Fri, 16 Jun 2017 13:12:16 +0000 By SIMON MUNTEMBA AND CHITE MTONGA THE UPND is seriously disillusioned and dancing on a slippery slope if it is thinking that the Constitutional Court did not recognise Edgar Lungu as a validly elected President as required by the Constitution, Patriotic Front (PF) media director Sunday Chanda has charged. Mr Chanda was reacting to the opposition UPND Spokesperson Charles Kakoma who had alleged that the Constitutional Court did not recognize President Edgar Lungu as a validly elected as required by the Constitution, instead the Court only threw out the UPND petition. In a statement yesterday, Mr Chanda said nowhere does the Constitution require the Constitutional Court to recognise the President upon hearing of a presidential petition. He noted that the Constitution merely obliges the Court after hearing a petition to declare the election of the President-elect valid or nullify the election. He, however, said the power could only […]
