The United Party for National Development (UPND) says it is very confident that tomorrow’s Inauguration ceremony will flop as Chief Justice Irene Mambilima wont be part of the event
UPND Secretary General Steven Katuka his party is confident that Mambilima will not swear in President elect, Edgar Chagwa Lungu and his running mate Inonge Wina tomorrow amid pending court matters filed by the UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema and his running mate Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba.
In a statement obtained by Zambian Eye today, Katuka stated that Justice Mambilima is among the best legal minds in Africa and it is common knowledge that she will not swear in President elect Edgar Lungu under the prevailing circumstances where a number of legal issues pertaining to the 2016 Presidential election have not been fully resolved by the Constitutional Court.
He said both Hichilema and Mwamba have maintained that Lungu and his running mate Wina, in collusion with the Electoral Commission of Zambia and other known stakeholders stole votes belonging to the UPND and the party have tangible evidence to substantiate the Presidential petition.
Katuka also expressed his displeasure in the manner the Constitutional Court judges handled the petition, stating that they handled the petition in a sinister manner as evidenced by the party being denied time to be heard or to produce evidence as enshrined in the constitution.
“We would like to strongly and confidently state here that knowing how credible, distinguished and law abiding Chief Justice Irene is, Lungu must forget about being sworn in as Republican President, but instead prepare to face the law because Justice Mambilima understands the law to the fullest,” he said.
