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 promoting Electoral Justice in Zambia. The former Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) executive director says the Constitutional Court exhibited a rare trait of responsiveness by exercising
By Anonymous Doctoral Student The World Bank and International Country Risk Guide provide indices and components that gauge the political risk of a country. Such indices include quality of democracy—by which it means institutional strength. By quality of bureaucracy, the World Bank means the regime’s ability to govern without drastic policy changes or interruption of
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 Leader Hakainde Hichilema and his running mate have challenged the election of Edgar C. Lungu and Inonge Wina as elected President and Vice
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 interim President. Apparently he was feeling unwell and was on his way to Singapore when he suffered a stroke and lost consciousness. His plane
By Holyfield Mumba It is a practice that only the best beans should be cooked. Before you cook beans, you go through a selection process in which all the seemingly bad beans are thrown away so that only the good beans remain for cooking. However, when rain comes, the bad beans you threw away in
Hakainde Hichilema has asked for an hour from the Constitutional Court bench currently sitting to make consultation before presenting his case. This is after all his lawyers decided to abandon the case following insufficient time to carry out their task. They were only given two hours to present their case. Hichilema is expected
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 leave the court saying he won’t be able to defend the constitution. This is due to the way proceedings have been conducted. Another lawyer Musa Mwenye has also left saying he is unable to discharge his duties as counsel for the
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