Wed, 07 Jun 2017 10:57:05 +0000 By CHIKUMBI KATEBE THE Constitutional Court has dismissed an application by the Law Association of Zambia to dismiss the petition over the eligibility of President Edgar Lungu to contest Zambia’s presidency at the next general election in 2021. Constitutional Court Justice Margaret Munalula said she has dismissed the application because LAZ failed to comply with the court’s directions when they filed out of time. She explained that as a court, she was duty-bound to ensure compliance with the court’s orders to uphold the dignity of the Constitutional Court. “I am inclined to conclude that the 1st interested party (LAZ) blatantly disregarded my directions and that noncompliance should in the circumstances be regarded as fatal,” she said. This was after LAZ attempted to file an application to raise a preliminary issue seeking to dismiss the main action in the petition for the interpretation of the Zambian constitution in relation […]
