MMD Mwandi MP Michael Kaingu has won the case in which his election was petitioned in the High Court by the PF and UPND losing candidates. The outcome of the court process has elated Mr. Kaingu who says the judiciary has maintained its integrity despite calls for its restructuring.
He charges that the petitions by the PF losing candidates were meant to discredit the MMD MPs even where they did not have proper evidence of electoral malpractices.
And the Lusaka High court has declared MMD Mpongwe MP Gabriel Namulambe as the duly elected MP for the constituency. Court Judge in charge Mwiinde Siavwapa noted that out of the 13 allegations that were labeled against Mr Namulambe, five were proved but the question was on whether the five influenced the majority of voters to vote for him.
This is the fourth petition that PF is losing within a period of two weeks. The ruling party has petitioned over 50 parliamentarian seats from the September 20 elections.
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the sh#t happens)))) still a lot to go
You are right, you can’t pass with four out of Fifty!
Just keep on losing after all you tricked us to vote for you and yet you do not have the substance baPF. Abash PF. I end here!
Keep Quiet illegal immigrant to UK. Whom can you vote for, when you are just living underground there? Stop cheating yourself.
vimachitika Ba Kalamba we jst hav to wait 4 2016 again & make anotha change if we unite lyk we did in da last election!
From the two petitions I have read about, it would seem the majority are based on frivolous allegation with no substantive evidence to show any significant malpractice that would influence the majority of the electorate. I have no doubt that PF would easily scoop these if their was a shread of evidence even the courts staff must be laughing at some of the allegations. Patrick Mwanawasa’s case is next.
And, people still believe our courts are corrupt? anisepi cwalo.
The truth is that these MMD chaps were corrupt and literary buying votes. I mean we all saw what wat was happening but the fact is that its is difficult to prove in court. In some provinces civil servants were instructed to go to boma offices were then ruling party MP candidates campaigned. Thats the intersting thing about law when one is acquitted it does not mean “he/she did not commit the offence” it simply means the “facts before the court are not sufficient enough to find that person guilt or to convict” that person. Thats why there are terms like good lawyers and bad lawyers, thats why there are things like destroying evidence, intimidating witnesses, etc.
close your mouth if you can’t prove what you are talking about. don’t get used to the idea of convicting people in the media and then you say you are fight corruption…it is called kids hide and seek.. game… please continue fooling people in Muchinga
Are you saying that PF are using “bad lawyers” that is why their candidates are losing their petitions? Just swallow your pride and admit the obvious: Â there was no compelling evidence. Â Both PF and MMD spent lots of money. Â Losing or winning depended on the quality of campaigns and the mood of the people. Â The Donchi Kubeba slogan aptly addressed the issue of campaign materials and gifts – take them but vote as you please.
REASON, REASON, REASON PEOPLE. THE GOVERNMENT HAS REQUESTED THAT IT LOSES ALL ELECTION PETITIONS AS WE NEED NO BY-ELECTIONS. LETS USE A BIT OF REASONING. IN ALL THE PETITIONS, ONLY 1 OR 2 WILL GO IN FAVOR OF THE PF. BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN MMD NEVER RIGGED ON THE CONTRARY, IT DID. THE GOVERNMENT JUST WANT TO SPARE SOME RESOURCES. MARK MY WORDS!!!!!
Feck you!! Â You are so dull!. Â Has Sata sucked your grey matter out so that you are now a bumbling id!ot? Â The Pathetic Fascists will try and win at each and every opportunity. Â They have no sense of priority about development. Â They lied during the election campaigns and will gladly spend our money on by-elections and commissions of enquiry stuffed by their relatives. Just feck off and die, you twit.
@ number 5 indeed it does not mean that these guys are not guilty of malpractice but just that there was not enough evidence. It is however questionable wisdom to go into battlew/out calculating the costs. The petitioners should have embarked on preparations for nxt elections instead of wasting money, time and energy on this.
I also believe it is better for Zed if we have a balanced parliament than one dominated by one party, especially since the judiciary is currently under attack
They thought the constable will be personally attending court sessions to intimidate judges.
There is a wrong perception that any petition by PF losing candidates would go their way in courts. The ghost of Sata public exciting utterances devoid of reality of truth is being proved wrong in courts of law. Many petitions to come will end up with similar court rulings. Facts matter in cour ajudications than mere rhetorics without substance. Perhaps others may opt to go without these senseless petitions to save court time to attend to more pressing issues of corruption in the nation.
The judges who have so far presided on these cases are indeed impartial and fearless. 50 PF petitions are a sign that the party was not up to anything good. May God punish them by loosing all remaining petitions. Bravo judges who are serving the people in actual fair justice.
Amen and shame to the devil
Waste of peoples time and money! Pathetic fools and liars.
is this kaingu the father of the famous porn star at ZCAS?
Well done Daddy.
HO HO HO
……and the more jobs for the youth?
LET ALL THE PF PETTIONERS BE HAMMERED WITH THE COST OF THE PROCESS.
WHY DO THEY WANT TO PETTITION AN ELECTION THAT WAS FREE AND FAIR , ARE THEY SAYING THEIR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS NOT FAIR?
Thank you Judges. As it stands we have enough lunatics in government and allowing any more will be a total distater!!!!! Keep them away and lets concetrate on developing the country and moving forward. This is no the last election.
The rebranding of ‘dont kubeba 2012’ the intellectuals saving the country from itself and delivering it slowly from its mistake the sweaty paws of visionless lunacy….God is good, thankyou for the hang parliament pantu ngelo twanya…and sorry God for not seeing why you resisted this situation before… ala twalapila na ba punka aba with NO PLAN!!! please make them lose all the seats ba judiciary twafweniko..we were not thinking.
Chilungamo chiyende ngati Madzi, Inu ogamula milandu ku Khoti tikuthokozani Chifukwa cha Ntchito yabwino yomwe mukugwira, Ikani Mulungu patsogolo ndi kutsata Malamulo a Dziko, Mulungu adzakudalitsani.
The pf is actually shooting itself in the foot. The guys who are winning these petitions will not be bought in the parley. You saw how shortly after the elections, a lot of MMD MPs opted to become ministers out of fear following a mass exodus of MMD chaps who were jitterly about losing contracts and quickly joining the pf. These victories are a plus for Musokotwane, Mutati, Nevers and Kunda. I pray that they (pf) lose all the petitions because by-elections would cost the tax payers dearly and are totally unnecessary. Come to think of it, are there MMD chaps still crossing over to the pf of late?
In a democracy anybody should win or lose depending on the facts on the table. We just need an independent, fair or objective judiciary and confidence in our system.
Five were proved, what more do you want?. Even one allegation is enough, do you have to commit multiple murders to be called a murderer? Zambian judges are becoming a joke. We need to know what was proved.
Everyone above shut up, the fact Zambians whether PF, UPND or MMD can petition and have their cases heard in court is enough. Can we not for once just agree as citizens that we some times just talk too much. That’s my word!
we need more courageoues Judges like Siavwapa..twalumba aisha..!!