Dear Editor,PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu’s eligibility to contest the 2021 polls debate has been revived after the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) poured water on the then ill-conceived “Third –Term” debate.But this time around the debate is orchestrated to instil fear in the head of State and the governing PF by threatening to petition the incumbent via Article 52 (4): “A person may challenge, before a court or tribunal, as prescribed, the nomination of a candidate within seven days of the close of nomination and the court shall hear the case within twenty- one days of its lodgement.”However, President Lungu will successfully file his nomination papers as PF’s 2021 Presidential candidate whilst serving as a Republican President in line with Article 52: (1) “A candidate shall file that candidate’s nomination paper to a returning officer, supported by an affidavit stating that the candidate is qualified for nomination as President, Member of Parliament or councillor, in the manner, on […]
WHY AND HOW PRESIDENT LUNGU CANNOT BE PETITIONED VIA ARTICLE 52
