By NOEL IYOMBWATHERE is nothing sinister about the recent pardoning of 60 inmates by President Edgar Lungu, says a Lusaka-based lawyer, Mr Sakwiba Sikota. The pardoning of 60 prisoners including Keith Mukata and Mathew Mohan by President Lungu has been received with mixed feelings with some non-governmental organisations condemning the freeing of murder convicts, while some contend that there was nothing illegal about that.Mr Sikota however said that it was a discretion which was given to the Head of State and that it was at his discretion whom he chose to pardon. He said that the law does not require the President to justify why he should pardon a particular individual.Mr Sikota explained that there is nothing unusual with the move as it has been done in the past by many Heads of States. He said that unless the constitution is changed, the action by President Lungu was within the confines of the law hence […]
NOTHING SINISTER WITH PARDONS – SAKWIBA
