THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has urged the Lusaka High Court to declare MMD’s Reuben Mtolo Phiri as the duly elected Member of Parliament for Chipata Central.
This is in a matter in which losing Patriotic Front (PF) candidate Lameck Mangani has petitioned Mr Phiri and ECZ as first and second respondents asking the court to nullify Mr Phiri’s seat and instead declare him winner of the July 25, 2013 by-election claiming Mr Phiri did not qualify to file for nominations for the said by elections, among others.
But the ECZ said Mr Mangani should not be granted any relief he was seeking because ECZ was on firm ground when it allowed Mr Phiri to re-contest the seat.
The ECZ said it did not breach the law when it accepted the nominations papers of Mr Phiri and subsequently declared him the winner adding that Mr Phiri’s nomination papers were accepted in compliance with the electoral laws.
The Commission denied allegations by Mr Mangani that it failed or neglected to perform its statutory duties when it accepted Mr Phiri’s nominations.
Meanwhile former Petauke Central Member of Parliament, Dora Siliya and two others have charged that it is unreasonable and irrational for the ECZ to allow itself to be dictated on a matter concerning conduct of an election.
Ms Siliya, former Malambo MP Maxwell Mwale and former Mulobezi MP Hastings Sililo have since urged the Lusaka High Court to quash the collective decisions of the judiciary and ECZ to block them from filing in their nominations for the by elections in their respective former constituencies.
The trio has through its lawyers submitted to the court that the statements that were issued by the public relations officer of the judiciary, Terry Musonda, acting Registrar of the High Court Chilombo Maka-Phiri and ECZ director Priscilla Isaac to stop them from filing were unreasonable in that they were made without being moved by any court process.
They said judicial pronouncements could only be made after being moved by a court process.
Ms Siliya, Mr Mwale and Mr Sililo further submitted that if the judiciary and ECZ had properly directed themselves to the provisions of the Electoral Act and acted reasonably, they could not have reached the decision that the applicants were ineligible to file their nominations.
And trial in which United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema is charged with publication of false information relating to accusations that the PF had sent youths to Sudan to train as militias yesterday failed to take off as there were no State witnesses.
Lusaka Principal Resident Magistrate Aridah Chuulu adjourned the matter to November 21, 2013 but ordered the State to prepare itself and ensure witnesses were brought before court.
Mr Hichilema has meanwhile vowed that his party would soon embark on nationwide demonstrations to express its views on various issues against government’s advice for the party not to hold public meetings.
Mr Hichilema who accused the ministry of Home Affairs of violating people’s rights to carry out demonstrations said it was not illegal for UPND to demonstrate without notifying the police because getting police permission was proving difficult.
Somebody bi.t.ch slap Mangani and all this nonsense will cease
mangani ichani kansi? you lost dude twice, pick up put the pieces and move one or wait for 2016 or jump off the boat to MMD again!!, you are making noise and wasting time for everyone!!
I agree with you. Go back to teaching Mr. Mangani.
Why isn’t there a retirement age with politician?
The useful life of a person I read somewhere is no more than 65
Mr Mangani looks old
Thanks
Mangani asiye ciwele wele na ma Roman Catholic nuns; Catholics are angry with him for deceiving a nun and making her pregnant/wife.
Mangani, camanyazi ngako. You are out. The Catholics are angry with you for impregnanting a nu, Now nkhongole nazo za zanda ku lodge.
Ndobo
You have made my day, he is making noise and waisting time for everyone! kekeke1 yaba chansoni sana mwe! this man has no shame.
If Mangani can go through these comments, the man will die of shock,, 99.9% against him!….mangani flee zambia to some other country,, people hate you in zambia!!! and that noise you are making is making the scene worse for you!!!
Mr mangani pipo of chipata don’t want you bwana!
Alefwaya ukubapatikisha!! e chimbwi no plan HH talks about
Haha,tell Mangani and his PF brigade that their electoral check was returned by the voters of Chipata marked “INSUFFICIENT FUNDS”
We need to change the direction of politics in Zambia. Too much nonsense going on
Nonsense is being generated from the topmost & therefore all these misdirections are just a trickle-down effect
We cannot continue wasting taxpayers money only to please an Individual or political party. The country has numerous needy areas requiring the meagre resources we got.
This man and his political party are so self-centred and arrogant that they think the sun shines out of the backsides!!! The people of Chipata have spoken and swallow that bitter pill with plenty of water !!!
Mr Mangani, a normal person would ask you, why in the first place you congratulated ELDER PHIRI, but today you say no he was not suppose to stand, hence you are the winner? What if you had gone through yourself were these issues going to be there, that mr Phiri was not qualified to stand ?
Mangani keep fighting mudala! You know you can’t survive without a gvt. I wonder why RB is thinking of you right now!
There’s indeed too much nonsense going in Zambia.
Democracy is about votes and not court room decisions. This habit of FAZ seeking board room decisions when they loose should not spread to the rest of the nation. Lets accept a lose and move on because their is no success without failure. Nganaba ku kana ninshi naba ku kana. It will unfair to declare Mangani a winner coz people have rejected twice in less than 2 years. I just pray this case doesnt go to supreme court
Ba mangani nansoni Balibe bakulu aba.
Wee wanyara!!!!. At first Mangani spoke sense when he said the people of Chipata had spoken through the ballot. The Chap was misdirected as usual by people that think they can manipulate law. Good lesson i think for, you have been rejected twice by the honorable people of Chipata Central. You have equally betrayed your own people, you have been an MMD traitor.
Bwana just think of how to surrender the Lodge to that Mwenye whose money you used for campaigns. NEVER COUNT CHICKENS B4 THEY HATCH
Mangani’s politcal carpabirity has shaken. He shud go back to the drawing board or els it wil b like, good starting but poor finishing. Please ecz stop breaking other pipo’s hearts. I lest my case.
Bo Mangani just find something to do the people of chipata central have said NO why don’t you respect their political decision.
Same monga zambia na sudan
Or zambia na zimbambwe. Evn mangani inkhale same . MMD usd iregible
player
Mangani, mangani whts your prblm? We are tired of this nosense. U were white washed twice in less than 2yrs. Jst accept defeat mune. This is yo end.
Ba Mangani mwalaisangula icipuba. Do something else. Did you forget something in parliament motel??
The people have shown you that you are not the individual and party they want to represent their interests ! If you can’t accept the people’s decision, then go and hug a tree!
You have been rejected twice by voters mr Mangani, respect people’s voices. Try your better luck next time, you can’t force a horse to drink water, people for now don’t need you to represent them in paliament reasons known best to them.
which national wide demos when uonly exit in southern province?
@mk, do some bit of research and you will learn that apart from 18 seat in Southern Province, UPND also has 1 seat on the Copperbelt, 4 in North Western, 6 in Western and 2 in Central Province.
Awareness comes after a fight, typical PF nonesense.Failed Project.
We tired of you Mangani move on
Mangani are u broke or desperate?? Try farming or go to hell with your pf!
Ichilema chipuba. What does he want to demonstrate over? This chap’s brains are constipated let him be taken to chainama to be examined.
Talking from experience ka? Is that where yours were unblocked after suffering the same fate? You seem so obsessed with HH that you couldn’t resist putting his initials in your name.
You can tell a TRIBALIST by appointments one makes when in power. HH has made NO appointments so far. Please check appointments by Pres. Sata and you will tell who is tribal.
these issues are just exchanging one after the other, barotse ECZ and barotse ECZ.. after this it will be Chikopa and his tribunal
UPND has the right to demonstrate.
HH Faka Plesha! Come 2016 we need a sanity government in place.
@ first u accepted defeat publicly now what as gone wrong?ur too old to be used lyk a ten year old baby thoz pushing u are nowhere to be seen ur just busy showing yo hunger for power on tv shame amudala.
Mangani niMuntu Wopusa
Well said Mushota for the first time, why do we still recycle people like cycle mata who have outlived their usefulness? There preoccupation is to steal and be granted a state funeral at the expense of tax payers- Mangani must go back to Chizongwe and continue teaching the topic on “Farm implements- ox- drawn plough” which his pupils used to pass well.
He taught English, if I remember well.
He also taught at Chasa Secondary School
Where is barotseland ?
is it in angola??
Koma awa a Mangani ndi a chindele ndithu – alije ndi manyazi. Onani chimutu chokulachabe koma chilijiletu nzeru.
..which lawyer advised Mangani..?…I hope its not ……..but looking at the reasons advanced, I wouldn’t be surprised if someone came closer to my ear and softly said …’its him’…. even if for some reason snow dropped in Zed in October….say the seat is revoked.. current ECZ rules would not declare Mangani as a winner….sickening indeed
Lameck Mangani is a political “prostitute” who does not care for the plight of his own people in Eastern Province. The man is so confused that he has the cheek to insult our intelligence. This man publicly conceded electoral defeat to Hon. MP Mtolo Phiri, in view of TV cameras. This prostitute just suddenly turned into a chameleon when his fellow crook Kabimba started to twist the electoral laws to suit PF wish to overrun the National Assembly.
WHEN WILL GOD EVER COME TO THE AID OF THE PEOPLE TO CLEAN UP THIS MESS IN ZAMBIA?
He looks sleepy.
HH is our only hope now. Satana has failed. We will compain for UPND just to punish the PF.
Yamunyokola njala Mangani. He can’t believe he lost the elections. He is wondering how he was going to maintain the young catholic nun he cheated which Deputy Head master at Chassa Secondary School.
Mwenye adayamba kale kugogoda pa chitseko kumafuna ndalama zache.
At Mphendula Kayaula, Mwanisekesa Boss. You made my day.
The price of betraying people is rejection,Mangani you need to think of others not yourself all the time, the people have rejected you bwana.if it was in america or the uk Mangani could have resign for finding himself that he is unpopular.But the chap has no shame at all foolish.
I salute the ECZ and the High court for following the law. Mangani is not a God to tell the court or ECZ what to do. It happens when you are used to survive through politics, hence when one is out of them panic starts, we are not fools us who vote.
He clearly demonstrated that he lost Chipata seat by hugging and thanked the winner Mtolo Phiri. Now he comes round to petition the same, it’s absurd and equally silly. Even if he wins the court case he will not be declared winner of the seat as he’s praying in his petition.
you silly chap stop using the name of my chiefdom in vain, you product of roten and burst codom and son or daughter of a bitch
Politics of poverty. What else can say, with only 600,000 pin in gainful employment. Zambia 101: Politics of poverty. Zambia 102: The illiterate spoil the outcome. Zambia 103: Mines do not pay tax, simply supply campaign material. Zambia 201: Presidents hide behind the immunity. Zambia 202: No one has the right to question the president. Zambia 203: Very docile population. If you want to learn more about the courses offered on our cried the beloved county zambia, staty tuned
Go down kicking papa!
Ishuko Lyamunobe Tabendelamo! thats what us the bemba’s say bamangani (think before you act) mwamona nombaaa!!!!!
(1) Mr. Lameck Mangani must be strongly reminded that the rules of democracy, as they relate to elections, are based on the fare game of numbers.
(2) The elections in Central Chipata reveal that Mangani, under the PF ticket has LOST TWICE (2x times) on his bid to go to Parliament.
(3) The people of Eastern Province have rejected the PF and Mpezen, especially where DEMOCRATIC RULES prevail and are respected my the Republican Laws to which the ECZ is bound to adhere to and safeguard.
Besides, Lombe Chibesakunda will go down in the history of legal fraternity as the WORST WOMAN to have ever held the position of Acting Chief Justice. In few days to come Chibesakunda will be an eye-sore seen polluting the streets and shopping malls of Lusaka and South Africa. God Help US!