Sat, 24 Feb 2018 10:27:26 +0000 By CHINTU MALAMBO THE State wants the Constitutional Court to rule that UPND leader, Hakainde Hichilema and his vice, Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba’s appeal against the single judge ruling was filed out of time. Principal State Advocate, Frederick Imasiku, yesterday filed an affidavit in support of notice of motion to raise a preliminary issue for an order to strike out the appeal for irregularities. He indicated that the appeal by the opposition leaders was filed out of time and was not appropriately before the court. Mr Imasiku indicated that on October 14, 2016, the Constitutional Court delivered its ruling, denying to grant the opposition leaders leave to appeal. “The application by the opposition leaders was filed out of time. “On October 14 2016, the court delivered its ruling refusing to grant leave to the applicants to file its application. This is in a matter in which the UPND leaders appealed […]
