By CHINTU MALAMBOTHE Constitutional Court has ordered the State to pay costs to Livingstone Magistrate Benjamin Mwelwa for delaying to file an answer to his petition where he wants the court to deregister political parties that have not practiced democratic tenets since 2016.This is in a matter where Mwelwa, who is also an advocate of the High Court is seeking an order to direct the Registrar of Societies to deregister all political parties that have not held party elections since 2016. Magistrate Mwelwa is also seeking a declaration that any political party which was registered and in existence as of January 5, 2016 and which has not promoted and practiced democracy through regular, free and fair elections, within its political party, has breached article 60(2)(d) of the Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) Act no. 2 of 2016 and therefore, such a political party ceased to exist as a political party in Zambia on January 4, 2017. Mwelwa has cited Attorney General Likando Kalaluka and the […]
State ordered to pay costs to Magistrate Mwelwa
