Chief Government Spokesperson, Kennedy Sakeni, has dismissed as petty and irritating claims by the opposition Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) vice president Brian Chituwo that government had a hand in the nullification of the former ruling party’s parliamentary seats in Kapiri Mposhi and Lukulu West by the Supreme Court.
Mr. Sakeni said government played no role in the dispensation of justice by the judiciary in line with the principles of the three arms of government and it was therefore baseless for Dr. Chituwo to accuse the government of wanting to destroy the former ruling party simply because it had lost a court case.
He explained that it was not the first and last time the courts annulled an election because the constitution provided for a losing candidate to file a petition when dissatisfied by the election result.
Mr. Sakeni, who is also Information and Broadcasting Services Minister, said this in a press statement issued to ZANIS in Lusaka today.
He added that history was replete with examples in which both the ruling and the opposition parties have had their seats annulled or upheld by the courts of law after being petitioned by a losing candidate.
Mr. Sakeni said the courts of law are the custodians of justice and Dr. Chituwo should therefore respect the institution because his insinuations and accusations meant that the learned bench was incapable of making independent decisions.
He said he was aware that the MMD used to interfere with the judiciary when it was in office but that the PF would never sink so low as to start mutilating the laws that it was sworn to uphold.
He further said it should now dawn on the MMD and all political parties that electoral malpractices did not pay and could lead to annulment of an election.
Mr. Sakeni has since reaffirmed government’s commitment to improving the living standards of people saying government would not engage in unproductive political discourse such as destroying a party which was killing.
He advised the MMD not to use the government as a scapegoat for its dwindling political fortunes.
ZANIS
IWE CI SEKENI,KEEP QUITE.VE YOU EVER SAID THE TRUTH?YOU SATANISTS YOU CANT EVEN FORFILL ANY OF YOUR PROMISES YOU MADE TO THE ZAMBIANS.YOUR BOSS IS DIEING….YOU WILL FOLLOW SUIT
When MMD were in power, they did not update the justice system but used it to their advantage now in opposition they are crying foul.
In ZED the courts always rule in-favor of the ruling party
Where is your boss, Mr Sunken?
So when it comes to the appointment of parliamentarians from the opposition into government, the PF in opposition were more civilised and tolerant in that they did not fire anyone from the party, but only gave them a new status called “Rebel PF MPs”.
The opposition parties in Zambia should now hold fire by not sacking their MPs for serving in government, since these men and women are serving Zambians by serving in government.
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