Wed, 23 Nov 2016 10:02:52 +0000 PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu enjoys immunity from any legal or criminal proceedings, as provided for in the Zambian Constitution, and so must be removed from the list of respondents together with his Vice-President Inonge Wina in a petition challenging their victory in the August 11 general elections, says Attorney General Likando Kalaluka SC. Mr Kalaluka said in his application for the High Court to remove the President and Vice President and three others in that the Republican Constitution provided for the protection of the holder of the Office of the President with immunity, which was the basis of his application for the misjoinder. This was in the ongoing petition before the High Court initiated by United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema together with his running mate Geoffrey Mwamba over the 2016 general election against the Constitutional Court’s decision to discontinue a petition before its determination and declaration […]
