President Lungu praises Zimbabwe’s judiciary

President Edgar Lungu

President Edgar Lungu has praised the Zimbabwean legal system for swiftly settling the presidential petition that had raised anxiety and political rifts between two major political groupings in the neighboring country.

President Lungu says African Countries can learn a lot from the expeditious dispensation of the presidential election petition in Zimbabwe.

Addressing journalists at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport shortly before departure for Zimbabwe, President Lungu says the swift verdict is a demonstration of the effectiveness of Zimbabwe’s judicial system in administering justice.

On Friday august 24, the constitutional court in Zimbabwe dismissed a presidential petition from the Movement For Democratic Congress (MDC) alliance challenging the election of President Mnangagwa in the country’s July 30 polls.

The Zimbabwean constitutional court ruled that the MDC alliance failed to provide proof of electoral irregularities.

ZANIS reports that president Lungu says African Countries should not be ashamed to learn from others especially Zimbabwe which has settled its electoral petition in record time.

He has therefore urged Zimbabweans to maintain peace and build on the relative calm in the country.

President Lungu was among regional leaders who attended the inauguration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa following the dismissal of the presidential electoral petition by that country’s constitutional court.