By PETER SICHALITHE Constitutional court applied a valid, logical and sound formulation in determining that the 17 months President Lungu served to complete President Michael Sata’s five year tenure did not constitute a Presidential term to disqualify him from seeking a second term, in the same way that the newly installed Tanzanian President will be precluded from two terms on account of swerving more than three years to finish off late John Maguduli’s second term, Lusaka Lawyer Jonas Zimba has said.Mr Zimba said the Tanzanian constitution provides that a President who serves the remaining term of an incumbent could only be disqualified if he served for more than three years.He said the constitution court in the Dan Pule and others case on President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility adequately interpreted the law in the same way that the Tanzanian constitution envisaged.“The Constitutional Court was on firm grounds in the case of Dan Pule and others in the […]
CONCOURT ON – TANZANIA IMPLEMENTS SIMILAR LAW TO INSTALL NEW PRESSIDENT
