Thu, 29 Dec 2016 09:36:54 +0000 …..Until ConCourt makes a final determination… By Nation Reporter MARGARET Mwanakatwe will continue to hold her Lusaka Central and ministerial portfolios after the Constitutional Court ruled that her application for a stay of execution of the High Court judgment was irrelevant. Justice Mulembe ruled that he found the application for stay of execution of the judgment irrelevant because when there was an appeal, the law as per constitutional provisions stated that the seat only becomes vacant after the final determination of the Constitutional Court. According to the Article 73 (4) “a Member of Parliament whose election is petitioned shall hold the seat in the National Assembly pending the determination of the election petition”. He affirmed that he saw no need to entertain the application for stay any further when by operation of law and in terms of the Constitution, it was clear when the seat would become vacant. “I […]
