ATTORNEY General Mumba Malila has instructed his chambers to appeal against the High Court judgment which quashed the decision by Chief Registrar of Societies Clement Andeleki to de-register the opposition MMD.
Mr Malila said in an interview in Lusaka yesterday that it was vital in a case of such nature to seek a final ruling in the Supreme Court.
Lusaka High Court Judge Jane Kabuka on Thursday quashed the decision to de-register the former ruling party, saying the move was excessive and irrational.
But Mr Malila said he would proceed with the appeal today.
“We are definitely proceeding with the appeal and instructions have been issued to challenge the High Court judgment today,” Mr Malila said.
Mr Andeleki said in a separate interview that the judgment had the capacity to set a bad precedent which would make it difficult for his office to collect revenue from defaulting political parties.
[Times of Zambia]
Its not right Mr.A.g to appeal for the sake of appealing.U ought to have proper grounds of appeal.I know u as a Commercial Law specailist.I doubt if u appreciated the reasoning of her Lordship in an Administrative Law case.I had time to read the judgement and i believe u ill waste the time of both the Law and the Supreme Court.
Bull s**t, just concentrate on other cases
Whether i support MMD or not,this case is a bad precedent and it means that all the difaulting organisations have to be pardoned so that we start afresh! There is the meaning!!!!!!!! KAYA
Have all other avenues been exhausted or it’s just people’s egos that need rubbing in this issue???
So tax payers must spend 18billion more to elect MP’s when we already did so not so long ago?
Why not send bailiffs to MMD branches or HQ???
NAPSAmanaged to collect over K400million from MMD within a week of warning and grabbing property.
the registrar was acting on instruction from another political cadre mumba Malila. Your application will be rejected because it is a political PF decision.
Stop whingeing and mourning MMD cadres, and confirm the fact that government, to quote Mwanawasa, must be of laws and not of men. If MMD breaks the law MMD must bear legal consequences.
And who said MMD deregistration was not a political move?
Mumba Malila if you have energy to fight in courts,go full force for London judgement and the aquittal of Chiluba. Let alone the MMD it’s our Party. Mumba you know well that the persons who have put our Party in this predicament is your fellow tribes’ men Sata and Kalumba who misapproprieted money meant fo renewal of registration . the pressure you are getting from Sata and Kawimbe is meant to leave PF without a credible opposition come 2016. Remember you’re a civil servant let Sata and Kawimbe dance to their political tune or otherwise———————————.
this is being retrosgressive. i think there are more bigger things to be attended other than a debt of K300million whihc can and must still be collected. i dont think the judgement meant the money should not be collected. Spend 18billion kwacha for a K300million debt. posterity will judge you harsly AG because whatever you do you would have committed a savagely act on the poor. people need jobs, food, education assistance, medication,housing but you decide to pursue a route of creating a mini general election.
Do these guys have work to do? this is a waste of National time and resources.What the benefit of deregistering the biggest Opposition party? Thats the problem of not emplowed via interviews.Nonsense.
Kuipa moyo is what this is all about. Sir, please educate me who is supposed to appeal, state or lifwekelo and his registrar company what ever you call it. For me this man is just too excited to seen working even on trivial appeals like this one. The guy can’t think beyond his nose. K300m can be paid but talk of K18billion for by elections if your ego is satisfied. Pathetic Fools(PF). I end here!
Mumba Malila u are just a baffon and stupid PF CADRE no wonder RB fired u bcoz u dont think alone u are being pushed by FRED MEMBE in everything and MMD KNOWS ALL THIS. THIS CASE IS POLITICAL MOTIVATED IT WAS A DIRECTIVE FROM UKWA SATA NO WONDER UKWA EMPLOYD ANDELEKI WHOM HE FORGED STATE HOUSE LETTER TOGETHER, IT WAS SATA WHO CREATED THOSE BRANCHES IN QUESTION WHICH ANDELEKI WANT MMD TO PAY FOR, WHY DID UKWA WHEN HE WAS A NATIONAL SECRETARY AND BEING THE ONE WHO CREATED THEM NOT PAY FOR THEM/ I THINK THE MMD SHOULD CALL SATA TO TESTFY IN SUPREME COURT AND GIVE THE REASON WHY DID NOT PAY FOR THESE BRANCHES WHICH NOW HE USING TO FOUND A CASE AGAINST MMD, THIS VERY MUCH ANNOYING TO HAVE SUCH CRIMINALS IN POWER DOES NOT RESPECT OTHER VIEWS, THIS IS NOT FAIR FOR THIS COUNTRY.
Boring. Zambia has become so boring. Monkeys at work and everything is dull, full of corruption and yet they pretend to fight corruption. Where have all the intelligent people gone? Looking forward to the day these numskulls will be voted out of office – and I don’t care who will win against them at that time. PF is the worst thing that has ever happened to Zambia since the death of Jesus Christ.
Sorry in #10 I meant “Chief Registrar of Societies Clement Andeleki” and not lifwekelo.
I totally agree with # 1 , its not in the best interest of Democracy in Zambia, MMD must be told to pay up, De-registering MMD will be excessive and very expensive both for the Government and the people who will be caring out all those bye Elections the only Party who will be happy of this decision is the PF…. They are in Govt and will have resources to contest all those Seats….hence make them more powerful in Parliament
Mumba Malila, what a myopic attorney general. You mean you can also wish the MMD to be de-registered? In Africa, even educated people think like illiterates. What a waste of time with some of this uncivilized attorneys. There should be other ways and means of dealing with the MMD than de-registering it. I am no MMD but I feel for the Zambian populace who are still attached with this party. What’s wrong with this young man, learned but uncivilized AG?
having a certificate is not and never be mistaken for knowledge.
Malila collect the K14bn first before you talk of peanuts.
Mumba Malila looks like he drinks a lot of beer, mwe
Honestly the whole AG can’t use his power of reason that this appeal won’t work. Why are they so scared of having opposition parties providing checks and balances.Andeleki is a misguided cadre who is unfortunately misleading the AG. I know that the judicially will act proffessionally on this matter and will uphold the High Court rulling. Shame on you all haters of democracy.
@18 kk, you are right on. They do not want to collect K14billion because it is owed by their friends. What a bunch of double standard monkeys.
Instead of advising the chimbwi’s, Malila himself has turned into a fool-ish chimbwi. It’s amazing how learned chaps like Malila sell their souls for a few pieces of silver.
It is excessive and unreasonable because we pounced on it as an opportunity after ignoring it for over 2 decades. There are so many other things that are coming to roost: illegal shanties that have grown too large to ignore or to tear down (dilemma); eyesore shops and institutions that have become too expensive to rehabilitate or facelift (dilemma); laws that have been broken for too long that it becomes unreasonable to apply them without netting unsuspecting ‘valuable’ fish (dilemma); This seems to be the lot of the Zambian society. MEANWHILE, TRY DRIVING WITHOUT THOSE RIDICULOUS REFLECTORS THAT DEFORM THE BEAUTY OF YOUR CAR AND WATCH!!!!
Looks like all this is politically motivated. How sad!
If we are spending a lot of money to de-register MMD for K300,000,000 then why do we still have the Post Newspaper which has K14 billion of tax payers money. …. Reposes the post and sale off their assets to collect our K14 billion….. Leave MMD alone
That’s the way to go Mr AG, some judges are making judgements without regard for precedence. A lot of questions remains unanswered concerning Chiluba because of bad judgements. Is it legal for the President to use Government accounts to conduct his personal businesses?
A lot of people do not understand the gravity of the judgement, that’s why they keep condemning the appeal. In this case the Judge was caught up in emotions, she should have applied the law the way it is written.
This Attorney General does not seem to be a servant of the people. He should have been the lawyer for PF secretariat not Zambian govt. Do you want a One Party State which seems to be the preferred model of govt by your master? Start working for the people not an individual! Are you mindful of the consequences of de-registration? instead of giving money for bye-elections, direct it to the lecturer who are on strike and youth employment!
Is this man trying to appeal against the vedict normal. Does he understand what it means to deregister a party of MMD’s magnititude? Zambia shall never develop as long as we continue witch hunting. Take people to court because they have not paid farmers, not done a good job on roads and others. What economic development will be brought up by deregistering MMD?
So will Mr. Andeleki finally resigne when PF looses this one?
At first this case seemed to be genuine but now i truly think it is PF Engineered. Instructing the registrar as well as the A.G I think this case should have ended here. Definitely MMD will win the case in the Supreme court but this will also be bad for the PF as it will be seen as persecuting the MMD rather and a normal prosecution(whatever the case we will find out). I actually thought that Mumba Malila was a balanced person this now gives me question marks, anyhow this could be his personal decision based on facts lets see how he goes further in cases to come. The London court judgement should also now be registered if he is truly a man of integrity and one who believes in justice.
I know understnad why RB rejected this mumba malila chimwi. he honestly thinks with his asrh and not his head.The ***** is a fool no doubt about it. how can think of taking such a step amzing fools in government. We need HH to come and throw out such dull gown from destroying our nation.
So what do people need to do and learn to get the right product?