Former Energy Minister Dora Siliya took to social media shortly after the Constitutional court ruled that the presidential hearing be extended to Monday next week and condemned the court’s decision.
Ms Siliya who is also Petauke Central PF MP said on her Facebook page that the constitutional court is now taking the PF and Zambians for granted.
She accused the court of breaking its own rules by having extended the hearing beyond the 14-day period.
“We will all wake up tomorrow wondering what happened. Even the Constitutional Court is breaking the very law it was meant to uphold,” Ms Siliya wrote.
“This very Court ruled that 14 days was just that. It’s like filling in for nominations. If you are not ready whether you have funeral or illness law says that particular day. So in what way did court decide to postpone to Monday. Not even Saturday morning in the least.”
She accused the petitioners led by Hakainde Hichilema of having used the oldest trick by pretending that he had no lawyers.
“The point is that his big team of lawyers failed to prepare a good case knowing fully well that case was time bound,” she said.
“My view is that the PF is being taken for granted. But most of all the People of Zambia. We heard EL call to be peaceful but our patience is running out. Courts can’t make Presidents. It’s the People no wonder the saying Vox Populi Vox Dei. This ruling is very strange and sets a dangerous precedent.”
Patience is running out? It shouldn’t if you won a clean game.
By what powers has the court arrived at such a decision? Legal experts please explain…
Will the deliberations after the 14 day period be legal or null & void?
Can’t Eric Silwamba et al object to the continuation of the case beyond the stipulated “constitutional” period?
What precedent does this set for future similar situations?
People will simply dismiss the lawyers just before their case collapses so as to start afresh with new lawyers…
Good wisdom and judgement remains critical on the bench with respect to interpreting constitutional matters as a matter of precedence. Should the court open itself too much to tricks of manipulation by individuals, they could be strangulating the bench for dangerous acts of aberration. But whatever illegal bending they are doing by condoning delaying tactics, indelible truth is that national state Presidency is not cooked in Court chambers by means of coronation. That mandate is vested in voters through ECZ which has all statutory powers of elections in the country. Anything to the contrary would dangerously implosive and irreparable. The bench should not help massage ego of political liabilities to hold the nation at ransom. Doing so is overstretching the patience of citizens.
It’s not about clean game but what the law says. You will be surprised to see that the same lawyers wil resurface hence Dora saying the oldest trick in the book. Which lawyer will prepare the case in two days when a group wouldn’t do it in 14 days?
“We heard EL call to be peaceful but our patience is running out.” This sounds like a thinly veiled threat. Patience is running out and then what happens? What in the world does she mean by that? Remember UPND has been frustrated but peaceful too, it’s not only PF that has been peaceful.
God is trying to humble HH but the guy is resisting
Has anybody thought maybe they threatened the Judge with blackmail? The 360 is puzzling
as exposed how unprepared UPND team was, it needed strategists not chancers (mushipelogists). They knew they only had 14days, like in an exam when you have limited time focus on areas of strenght that will give you maximun returns. TheY should have focused on their best evidence an on a strong case. They failed to plan and went all over the place, and now the whole country should suffer for it. YOUR LACK OF PLANNING SHOULD NOT CONSTITUTE AN EMERGENCY ON MY PART.
Remember these are the people that said they were not going to accept results even before the elections were held. They guys are not serious.
SADLY I feel for the Judges, this has made a black spot on their credentials and like someone indicated here they will be used as an example in law school on ‘How not to run a court’.
On Monday ECL Lawyers should start by ascertaining the legality of going beyond the set legal frame work (14 days ) chances are anything discussed outside that framework will be null and void. This has exposed how unprepared UPND team was, it needed strategists not chancers (mushipelogists). They knew they only had 14days, like in an exam when you have limited time focus on areas of strenght that will give you maximun returns. TheY should have focused on their best evidence an on a strong case. They failed to plan and went all over the place, and now the whole country should suffer for it. YOUR LACK OF PLANNING SHOULD NOT CONSTITUTE AN EMERGENCY ON MY PART.
Remember these are the people that said they were not going to accept results even before the elections were held. They guys are…
There is a BIG LIKELIHOOD that anything done OUTSIDE OF THE 14-DAY period will be CHALLENGED as being UNCONSTITUTIONAL and therefore ILLEGAL. This is the RISK the COURT has set itself for. As a Court, you can NOT allow LITIGANTS to come into Court and BEND rules. Especially given the fact that these are Lawyers who should have known better. You can’t tell me HH/GBM Lawyers were unaware of the TIME LIMITS imposed by the Constitution on this Case.
LEGAL PRECEDENCE becomes part of the BODY OF LAW for any Country. And the one the Constitution Court has set here is very DANGEROUS and goes against everything Courts are supposed to be doing. Remember, anything UNCONSTITUTIONAL is more than likely ILLEGAL and, consequently, UNBINDING in the eyes of the Law. And CONSTITUTIONALLY there is…
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… NOTHING now that can stop ECL from being inaugurated.
This ruling was a mere correction of the mistake a PF judge had made. 14 days means the 14 working days excluding the weekends. If the concourt sat to hear the case on weekends then the PF judge ‘s verdict would have been authoritative. Thats why she recused her herself from the bench. Shame on her.
This was a question of semantics which unfortunately PF stooges did not understand. Fortunately the concourt has redeemed itself from condemnation afters being challenged by HH ,a patriotic citizen who believes in fairness for all.
Now there be no hiding behind the time frame excuse to refuse UPND from including all the other witnesses and LAZ to the witness list.
What happened last night was legal technical knockout to correct and check ill intentions of the PF Judges.
The…
The world is watching – US and EU are very disappointed in the way PF has breached the constitution with impunity. So PF should not expect a good report on these elections.
VIVA UPND and HH
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This concourt is full of dunderheads. What was the point of working up to midnight if it was not to beat the 14 days deadline?
@ Yambayamba
Where can you challenge any decision taken in full conformity and compliance with Article 18, clause (9) nine of the Constitution of Zambia?
Do you understand what are you reading or your inbred 1mbecility prevents you from using reasoning functionality of your brain?
@ SHOCKED!!! WHERE ON EARTH
Instead of been “shocked”, try to read section 8 of the Constitutional Court Act [No. 8 of 2016]. It may help you to be “de-shocked”.
As to “where on earth”, if you know meaning of “stare decisis”, please do some research.
Doha Stop your Rubbish, you a beach with no morals, you jump from one party to another, what a shame to see you even have the guts to talk?? yet you castigated Sata and PF when he was in opposition?? Now the same PF is feeding your Fat ???????. Just shut up than trying to behave smart.
Why din’t you complain when you busy rigging the election results was delayed by over 48hrs more against the 48hrs after close of the election.Even voting did not close at 18hrs why didn’y you complain dora slit.
Dora, just accept that on this occasion you have been dribbled!
Now the court is making its own rules to fit HH and GBM. This is really sad and sounds corrupt
Dollar Syria should blame his boyfriend, Chakolwa, for coming up with the stoopid PF Constitution, for putting together this sham of a ConCourt and appointing the 5 monkeys on the bench. What were you bakaponya thinking? You cannot run a country. That’s your problem. You cannot even organise a thieves party even when you have the keys to State resources.
This ruling was a mere correction of the mistake a PF judge had made. 14 days means the 14 working days excluding the weekends. If the concourt sat to hear the case on weekends then the PF judge ‘s verdict would have been authoritative. Thats why she recused her herself from the bench. Shame on her.
This was a question of semantics which unfortunately PF stooges did not understand. Fortunately the concourt has redeemed itself from condemnation afters being challenged by HH ,a patriotic citizen who believes in fairness for all.
Now there be no hiding behind the time frame excuse to refuse UPND from including all the other witnesses and LAZ to the witness list.
What happened last night was legal technical knockout to correct and check ill intentions of the PF Judges.
The…
By what powers has the court arrived at such a decision? Legal experts please explain…
Will the deliberations after the 14 day period be legal or null & void?
Can’t Eric Silwamba et al object to the continuation of the case beyond the stipulated “constitutional” period?
What precedent does this set for future similar situations?
People will simply dismiss the lawyers just before their case collapses so as to start afresh with new lawyers…
What about your case Dora against the state . Don’t you think it has gone beyond the time that it should have finished. Maybe you should have been found guilty already for stealing billions of tax payers money and putting it in your son’s account?
Dora, mukongo wako.
So if the new lawyers abandon the case then the court will extend the hearing again. This is a bad precedent being set by the concourt.
It is unfortunate that the courts decided to yield to two people and ignore the millions of zambians and the economical effect of this petitition
Those 2 represent the aspirations of other millions of Zambian who voted for change and development and not mediocrity.
You may win the war but not the battle.
ZAMBIA ONE DAY WILL BE LIBERATED FROM DOMINATION OF THE 2 TRIBES WHO THINK THAT THIS COUNRTY IS THEIRS
Which domination of 2 tribes ? Are you referring to GBMs tribe as one of the ‘two doninating tribes’ ? You have just proved your in-built tribalism coz anything that aint Tonga to you aint good. Are you saying Inonge Wina also comes from a dominating tribe ? Check yourself you pathetic tribalist !
Dora is a woman without morals and manners. Justice must be fair and the court made the right decision. None of would have happened if ECZ and illegal ministers had not stolen votes. Instead of talking about breaking rules lead by example and show the Zambians how much you have paid back to the Zambians as an illegal minister? No wonder the late MCS did not want this woman close to PF
Present evidence not just yapping for 14 days shaa
This court is a kangaroo court set up with its members being clones of Lungu…no morals, no principles, no love for Zambia and most of all no justice in their DNA. I say this because they refused to safeguard the ballot papers and recount all the requested for rigged sites like Lusaka. Democracy is founded on counting votes. Any disputed counting MUST be recounted until all parties agree to its accuracy. Lungu is not representing my citizenship because he has no vision, and I have a vision for a better country. He cannot be my president because his rule has been manifested by all sorts of crazy activities such as turning ZNBC into PF Broadcasting Corporation, ZAF into PF Air Force, banning of all principled media, violence against all innocent citizens going about with their…
If you don’t what Lungu to be your president go live in another country or maybe create your own country and be the president but for now the reality is Lungu is the president of the republic of Zambia thats means people who live in Zambia are govern by president Lungu either foreigners of citizen of Zambia and whether you like it or not so stop the nonsense
The court in my view was caught at its own game. It tried through a one Lady Mwewa to outwit the petitioners by backtracking on time allowed and ambushed them with a day’s trial! Ubuchenjeshi….ba Mwewa.
The ConCourt has already bashed HH/GBM by rejecting 7 preliminary issues. PF 7: HH/GBM 0.
PF were already rejoicing and doing their dununa reverse….(reversing to who knows where).
But then God took over the cockpit. Two forlon fellows, abandoned by their lawyers, faced the temerity of their petition before the full bench. No where to look, but only to God.
In the manner of Daniel of old and Mandela of this century he inspired HH. And there HH stood, unschooled in law but with God on his side and GBM his running mate. The two musketeers oh no… the three…
In the manner of Daniel of old and Mandela of this century he inspired HH. And there HH stood, unschooled in law but with God on his side and GBM his running mate. The two musketeers oh no… the three musketeers, for Jesus was the third but invisible One.
The two, hearts of lion imbued faced their adversaries the silk wigged PF lawyers and addressed the court with passion and conviction. Rallying on the verities of constitutional right to be heard and court’s mandate to adjudicate with transparency and fairness, the Bench was brought to its senses. And the gavel fell. An extra four days.
And who says miracles are no more. And who dares say the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob slumbers and that His hand is short to deliver from the jaws of lions or a fiery furnace??
@Red square. I wonder if you really know the tribes in your country.Levy Mwanawasa was lenje and not from the two tribes you are thinking of. To say the least zambia is not an experimenting lab where we just usher someone to state house to see if he can deliver. Get your facts right then you can take to the media. Am not against HH ruling but the Caliber of man to send to plot one.
11.Non political stop the rabish truth be told.Nothern province has had 2 presidents,Luapula 1,Eastern 2 and comperbelt rural and central 1 .Look at this western 0,southern 0 and northwesten 0 this explains everything.Mwanawasa was not fully Lenje he was more Lamba the reason he was allowed to be president still more you called him names cabbage and many more.So lets try south next western and lastily north western we show what we can also do.by the you can not compare Hh to Chakolwa lungu by far.
Yaba. These UPND lawyers are all amatures. Remember they are students of Prof Vunga. They can not challenge their lecturer. Those are younger lawyer what do they know about law?
Write in your language.
recipe for confusion. i wonder how the concourt will handle a scenario where PF goes ahead and innaugurate EL on Wednesday 7th august citing the constitution which provided that any petition be heard withing 14 days!!!
It’s disappointing really. One wants to be anything but Zambian right now….! Well perhaps not!
Anyway, the Judges are smart. They know the case is done and anything they do after the time is irrelevant in law. So the two clowns are being treated with contempt. They will be heard, but we all know its illegal for the Judges to have failed to throw the case out because it had run out of time and the Applicants in the case were unruly enough to be sent to jail.
In any African state, the country would be on fire. If supporters went rampant in the country they could force a State of emergency, but I suppose we peaceful Zambians do not want that.
Has the Concourt got power to amend the constitution?
The court has to hear the evidence. PF be patient please. After all these judges are appointed by your man and we know what to expect. Why is PF always panicking? I have never seen such a confused party the whole world. Let the courts do their work. For you, you can continue with your violence trainings
I am really disappointed with this Concourt decision to continue with the case after the stipulated 14 days. Whatever happens after yesterday will be rendered irrelevant. How can HH and GBM hold the nation at ransom? This is a sad development.
The evidence is very incriminating to PF and that is why their lawyers are arguing on the time aspect rather than the substance they were given.
God is watching and he is always fair
ConCourt is treading on very dangerous and explosive matter. Why should they take Zambia for granted because of HH and GBM?
They will go in on Monday just to be told that the 14 days has past and case closed. No technicality here so rejoice while you can. The Law will simply catch up with you.
100% correct
ECZ says if you are on the queue on time you will be allowed to vote. ConCourt seems to also have realized that UPND are in court on time but have not been heard. One wonders though why the court shuns sitting on weekends if 14 days literally means just that.
If you say case is closed ,than what is the judgement on this matter.Thank before you talk.
We need to put in place mechanism that will monitor the courts. For you HH the best you would have done was to go LUNGU way when the cartel wanted the instruments of power. He gave them in a private room but Scott brought openly. The danger with this behavior sir you will only remain with frustrated supporters.
HH and GBM are just trying to have a fair and adequate hearing,trial and verdict.Let justice prevail.If voting time can be extended in some parts of the country why not a presidential petition?If you know that you won those elections genuinely why panic?
What fair trial are you talking about ? Werent they given enough time ? They squandered it by engaging on a tribal clique of lawyers whose only intention waz to ensure a Tonga was declared President forgetting the main issue they came for ! They used 23 days yapping about non-entities leaving the main issue hanging. Come Monday, the legality of the 14 Day issue would have been discussed by the same concourt, muzadabwa bane. 7 out of 10 Provinces rejected HH ! Once you put that in your head, then will you know that this petition aint going nowhere !
Those of you who think that Zambia has a future as a lawless country under Lungu and his crooks in the PF are really mad. There is no future for anyone where there is no law and order. If lungu thinks that he can at away with lawlessness because he is a president, he must read history books, if at all he can read! He will end up somewhere where no one want to be!!
14 days is over no more than that let those two *****s stop wasting us time ,time for politicking is over its time to start working abolish that cuort .even the layman knows that it,s game over if the lawyers can leave them stranded like that they know the time is over coz there cliants were delaying forgeting that time was not with them.go ahead and swear in president Lungu nachipwa
Much as I adore PF and despise HH’s political recourse, on this one I support the ConCoart for giving the petitioners enough time to prepare for there legal battle. That is the only way they will feel justice is dispatched fairly to all parties involved. In the end EL will be declared winner because I foresee them petitioners failing to put up a concrete case to warrant a ruling favouring them. Besides we will not accept any ruling other than the declaration of EL as duly elected. HH has to wait for 2021, the guy has wits but the way he follows wako ni wako pisses me off. No wonder he is accused of practicing tribal politics
The court is merely being sympathetic albeit breaking the law. Remember these guys have had every submission thrown out. Besides if this is over where are we going to get entertainment?
We can understand when one says patiance is running out.
you say courts dont make presidents? I i agree. but you should have added that presidents are made on the foundations of law.
be patient ba dora God is at work
The court has rubbished the very constitution they are there to defend.
LETS WAIT FOR CONCOURT,…AND ALL ZAMBIANS LETS RESPECT THE OUTCOME BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE HANDS OF GOD IN CONTROL……..GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING FELLOW ZAMBIANS
Just as President Lungu has breached the constitution by refusing to step down and allow the speaker to take charge during this petition period. This country will never be the same again. We are under the rule of PF Mafias. They are thieves through and through. Dora you should watch your loud mouth. Tempers are high
This weekend will give HH and GBM hope agaist hope for their slim chance of election re-run..after monday reality will set in for HH and GBM. If not these two needs to be assisted by a Doctor at Chainama.
This is the time to take the matter to Judicial Complaint Authority. It is clearly written that the Judge cannot extend the period if it is clearly specified in the constitution.
All parties,including the Zambian people, have submitted to the rule of law, however, let the Concourt not go down in history as have failed to uphold our constitution. Having said that, with emotions running high on either side of the argument, we all need to exercise maximum restraint and allow the Concourt to do their work.
The concourt should not be contradicting itself or fail to interpret the constitution correctly. UPND have technically lost this petition by allowing its lawyers to waste time on irrelevant side issues in the entire 14 days. In the last 14 days what evidence have they brought to court? HH lost the election, the numbers are very clear, Zambians don’t trust a tonga President because UPND is a tribal party full of anger. PF, the legitimate winners in this election have fulfilled their electoral obligations, now it’s time for Secretary to the cabinet to begin erecting the inauguration stand and announce the date for the ceremony i.e. Tuesday next week. HH i.e. Kalusa does not deserve another day in court.
Ms. Dora you are right,. This Man and his running mate are wasting our time unnecessarily…. Its evident that everything you guys planned is working against you. THIS IS WHAT GOD DOES TO THOSE WHO FEEL THEY ARE TO INTELLIGENT BEYOND THEIR LEVELS OF OBEDIENCE TO GOD. LEARN TO TRUST AND DEPEND ON GOD…. WATERMELON PROJECT HAS WORKED AGAINST YOU SIR. NEXT TIME MR. GBM AND MR. HH BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR. KARMA IS REAL..
MATAKO YAKO DORA SILIYA. THAT’S WHEN YOU ARE COMMENTING. YOU COMMENT ON YOUR USELESS PRESIDENT EDGAR LUNGU WHO REFUSED TO LET THE SPEAKER ACT DURING THIS FOURTEEN DAYS. BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT THE LAW HE SIGNED SAYS. STUPID AND USELESS PF LEADERS. CONCOURT SAW THAT THIS ELECTION WAS STOLEN EVIDENCE IS THERE. THEY WILL RULE FOR A RE-RUN.
Some people in PF are too quick to mention the name of God in whom they don’ t even believe apart from the false pretenses they portray.
What about your case Dora against the state .; Don’t you think it has gone beyond the time that it should have finished? Maybe you should have been found guilty already and put in prison for stealing billions of tax payers money and putting it in your son’s account? Is Lungu helping you dodge justice? Anyone who thinks Lungu is not helping her must be mad.
In a normal civilised country Dora should be behind bars after hiring those thugs to kill her opponent but here she is still yapping
On the court hearing extension Dora is right, but like I said in my earlier post, Lungu is currently running the country illegally. what will stop anyone from doing the same? His ministers stayed in office after parliament dissolution illegally, the pattern goes on and on. Do we need the EU or US to start interpreting the law for us. In Zambia there are no role models for our young people emulate. We many traitors and thieves taking to politics as the ‘fast lane’ to gaining wealth.
BE CAREFUL WITH THE MANNER U USE THE NAME OF GOD. DO NOT USE GOD’S NAME IN YOUR NATURAL HATE FOR OTHERS.
Mama Dora, Judges do not have powers to change the constitution. This case is over. So just wait and see. Stop accussing the court they know what they are doing. The behaviour of lawyers, HH and GBM can make this case go even beyond 2021. From my observation if this is condoned even the new lawyers can do the same and again adjourned. Again new lawyers same thing. Next it can be the respodent’s lawyer doing the it. So case is over otherwise it is at the infinity (no end). Does that mean 14 days quashed?.
As a Rule Courts use 14 working days and not 14 days. Saturday,Sundays and holidays are excluded. This standard approach should apply to the Concourt Petetion. In terms of the law polling stations are open on the 11th August from 8 hrs to 19 hrs. Due to logistical reasons some people voted 72 hours after polling stations were officially closed. ECZ used Its discretion to extend voting in some polling stations for 72 hrs in spite of the law. So also Concourt has the discretion to extend the Petetion Hearing Period to hear all the Witnesses beyond the 14 working Day limit. Dora Slit should know that by law Lungu should step down during the Petetion Hearing and handover the instruments of power to the Speaker of Parliament for 14 working days but Lungu has refused to do so. Dora should…
But we break the same law when voting is allowed beyond 18:00hrs to allow everyones voice to be heard don’t we? 14 days means sitting to do work in 14 days. I’m trully PF and I don’t condone Hon. Siliyas ego. This is not an issue of Petauke only madam. This is a serious national matter that will require the nation to move as one after the court process.
Well said
IT PAINS ME TO SEE THE LIKES OF DORA TAKING CENTER STATE IN PF, A PARTY WHOSE FOUNDER THEY INSULTED DAY IN DAY OUT. LIKE VULTURES, THEY HAVE GATHERED TO EAT THE SPOILS.
Dora, your blabbing shows extent of your shameful ignorance.
As a legislator, you should know that Regulations cannot overrule provision contained in the Act of Parliament, never-mind Constitution itself!!!
Ba Shula is 7 September not August
Problem is every layman and every cadre has suddenly become a lawyer. As far as I know Dora siliti studied Mass Com. Let her not render legal advice. I for one I am not a law and I’m lost.
@ Mwe Bantu, i agree with you. NOW LAW IN THE IN THING.. EVERYONE HAS BECOME A LAWYER. Laughs….
If you think time is not with you, why didn’t tell you boy friend to hand over power to the speaker? If you think it’s a joke, we will fight up to the bitter end. Sundila chalimo!!
Naliumfwapo ifyaifyo, ati Dora pa Bed, ati ni Lukanga swamps. Should instead focus on seeking medical attention. Being patient and running out of patience should in-steady be applied on her health.
dora since when did the concourt sit on saturdays or sundays ,you must be dull my sister.what is in the constitution is 14 working days ,what if there was even afour days holiday in between the said period.think properly after your chagwa lungu and them stole the votes for the HH you think it will be easy just like that to become apresident in the country like that. ask brg gen miyanda to explainin simple english for you and your semi illiterate cadres to understand the ground rules.
I’m shocked Dora is now so enlightened she can even quite “Vox Populi Vox Dei”? I mean, this is the same bed wetting girl who only a few years ago did not know the meaning of “a nullity”. And today she wants to pretend to be clever by quoting Vix Populi Vox Dei fimo fimo, a atase ?
Dora u loisizwe ncwa ya miluto! Mukongo wasona ona sinamukuka sani kauke inoosha kapuyelo kateni ka mezi mwane Lyambai hai bayaula meenda a muunda ki mwana! Neba ku soma kwateni ki toompolo, neba luna baba nani mpho ya bunna fa luli lya yowanelela wa kaongolo ka Nyambe unungu wa mataba! Si m’me sa nunka ona wa pupupu!
The same court told you to pay back did you do so? If not why ? Pay back first.
THE LADY HAS NOW GATHERED COURAGE TO COMMENT ON ISSUES. MAYBE SHE SHOULD TELL NATION HOW THE US$ 12.5 MILLION THEY WENT TO GET FROM SAUDI ARABIA WAS SHARED.
Muselela kwakaba you Bitch!
Dora you are not everything,the fact that you use your waterlogged mugodi to get what you want does not mean that you are an authority, no!You hule, plunderer thief. Your degree from UNZA is equal to tissue you use after an act with your multiple men.You *****. Just shut up useless hule.Go back to MMD.
Petitioners generally appear to have a good case. However its clear they do not have convincing evidence for their case. Surely all that legal team could not provide evidence for their clients especially having known that they only had 14 days in which to rest their case. What I would like to see is the evidence then we will certainly back the person being cheated. The way things are now can be likened to a child who is in a complaining mood and when asked about the status quo it fails justfy
This is the very first time that Zambia is having a constitutional court and it would appear that the judges in it are not suitable for that court. The constitution says that a presidential election petition should be dealt with in the period of 14 days. It does not say “not counting weekends.” The petitioners should not have taken their case to the concourt without making sure that they had prepared their case well and thoroughly to deal with the matter in that period. Obviously they were not ready to deal with the matter in the time provided by the constitution. A judge who ignores this fact should not be sitting on this court. And now, President Edgar Lungu must bring all this confusion in Zambia to an end by going ahead with his inauguration. He can surely not decide to obey a court…