‘Petitioning Lungu eligibility is contempt’
By KETRA KALUNGA OBVIOUS Mwaliteta’s intention to petition the nomination of Edgar Lungu is politics that can never be sustained at law, says Lawyer Jonas Zimba. Anyone wanting to challenge President Lungu’s eligibility would be committing contempt of court because there was a judgement in place regarding the matter, Mr. Zimba said in an interview. …
By KETRA KALUNGA
OBVIOUS Mwaliteta’s intention to petition the nomination of Edgar Lungu is politics that can never be sustained at law, says Lawyer Jonas Zimba.
Anyone wanting to challenge President Lungu’s eligibility would be committing contempt of court because there was a judgement in place regarding the matter, Mr. Zimba said in an interview.
Mr Zimba of Makebi Zulu and Associates, said challenging the Constitutional Court’s ruling on President Lungu’s eligibility was a crime because the action was aimed at undermining the court.
He said what the UPND Lusaka Province chairperson was planning to do was politics which could not be sustained at law.
“The law is very clear, there is judgement as regards his eligibility, it will not go anywhere, it is politicking,” he said.
Mr Zimba challenged Mr Mwaliteta to go ahead with his plans because sometimes it was important for people to see the actual thing happening.
He said: “We’ll only pray that God gives us enough time to live long for us to come and see that it will not go anywhere.”
