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ConCourt update: All applications by petitioners dismissed
The Constitutional Court this afternoon threw out all four (4) applications by the UPND in which they were seeking among other things that concluding trial in the main petition by midnight would not be...
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Lungu to address the nation
President Lungu President-elect Edgar Lungu is expected to address the nation at 19:30 hours this evening. This is contained in a press statement released by Special Assistant to the President for...
View ArticleState House denies reports that Lungu will address nation
State House has rubbished reports that President-elect Edgar Lungu will address the nation this evening. Zambian Eye had earlier received a statement purportedly released by Lungu’s press aide Amos...
View ArticlePetitioners’ lawyers walk out of Court room
Lawyers representing Hakainde Hichilema and his running mate Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba in the petition case have walked out of the Constitutional Court which is in session. Lawyer John Sangwa asked to...
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Petition Update: HH represent himself
United Party for National Development(UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema has asked for an hour from the Constitutional Court bench currently sitting to make consultation before he can represent himself...
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Mugabe reportedly very sick
Robert Mugabe – Photo: AP By Brian Mulenga Information coming from Harare is that President Robert Mugabe is reported to be in a coma in Dubai and his vice Emmerson Munangagwa will be sworn in as...
View ArticlePetition hearing period extended
The Constitutional Court has ruled that election petition period be extended to September 8, 2016. Trial will start on Monday. This is in the petition case where United Party for National Development...
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Chipenzi hails ConCourt decision
McDonald Chipenzi McDonald Chipenzi has commended the decision by the constitutional court to extend the of days for the hearing of the Presidential Petition, describing it as a positive step towards...
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Courts don’t make Presidents, its the people, we are running out of patience...
Dora Siliya Former Energy Minister Dora Siliya has charged that her party the Patriotic Front’s patience to wait for more days even when the 14 days in which the Constitutional Court must sit is...
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Tayali threatens to report ConCourt to Judicial Complaints Authority
Chilufya Tayali Zambian Voice executive director Chilufya Tayali has accused the Constitutional Court of breaching the Constitution to accommodate the minority at the expense of the majority, following...
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Police must remove PF thugs camping at Court – UPND
PF Cadres camp at court The opposition UPND has demanded that the Zambia Police get rid of the PF thugs camped on the grounds of the Courts to put undue pressure on the Constitutional Court tabling the...
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Miles Sampa says Edgar Lungu is God’s chosen
Miles with HH United Democratic Focus (UDF) Miles Sampa who is also former Deputy Minister in the PF government and campaigned for the UPND presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema says Edgar Lungu...
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I have no intention of ‘hijacking’ the church – Lungu
President-elect Edgar Lungu says he has no intention of hijacking the church. He said this during a church service. His words come in the wake of public outcry after he announced a the creation of a...
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If HH wins petition, he may win rerun and that will be the end of PF – Tayali
Political Commentator Chilufya Tayali has given his opinion and analysis on the events of the presidential election petition hearing of Friday, September 2, 2016. Here is his take: If you think,...
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Gen Miyanda makes an urgent appeal to President Lungu
Gen Miyanda Opposition Heritage Party leader who is also former Vice president Brig Gen Godfrey Miyanda has written an urgent open appeal to President-elect Edgar Lungu ahead of a major statement he is...
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Nevers writes to Lungu, urges him to do the right thing
Nevers Mumba MMD leader Nevers Mumba has made an earnest plea to President-elect Edgar Lungu to the right thing in the face of the constitutional crisis that has befallen the country. In a letter dated...
View ArticleCrisis: Lungu, ECZ withdraw from the petition
Information reaching us is that the Patriotic Front (PF) will no longer take part in the election petition where it’s presidential candidate reelection is being challenged by the UPND. The Patriotic...
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Presidential election petition dismissed
The Constitutional Court has today dismissed the petition against the election of President Edgar Lungu by United Party for National Development leader Hakainde Hichilema and his running mate...
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Lungu’s inauguration date set
Barely an hour after the dismissal of the petition filed by United Party for National Development Leader and his running mate Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba challenging the reelection of Edgar Lungu of...
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We sympathise with UPND – FDD
Antonio Mwanza The Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) have expressed sympathy with the United Party for National Development (UPND) following the controversial dismissal of their presidential...
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