for President Hakainde Hichilema, former President Edgar Lungu and all the other candidates who participated in the Presidential election, former Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) Chairperson Bishop John Mambo has said.PeP president Sean Tembo has however petitioned the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) for failing to publish the statutory declaration of assets and liabilities for President Hakainde Hichilema.Mr Tembo said the failure by the commission contravenes the constitution and is illegal.He therefore wants a statutory declaration of assets and liabilities for Mr Hichilema as filed in the 2021 general election nomination process.ECZ and the Attorney General are cited as the respondents in the petition filed into the Constitutional Court yesterday.Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) president in his petition stated that on June 7, 2016, Parliament enacted the Electoral Process Act. No.35 […]