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Zambian Voice Executive Director Chilufya
The Zambian Voice has disclosed that it will report the Constitutional Court to the Judicial Complaints Authority for allegedly breaching the constitution over the presidential election petition.
And The Zambian Voice has asked the Judiciary to save the nation by correcting the mistake made by the Constitutional Court to go beyond the fourteen days stipulated in the constitution to dispose of the presidential election petition.
In a statement made available to QFM News today, Zambian Voice Executive Director Chilufya Tayali says the Constitutional Court should not be drawn into illegality due to the poor approach to the case by the petitioners, or inefficiency, or lack of evidence, on time, so that that petitioners can look harder to find something, or any other negligence.
Mr. Tayali says the correction should also be a learning point for future litigants and Presidential petitioners that, they should be mindful of all the provisions of the Constitution, including that of time when they seek justice based on their rights.
Mr. Tayali says from his organization’s point of view, the Constitution is being breached to accommodate the minority at the expense of the majority and the entire Nation.
He laments that currently many things are on hold due to the limited Executive powers that the incumbent has and that the incumbent cannot perform certain functions and it is somehow affecting the country in various ways.
He says this is the month of September and in October a budget has to be presented to parliament and yet, the nation has no Parliament because all the elected Members of Parliament cannot be sworn-in.
Mr. Tayali states that UPND President Hakainde Hichilema and his running mate Geoffrey Mwamba had the opportunity to prove that President-elect did not win the last election by quickly presenting evidence, in the Constitutional Court, of fraud or rigging within the specified time, however, the petitioners decided spend their time on unsubstantive applications which could not change the facts as declared by the Returning Officer.