Wed, 31 Jan 2018 10:47:09 +0000 By CHINTU MALAMBO TWO contradicting applications by four opposition political parties in the case in which they have petitioned the Constitutional Court to determine the eligibility of President Edgar Lungu to stand in the 2021 elections have halted the case until further notice. Daniel Pule, Wright Musoma, Peter Chanda, and Robert Mwanza lodged had initially raised a notice of motion with the Constitutional Court requesting that the matter be heard by the full bench before raising another notice of motion with the Judicial Complaints Commission (JCC) against its president, Hilda Chibomba for alleged incompetence and gross misconduct. When the matter come up for possible hearing of the motion requesting that the main matter be heard by a full bench, Constitutional Court judge Anne Sitali said the case would not be heard until further notice. “On Friday, we received a notice of motion requesting that this matter be heard by […]
