By MUBANGA LUCHEMBEIF there was ever a time that constitutional lawyer John Sangwa needed to be all things to all human rights groups, legal practitioners and political players in Zambia, that time is now, say some analysts – albeit of the busybody kind that always try to get somebody into trouble.Last week, the Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) discontinued a petition filed in the Constitutional Court in which it wanted President Edgar Lungu to be barred from contesting the August 12 general elections.According to a notice of discontinuance filed in the Constitutional Court registry, LRF, through lawyers Simeza Sangwa & Associates, had wholly discontinued the case without stating reasons.LRF in its petition wanted the court to declare that President Lungu having twice held office as President was not eligible to contest the forthcoming elections. The petitioner cited President Lungu in his personal capacity.LRF had argued that by President Lungu filing his nomination papers, he contravened Article […]
JOHN SANGWA’S BALANCING ACT
