Tue, 09 May 2017 13:11:58 +0000 By Chikumbi Katebe ATTORNEY general’s office says President Edgar Lungu is eligible for the 2021 presidential election because the constitution allows him. Principal State Advocate Frederick Imasiku says this in his affidavit in response to calls for the Court to dismiss the petition filed by four opposition parties’ presidents on the eligibility of President Lungu in the 2021 elections. Heritage Party president Godfrey Miyanda’s submitted that the petitioners who included Daniel Pule of Christian Democratic Party, Wright Musoma of the Zambia Republican Party, Peter Chand of New Congress Party and Robert Mwanza of Citizens Democratic Party did not have locus standi to petition court over the eligibility of another party’s presidential candidate when in fact they too were potential presidential hopefuls. General Miyanda argued that the matter was res judicata and an abuse of court process when President Lungu had already served the maximum two terms in […]
