Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:02:51 +0000 By Oscar Malipenga HAKAINDE Hichilema yesterday u-turned on an agreement entered with the Commonwealth secretary-general Patricia Scotland on proposed dialogue with President Lungu by insisting that the election petition on the 2016 presidential election was still active in court. Mr Hichilema said as far as he was concerned, his right to be heard was still active in court unless if the Patriotic Front (PF) threw it out while he was in prison. Mr Hichilema insisted that his and that of his running mate, Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba’s rights to be heard must be decided upon. The UPND leader’s comment is contrary to a statement issued by Ms Scotland following several meetings with him (Hichilema) and President Edgar Lungu as they resolved that they both forget about the outcome of the 2016 general elections and focus on the 2021 polls. But addressing a press conference at his residence in Lusaka yesterday, […]
