Sun, 18 Jun 2017 17:04:27 +0000 What happens next with UPND’s never-ending legal theatricals? Dear Editor, With the prevailing mood in the country being one of surprise over the decision by UPND Chairman for Legal Affairs Jack Mwiimbu to recommend that the suspended MPs should take the matter to court as they believed that the Speaker acted ultra vires by suspending them for 30 days. But, in a rather unique twist of things, former UPND vice president Canisius Banda intelligently counseled the suspended 48 UPND members of parliament otherwise. As he poignantly observed that the very existence of all members of parliament was endorsed by the Office of the President and by not recognizing a duly elected leader in Edgar Lungu, UPND MPs were unwittingly nullifying their stay in the National Assembly (“Respect President”, Daily Nation, June 16, 2017). Needless to say, what is happening to the UPND camp of suspended MPs is most unfortunate […]
