Fri, 14 Apr 2017 11:15:51 +0000 By AARON CHIYANZO UPND Members of Parliament should consider moving a motion in parliament when it resumes to have the 14 days period in which presidential election petition should be heard extended instead of lying to their supporters that the petition is still ongoing in the courts, Patriotic Front (PF) secretary general Mumbi Phiri has said. Ms Phiri said that the UPND should desist from misleading people that their presidential petition against the election of President Edgar Lungu was still being heard. She said at a Press briefing that there was no presidential petition before the constitutional court as the 14 days period was long gone. Ms Phiri reiterated that the UPND had only themselves to blame for the delay in tabling their petition before the courts of law. She explained that the constitution was clear that an election was supposed to be petitioned within 14 days but that […]
