Concourt postpones ruling on Munir’s case

Hannock Kasama-The Constitutional Court has postponed ruling on whether or not to review its decision not to allow LUMEZI Constituency Member of Parliament, MUNIR ZULU to file heads of arguments out of time, as a respondent in an electoral petition.
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The ruling on the matter is now earmarked on a date to be communicated.

On May 20th this year, the Constitutional Court had quashed Mr. ZULU’s application to file the heads of arguments out of time and set July 29, for judgment in the petition’s appeal case.

This followed an objection by an appellant, ZELLIPA CHISULO, through her lawyer BUTLER SITALI.

Ms. CHISULO, who was an Independent candidate in the August 2021 LUMEZI Parliamentary race cited the precedence of MUYAWA LIUWA verses Judicial Complaint Authority and Attorney General of 2011, where it was held that the highest court cannot review its own
decisions, unless in exceptional circumstances.

However in a counter action, Mr. ZULU filed an application for the Constitutional Court to determine whether or not he could be allowed to file heads of arguments out of time, pending judgment of the petition.

This is in a matter where Ms. CHISULO and others have appealed against the CHIPATA High Court’s verdict to uphold the LUMEZI parliamentary election results that saw Mr. ZULU, emerge victorious.

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