Tue, 06 Feb 2018 08:58:55 +0000 By CHARLES MUSONDA THE Young Africa Leadership Initiative (YALI) has questioned the Constitutional Court’s relevance to dispensation of justice in Zambia. In an interview in Lusaka yesterday, YALI governance advisor Isaac Mwanza said both the opposition and the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) were complaining against some of the Constitutional Court’s decisions. “What is the relevance of having the Constitutional Court? Did we fail to deal with constitutional matters when we had the High Court or Supreme Court earlier on; or we were much better than it is now because the opposition are complaining, the ruling party is complaining. Citizens are complaining against the Constitutional Court, so where did we go wrong. “Did we really need the Constitutional Court and if we need a Constitutional Court, what do we need it for? We believe as YALI that the Constitutional Court must be a court of appeal. It must not be […]
