Sat, 23 Sep 2017 10:00:53 +0000 By Chintu Malambo THE Constitutional Court will on October 30 hear the petition in which four opposition political party leaders have petitioned it to interpret article 106 concerning the eligibility of President Edgar Lungu to contest the 2021 elections. This is in a matter in which four leaders of political parties that supported President Edgar Lungu’s candidature in the August 11 2016 elections have petitioned the Constitutional Court, seeking its interpretation of the law on his eligibility to stand in 2021. And UPND secretary-general, the second interested party in the matter had asked the court to join President Edgar Lungu and ruling party secretary-general Davis Mwila to proceedings but the court however turned down the application to add the Head of State but joined Mr Mwila. The petitioners, who include leader of the Christian Democratic Party Daniel Pule, Zambia Republican Party leader Wright Musoma, New Congress Party’s Pastor Peter […]
