THERE was jubilation at the Lusaka High Court yesterday characterised by singing, dancing and ululating after the Lusaka High Court Judge Charles Kajimanga declared MMD Petauke Member of Parliament (MP) Dora Siliya as the duly-elected MP for the constituency after he found no merit to the electoral malpractices labelled against her victory.
And Ms Siliya described the dismissal of the petition election by Patriotic Front and United Party for National Development (UPND) losing candidates Leonard Banda and Cuthbert Phiri as a victory to the judiciary which she said was a corner stone of democracy.
Mr Justice Kajimanga dismissed the petition against Ms Siliya on grounds that the allegations lacked merit and as such, no reasonable tribunal would nullify the seat under the given evidence as adduced by Mr Banda and Mr Phiri.
Mr Banda and Mr Phiri had asked the court to nullify Ms Siliya’s election to Parliament alleging that she engaged in malpractices and abuse of government resources to win votes from the electorate.
But Mr Justice Kajimanga said he found no merit in the allegations because the petitioners failed to prove their allegations to a high degree of clarity.
“On the whole of the evidence the petitioners have not proved the allegations to the degree of clarity and no reasonable tribunal can nullify an election based on the evidence adduced before court.
This petition lacks merit and I hereby dismiss it and declare that Honourable Dora Siliya was duly-elected,” he said.
[Times of Zambia]
This has come like a breath of fresh air to see that at least the judiciary is still professional in its approach to cases. This will help Zambia’s democracy earn some respect which has of late been questioned by any right thinking person. I support ideologies, not Parties nor characters.
Mr Banda and Mr Phiri of PF and UPND had asked the court to nullify Ms Siliya’s election to Parliament alleging that she had engaged in malpractices and abuse of government resources to win votes from the electorate.
But Mr Justice Kajimanga said no reasonable tribunal can nullify an election based on the evidence adduced before the court and he further stated in his judgement that the
petition brought before him lacked merit hence dismissing it, and maintaining the status of Honourable Dora Siliya as a duly-elected MP.
Ba Silly Sillier what would have been your opinion of the Judiciary if they had ruled in favour of the petitioners?Corner stone of democracy?You will still have to pay for the RP Capital saga
One count out & clean good girl another addition to tourism attraction congratulation DL
So, it is now legal to vote with ones arse in Zambia. Good for you Dollar Sillier. God knows the grinning faces of the brainless male imbeci!es who voted with the corresponding counterpart in their pants. VIVA DEMOCRACY !
In the Chipata constituency that Mangani successfully appealed against, one of the reasons for nullifying the MMD victory was cheating electorate that PF would introduce or legalise homosexuality which Dollar Sillier proclaimed very loudly. Why this inconsistency by the legal fraternity. Judicial blindness or serious bias???
Anyway, the Cobra is still not finished with Ms Sillier – let her have a brief smile before she returns to jail. A jail sentence for the radar scandal will result in another bye election. Those with soft bahms prepare !!
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congatulations Ms Siliti.great woman much much love from me
Yea. The Post Reporter spend all his time telling the court that Dora was telling the electrote to admire her bums. And he thought the Judge was recording or listening to such rubbish
Spent
If you have noticed, only petitioners in the constituancies with small win margins suceed eg Livingstone, etc
Its ironic that under the corrupt MMD, there was nothing like a free and fair justice system every Judge was on chi Ala Bee’s payroll. Why don’t you rejoice to that Dora!!
MMD ruled for 20yrs and RB was only president for 3. Does it mean that even when he was a farmer he had judges on his payroll? Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmh.
Our judiciary still stinks, the same evidence these petitioners presented, were presented in Livingstone and the high court nullified the elections. So who really has the benchmark? we are tired of such arbitration which cannot be tested emperically and subjected to independent thought. In other cases, the same and one type of evidence calls for nullification and in others cases, the same evidence is not proof enough. LAW in Zambia is too VAGUE, too ABSTRACT and inconsistent when arriving at establishing the case and final judgment.
kekekekekekekekekeke siliti this is truly a breath of fresh air
How has such a judgement come about? Is talking about: showing and touching bums and other ‘assets’ not corruption. Dora was using her bums and boobs and other ‘assets’ to lure voters. I remember some people asking to touch her ‘assets’ and getting very exited about all that all the way to the polling station. This is unacceptable, next thing smart Dora will use such tricks to get to State House. This country is a shum. Can’t we learn from Joyce Banda who has decently ascended to power in Malawi?
@Analysis. Great point about getting her way to state house. She has a profile which could one day see her there. She is strong, great orator, sharp as a razor and speaks Bemba very well.
Congrats to Dora, my fellow bloggers, may be Dora can make a good first female Zambia president. look at what she has gone through over a short period of time. i admire her courageous. Don’t get me wrong its just my opinion
The thing about politics is those that system fights, if they have a strong will power, end up having very successful political careers. History has many examples of this.
Viva Dora…someone along Bwinjimfumu is drinking tujilijili to contain his anger!
It is clear that the losing candidates Leonard Banda and Cuthbert Phiri were on a tour of luxury to spend money on the fateful errand to unseat a well known, respected, popular leader and genuine representative of the people of Petauke Central . A fair Judicial system will consolidate democracy in Zambia. CONGRATS MWANA WA MAMA, Hon. MP Ms. Dora Siliya. Continue to truly represent our people and to uphold some hope in the peoples of Eastern Province in general.
Kongwechurations Doll-la Silly-ya. What do you say about the judiciary, is it still not independent? is it government controlled? Don’t just bark and woof like a rabid bitch! PF does not operate like Miserable Moribund Dwellers (MMD).
…Sorry but I’ve no kind words for this woman. She thought she was a godess.
@kapenta ya nkwangwa. You are dead right. PF do not opperate like the Miserable Moribund Dwellers (MMD). They behave like Pathetic Fools (PF).
congrats pretty…shame to the liars..the PF devils..
#22,
Lufeyo, no, PF behaves like Palatable Fellows (PF) .
DOLA’S SOFT BUMS SHE WAS ADVERTIZING ARE YEILDING RESULTS, IT WONT WORK! YOU WILL BE BROUGHT DOWN NO MATTER WHAT TIME IT TAKES .
PF fail to have an outright victory through the ballot, now they are trying the booth.
Dora’s use of the skirt to win things is unacceptable!!
She looks like an innocent virgin in the picture but my!, the lady has swallowed them all, name them!
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