Fri, 10 Nov 2017 10:20:20 +0000 By Chintu Malambo LUSAKA Central Member of Parliament Margaret Mwanakatwe has asked the Constitutional Court to grant her leave to submit correct records of appeal against the nullification of her seat as opposed to losing candidate Dr Charlotte Scott’s demands that the appeal should be thrown out. Earlier, Dr Scott had raised preliminary objections to dismiss Ms Mwanakatwe’s appeal citing irregularities in the records of appeal and that the appeal was against the rules of the Constitutional Court. This is in a matter in which Patriotic Front (PF) winning candidate Margaret Mwanakatwe appealed to the Constitutional Court against High Court Judge Mwiinde Siavwapa’s judgment that nullified her seat. According to her arguments in opposition to Dr Scott’s preliminary objection to dismiss the appeal, Ms Mwanakatwe through her lawyer, Eric Silwamba, submitted that this was a proper situation in which the court would allow just hearing and determination of the […]
