By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSAPATRIOTIC Front;s Allen Banda has appealed in the Constitutional Court against the nullification of his election as Chimwemwe Member of Parliament (MP) contending that the lower court erred in both law and fact when it held that the failure by the presiding officers to provide a copy of a Gen 20 forms to agents affected the results of the elections.Last week, High Court Judge Bubile Shonga, nullified the election of Mr Banda after establishing anomalies in the electoral process.Ms Justice Shonga said that the failure to provide the agents with Gen 20 forms was a serious failure to adhere to the Electoral Process Act.This follows a petition by losing UPND candidate Bornwell Matanda alleging bribery, unauthorised opening of ballot boxes and miss allotment of votes by the Electoral Commission of Zambia.But Mr Banda in his memorandum of appeal contends that the trial judge erred in both law and fact when she stated that the real connection was in approximately 30 polling stations where Gen 20 forms were not […]
PF MP appeals Chimwemwe seat nullification
