By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSAMILINGO Lungu’s lawyers have asked the Constitutional Court to dismiss the cross petition filed by the state, contending that the action by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) binds the state and, thus, it cannot challenge its own decisions.The State has cross petitioned demanding that the ConCourt declare as illegal the purported immunity from prosecution dated March 22, 2022, granted to former Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) Provisional Liquidator Mr. Milingo Lungu as it is against the public interest and an abuse of the court process.It also wants the said immunity agreement declared unconstitutional.But Mr. Lungu filed a motion to have the cross-petition dismissed on grounds that it was incompetently before the court.During the hearing of the motion before three judges – Professor Margaret Munalula, Annie Sitali, and Mungeni Mulenga – Mr. Lungu’s advocates submitted that the cross petition was misconceived and ought to be dismissed.State Counsel Sakwiba Sikota argued that under the […]
Milingo’s lawyers asks court to dismiss state’s petition
