Wed, 14 Dec 2016 10:55:09 +0000 THE Constitutional Court has reserved its ruling for a stay of execution of judgment in a matter in which Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry Margaret Mwanakatwe appealed against the refusal by the High Court to grant her an application for stay following the nullification of the Lusaka Central seat. The Constitutional Court reserved ruling to a later date after hearing arguments from both parties. In her appeal, Ms Mwanakatwe submitted that the judgment indicated that it had upheld five out of the six grounds filed in the petition, but that the learned judge erred in fact and in law when he alleged that the violence allegedly perpetrated by the Patriotic Front (PF) members in Mtendere was a misapprehension of facts. She explained that the judge misdirected himself when he accepted to admit evidence shown clearly to be untrue, which her witnesses demonstrated to the court on several issues. […]
