By NATION REPORTER THE Patriotic Front risks the danger of losing all the 60 petitioned parliamentary seats if the Consti-tutional Court allows the lowering of the standard of proof in an election petition as requested by the UPND and supported by the Attorney General.A petition by the UPND, supported by the Attorney General has proposed that section 97 (2) (a) of the Electoral Process Act no.35 of 2016 be removed from the constitution as it makes it difficult to nullify an election characterised by malpractice. But Constitutionalism and Legal activist, Isaac Mwanza has opposed that this would have far reaching con-sequences on outcomes.In an application for joinder submitted by Mr Mwanza, he states that the outcome of the UPND petition had a bearing on the ongoing petitions brought before the High Court where the UPND had petitioned all the 60 PF parliamentary seats.“This is an appropriate instance for this honourable court to grant the intended interested party’s applica-tion for joinder as the […]
PF TO LOSE SEATS?
