Sat, 11 Feb 2017 10:02:19 +0000 THE Republican Constitution does not come into the case of the controversy that has arisen over the MMD party presidency, High Court Justice Mwiinde Siavwapa has said. Justice Siavwapa said in his ruling that the issue before him was on the validity of the process of the May 20-22 2016 national convention that voted into office Felix Mutati and his team. He said the question, therefore, must be on whether the national secretary Raphael Nakachinda had requisite authority under the MMD party constitution to call for a national convention and whether or not the person elected at such convention was legitimate to hold office. “Does the averment give rise to the question whether or not the NEC (National Executive Committee)’s decision of 30th January, 2016 not to hold a convention in 2016 is in conflict with Article 60 (2) (d) of the republican Constitution? “The republican Constitution does not […]
