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The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has backed the proposal by FDD President Edith Nawakwi to relook at the republican constitution. SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Cheembe tells QFM News via telephone that there are many errors in the amended constitution that need to be corrected before the country is faced with a serious constitutional crisis. ...

The Constitutional Court has adjourned to Monday next week the hearing of the presidential election petition which was earlier set to be heard and concluded on Friday yesterday. The Court has also ordered that two days each be given to both the petitioners and respondents to argue their case. This was after the Constitution Court failed to hear the petition ...

Green Party President Peter Sinkamba has bemoaned the lack of adequate information from the proceedings of the presidential petition. Mr. Sinkamba says this is besides the conjectures and speculations from social media. H e says people were yearning for regular updates at every stage of the proceedings, but that there has been little information from the media. Mr Sinkamba says ...

The Opposition United Party for National Development UPND has defended its decision to petition the outcome of the presidential election. UPND Secretary General Steven Katuka says there is nothing wrong for anyone to petition an election they feel was marred by irregularities and feel they were treated unfairly by the one in charge of conducting the elections. Mr. Katuka has ...

The Lusaka High Court has dismissed an appeal by Muvi TV and Komboni Radio against the decisions of the IBA Board to suspend the broadcasting licenses for the two broadcasting stations. High Court Judge Mwiinde Siavwapa ruled that the appeal to the Court against the decisions of the IBA to suspend the licenses is misconceived and incompetent. Judge Siavwapa ruled ...

The opposition UPND says its losing parliamentary candidates who have withdrawn their election petitions and defected to the ruling Patriotic Front are practicing politics of the belly. UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka says such decisions are unreasonable because they do not add any value to society. Mr. Katuka has wondered why they filed the petitions in the first place if ...

Political Scientist Chris Zimba says the number of parliamentary petitions filed in the High Court is an indication that the country’s democracy is growing. Mr. Zimba also shows increased stakeholder and political trust in the country’s judicial system. He however, notes that there many lessons that the country should draw from the increase in the number of election petitions being ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says FDD President Edith Nawakwi is entitled to her opinion which it respects. Reacting to Ms Nawakwi’s call for ECZ to be disbanded, ECZ Public Relations Manager Crispin Akufuna says people should not forget that August elections were not the first elections the commission conducted. He says the Commission the remains the same electoral ...

The Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) says there is no need to increase the number of Cabinet Ministers by creating the ministry of religious affairs. FDD Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza says the country’s treasury is already stressed and that creating another ministry will be an unnecessary additional cost. Mr. Mwanza has since appealed to Members of Parliament not to allow ...

Patriotic Front and UPND youths have been praised for exhibiting calmness following the filing of the presidential petition the UPND. Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) president Andrew Nthewewe is pleased that the youths have remained calm while waiting for the verdict to be passed by the constitutional court. YALI President Andrew Nthewewe says it is also important that youths across ...