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HH, GBM now head to High Court, want to block Edgar Lungu’s inauguration

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After the spectacular collapse of the presidential petition, UPND President Hakainde Hichilema and his running mate Geoffrey Mwamba have now taken the same matter to the High Court.

The duo through their lawyers Simeza Sangwa Associates have now sued the Edgar Lungu and his running mate Inonge Wina as first and second respondents respectively and the Electoral Commission of Zambia as third respondents.

The Attorney General has been sued as the fourth respondent while the Chief Justice and her Deputy including the Constitutional Court have been added to the action as fifth, sixth and seventh respondents respectively.

In the court papers filed this morning in the Lusaka High Court, Mr Hichilema and Mr Mwamba are praying that the court issues an order staying the decision of the Constitutional Court pending the hearing and determination of this petition.

They are also seeking an order restraining the Chief Justice or her Deputy or any other authority from swearing in President Elect Edgar Lungu and Vice President Elect Inonge Wina.

They are further seeking an order that the decision of the Constitutional Court that the petitioners only had until 24 Hours on Friday, September 2nd 2016 to prosecute the petition as ultra-vires hence null and void.

They are also seeking an order that then Constitutional Court be directed to hear and determine the petitioner’s petition independently, fairly and within reasonable time.

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200 COMMENTS

    • Aren’t you the same people who said you will respect the constitutional court ruling.
      We need to build this shattered country otherwise we will all lose it.
      Divisions are everywhere look at FAZ!
      Sometimes one thinks there are people whose lives solely depend on elections and want to keep this nonsense going on and on.
      This is what happens in a closely contested election but the challenge is on the winners you need to be objective enough to build an all inclusive government and avoid retribution. Stretch out your hand to the losers and build a strong Zambia today for tomorrow ‘s sake don’t vilify them!

    • Comedy of Errors. Difficult and Bikkilon proper. Next they will Sue the Voters. VERY DULL CHAPS THINKING FROM BEHIND. Sue the Chief Justice, Deputy Chief Justice, Arttoney General, ECZ Con Court. THESE BA.STARDS WHO DO THEY THINK THEY ARE. THIS COMBINED DULLNESS FIT THE WORLD RECORDS. GO TO CHILENJE LOCAL COURT AS WELL.

    • JUSTICE is HH as President.

      Simple as that

      I hope the High court does the rightful thing.

      Con Caught was caught and must be banned. Those recycled judges were a terrible sight, you knew they has no backbone so it proved.

      prickss

      Highcourt do the rightful thing and declare the elections null and void

      Thanks

      BB2014

    • Umuntu napena. Proper chainama cases. Its not HH now. HH is zambian and he cant stoop so low. people are using him. Somebody just wants war and it cant be HH calling these shots.

    • me thinking HH and GBM sold Zambia and so they dont know how to tell the client that they dont have the product to deliver. Hence this hide and seek. Infact it is getting clear that LAZ Linda Kasonde is part of the plan to bring ECL down. If anything judging their actions, they must have done a lot of dirty things in this election and they are shocked with the outcome. Indeed no weapon fashioned against ECL shall prosper. Back to the sender.

    • Which constitution provides for handing over power to the speaker following a petition under initial ballot?

      It appears HH is quite a good music composer. He composes a song;

      ” A eeeh, a eeeh;
      handover power, a eeeh!
      A eeeh, a eeeh,
      To the speaker, a eeeh!”

      Within 14 days, it is a hit, and everyone of his supporters is singing it?

      Come on, there is no handing over power following a petition under the initial ballot, covered by Articles 101 and 102.

      The handing over of power comes following a petition done subsequent to second ballot, or simply put round two (2) of elections, dealt with under Articles 103 and 104.

      Please read the constitution, don’t rely on HH. He read it only in one day, no wonder most of the issues are taken out of context.

      He thinks where the…

    • He thinks where the constitution stipulates 14 days, using the bill of rights Article 18(9) you can sit under a mango tree and extend it to 90 days if you feel that that is what is reasonable to you.

      The bill of rights is part of the constitution. It will not break the constitutionally stipulated timeframe in order to give you more “reasonable time”.

      Regarding the said “reasonable time” legal subjectivity may only arise where no timeframe has been stipulated by the constitution.

      Otherwise you have to obtain your “reasonable time” within the confines of the constitution. And the best scenario you can get is to reach the maximum stipulated timeframe, as being the most reasonable for you if what is stipulated is not enough for you.

      Baba even in an exam, you can’t say I have a lot…

    • Baba even in an exam, you can’t say I have a lot bubling in me so give me more time to offload. No, just learn to summarise your knowledge so you can offload it within 3 hours.

    • It has now become very clear that the Lawyers helping these DEMENTED LOSERS carry on with this NONSENSE are only after their money. Any Lawyer worth his/her credentials would sit these two clowns down and tell them the UNVARNISHED TRUTH—IT IS OVER!

      Any Judge who spends even a minute entertaining this f@@lishness should have their MENTAL FACULTIES and INTENTIONS questioned.

      They should get it through their thick skulls that people spoke loud and clear on the 11th of August, 2016 and ECL won. And his inauguration is happening whether they like it or not. They can stay home and feel sorry for themselves for all we care.

    • HH is now making us sick! You have lost. Napapata move on daddy. You won’t go anywhere. It is finished. Leave with a least some dignity.

    • They have gone to the High court,then will go to the local court , then proceed to Libala Tennis court then basketball court.
      Hide your baby’s cot they will mistake it for a court!!!

    • There is need to examine HH’s campaign messages, they are very divisive, tribal and inciting tribe against tribe. HH must be arrested caged before he succeeds in putting fire on this great Country. Where are the shushus kanshi, please can they do their work before this Country goes up in flames because of HH hungry for power

    • These two are not fighting for mother Zambia,this kind of desperation is aimed at winning sympathy from Anglo America who have invested millions of dollars in HH’s political life with the hope of taking over our mines should HH find himself in state house which has proved to be an impossible mission. Even GBM and Nevers Mumba they don’t understand HH’s battles they are just chasing the wind blindly. HH is in serious trouble with his sponsors who will soon come after his throat and demand their money back. That is the reason for his desperation. Naikosa bola kuli aba bambi,bali muchibe.

    • And it will be dismissed the same day and with reprimand to Sangwa Simeza. How on earth a High Court judge will stop his boss- The Chief Justice and Deputy Chief Justice. HH and GBM have lost a lot of money and they are losing a lot more while making many more enemies and closing all doors for their redemption. I can see GBM becoming a pauper and HH being shunned by business community and him becoming a leper.

    • @Chilyata or is it at Chinyota? This is the result when your brains are stuck pamusila! All you do is judge people by your low standards you must be tired of f u c k i n g your mother by now

    • Bushe ichi chine ichibwa chi Chilyata @ 1.8 & 2.2 ni Chinani kanshi? Using vulgar language Lyonse kwati cha fyalilwe pansele.

    • @honey@ Who made them run out of time? It was the petitioners who bangled the case by bringing too many demands thereby leaving no or little time to hear the main case. Infact the petitioners walked out of court and now they want to cry foul.The decision of the court could have been unfair if it was the respondents who wasted courts time. Just live with it. After all, America, Britain, UN have congratulated ECL. Do you think they could have done that if they knew something fishy went on?They had their people on the ground who told them all went well.

    • Nono,
      Wake up from your own perception and live reality. Here is the Top 10 of Richest Zambians 2016-2017.

      1-HH=$398m
      2-Noble Findley=$310m
      3-Robin Miller=$301m
      4-Dr Rajan Mahtani=$293m
      5-Handson Sindowe=$248m
      6-Carl Irwin-Family=$237m
      7-Charles Milupi=$210m
      8-Satwant Singh=$198m
      9-E.S. Sikasukwe(only woman)=$184m and,
      10-GBM(yet to be disclosed).

    • Visionless lungu : So HH is rich,then what should we do about it ? Does he give you anything from his mountains of cash ?Nono is simply telling you that the decision of the concourt is final.Wether he is rich or not, he is not the president of zambia,am sure he’s wondering how paupers/drunks/thieves/thugs keep outsmarting him all the time with his perceived high intellect and business acumen!!

    • Concourt decision is final,14 days is 14 days,3 out of 2 Judges voted to have the petition dismissed due to time constraints,so it means that ECZ results stand,You cannot appeal the decision of the concourt……13th Sept ECL will be inaugurated . am not a lawyer but HH is wasting his time,you cannot fight the govt of the day,even his own supporters want to move on,however it’s his right to appeal anywhere since his not happy with the outcome!!Elections are decided through the ballot, wether stolen or not. Politics is dirty – if you can’t fight them,join them!!HH is dull,he should have learnt the tricks of the trade by now.You cannot claim to be intelligent yet as you call them ; Thugs,Thieves and Drunks keep outsmarting you!!Being a rich business man does not make you a good leader!!

  7. HH YOU SEEM TO BE READY TO BE A REBEL, YOU ARE BUSY FOLLOWING UP LUNGU LIKE A TICK ON YOUR COWS, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? AWE WE HAVE RESERVED YOU FOR 2021 BUT WITH WHAT YOU ARE DOING WE ARE NOW THINKING THAT YOU SOME ROOTS OR ELEMENTS OF DICTATORSHIP IN YOU. THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN GET POWER IN THE WAY YOU ARE CURRENTLY THINKING BECOZ YOUR NOT IN THE RIGHT THNKING. GO AND RELAX AND RE-STRATEGISE SIR. I KNOW THERE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE ADVISING RIGHT, PLEASE GIVE THEM YOUR EYE. YOU HAVE EVN STOPPED GOING TO CHURCH JUST BECAUSE OF POWER AWE MWANDI.

  9. So how long should we wait for HH and his team to accept anything?They haven’t accepted the decision of the concourt,they haven’t accepted ECZ’s declaration of ECL as the winner and am sure they will not accept the decision of the highcourt. If the concourt judges voted 3-2 in favor of HH,was he going to refuse such an outcome?So whoever doesn’t concur with him is mischievous?am sensing sour grapes from HH,we wish him all the best nonetheless…..I doubt if anything can stop the inauguration of ECL next Tuesday 13th september 2016.We await to see the outcome of this route they’ve taken!!

    • Strictly speaking the concourt only sat for 10 days,weekends excluded.Why can’t people simply understand?How I wish the concourt was sitting during the two weekends in between!!We were not going to have this rubbish!!The concourt President almost shed tears when reading out that crap of a judgment.What does that tell us?Do some of you people love this country?The most cruel regime in the history of this country.Rupiah Banda was even better.

    • Ba Comoner naimwe mulekata amano! When you are told that you will have elections in 90 days, do you exclude weekends when counting down? What’s between your ears, sewer water? HH na GBM I think uku kupena nomba!

    • You are indeed crap as your name suggests! Conducting an election and presiding over an election petition are two totally different activities imwe ba crap.The concourt itself made it very clear that the court process would end on September 8 but u-turned two days later.Most People did not vote with their heads, they voted on tribal lines. How can country develop like this? I’m very sad to see this country divided on tribal lines.I just hope and pray that in this country we are not heading towards that situation whereby when someone is applying for a job the interviewing panel looks at tribe instead of qualifications.

  10. 1. Dubai ballots petitioned- verdict dismissed
    2. ECZ trucks in Sesheke and L/stone petitioned- verdict dismissed
    3. Marked ballots on Ethiopian cargo plane petitioned- verdict dismissed
    4. August 11 results petitioned -verdict dismissed

    What a legacy!

    • 5. Hand over power- verdict dismissed
      6. 2 of 5 concourt judges were for me- verdict dismissed
      7. Won elections with below 50% + 1- verdict dismissed
      8. Don’t need medical attention- verdict dismissed

  11. Lusaka Times be professional for once and stop your biasness!
    Moderation always! Learn to have diverse views and not only pro PF.

    • Go and read the unbiased reporting on Zambian watchdog,you can also start following Larry Mweetwa on FB for more unbiased and ethical reporting.Not forgetting the man who can Fix it ALL mr HH – please follow his pages on FB. Leave Lusaka times alone!!

  12. You makers of this constitution! See the mess con court has put us in! After High court then Supreme court and then the Hague! Something is up surely coz no ordinary person can challenge con court. Sangwa must have discovered a lacuna in this ruling. I’m now worried

    • The Lawyers have bills to pay. Easy picking. They are simply making money off of him.
      Don’t you worry. The is no Lacuna.

    • Prostitutes don’t mind if loaded person is mentally disturbed, has office money, has responsibilities, has transmitable disease, lost spouse, the real issue is that one is liquid period.

  14. Do the lawyers just need money or they lack understanding? Do they read or they are just refusing the truth? In my ignorance I know that the ConCourt decision can’t be appealed. Someone will b sown in come Tuesday. Peace be upon Zambia

  15. Why go that way as if anything will come out of it.

    These people will not respect the high court just as they did not respect the re opening of the Post.

    Iam stunned by this rationale because it is headed for failure.

    The UPND must engage the PF or its customers

    • You are wrong. They will respect the High Court if the decision is in their favour . Remember how they cheered the Concourts decision over ministers?

  16. Comedy of Errors. Difficult and Bikkilon proper. Next they will Sue the Voters. VERY DULL CHAPS THINKING FROM BEHIND. Sue the Chief Justice, Deputy Chief Justice, Arttoney General, ECZ Con Court. THESE BA.STARDS WHO DO THEY THINK THEY ARE. THIS COMBINED DULLNESS FIT THE WORLD RECORDS.

  17. This is surely laughable. From 2 rich fools that said they would ‘respect the decision of the ConCourt’. HH zo’ona, People have rejected you and now the Highest Court has also rejected you !! Live with it, 7/10 provinces rejected you as well what more do you want. Pa last walaponoka fye

  18. HH is just delaying the UPND Conventiom. Time someone saleable like Nkombo, Milupi or Maureen took over. We are tired of his failures for close to a Decade now !!

  20. HH YOU LOST EVEN AFTER TRYING TO MULTIPLY BY 2 THE VOTES IN YOUR AREAS FROM YOUR 2015 TALLY TO ACHIEVE YOUR 2016 VOTERS TURNOUT IN SOUTHERN AND REDUCED LUNGU BY HALF IN DUNDUMWEZI STYLE YOU LOST YOU WHENT TO COURT YOU AGAIN LOST HERE IS HOW YOU MULTIPLIED YOUR VOTES IN SOUTHERN X 2 EVEN THE DEAD PEOPLE WHENT TO VOTE THESE NUMBERS IN SOUTHERN INCLUDING DUNDUMWEZI SIMPLY SHOW HOW DESPERATE YOU ARE TO GO TO PLOT 1 THE COURTS CANNOT HELP YOU AS ELECTIONS ARE WON BY ELECTROL MEANS AND NOT IN COURT AND SHOULD BE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE

    HERE IS HOW YOU MULTIPLIED BY 2 (X2) YOUR VOTE TALLY YOU ACCUMMULATED IN 2015 AGAINST LUNGU TO…

  21. IN 2015 AGAINST LUNGU TO ACHIEVE YOUR DUNDUMWEZI FORMULAR AGAINST EDGARS 2016 IN WANT TO ERRODE EDGARS LEAD IN AREAS HERES IS PROOF OF THE MULTIPLICATIONS STARTING WITH DUNDUMWEZI TO LIVINGSTONE

  22. HH 2015 2016

    BWEENGWA 12,521 21316
    CHIKANKATA 12,456 24442
    CHOMA CENTRAL 21,921 47182
    DUNDUMWEZI 14,181 30810
    ITEZHITEZHI 8,521 23422
    KALOMO CENTRAL 17,961 37550
    LIVINGSTONE 19,125 27786
    MAGOYE 11,734 21918
    MAZABUKA CENTRAL 14,801 31732
    MONZE CENTRAL 21,385 41089
    MOOMBA 8,276 13429
    MULOBEZI 3,517 7352
    NAMWALA 17,151 34647
    SIAVONGA 15,474 39633
    SINAZONGWE 17,942 16955

  23. PF supporters, why dont you concentrate on your celebration of a win through abused systems – public funds, police, ZAF, ZNBC, ECZ, Con-Court etc! However, the hidden curriculam for you to follow whatever HH & GBM are doing helps you to get a variety of what you must really know and what you know which is not worthy knowing – stealing votes, drinking jemison, eating michopo at bars etc!

    • Bitter keen follower producing foul air here! Go away you cursed f00l! We are here because your confused Haleisa Hapitila (HH) is confusing our celebrations. Wait for next week Tuesday when we swear-in our president, the luck and highly favoured ECL. We will celebrate heavily so that you suffer more. Very unlucky you are together with your unfavourable candidate HH.

  24. POWER COMES FROM THE PEOPLE . IF PEOPLE DO NOT WANT YOU, THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO. IF THE RULING BY THE CONCORT WAS AGAINST THE PEOPLES WISHES, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN CHAOS IN THE COUNTRY WITH A STATE OF EMERGENCY. BUT NOW EVERYONE IS HAPPY. WE ARE REJOICING. THANK GOD. THE TRUTH HAS TRIUMPHED OVER EVIL AND LIES. YOU CANNOT GET TO STATE HOUSE VIA THE COURT. YOU NEED TO IMPRESS THE VOTERS FOR YOU TO GET INTO STATE HOUSE. THE CONSTITUTION SAYS THE DECISION OF THE CONCOURT IS FINAL. SO MR HH YOU HAVE REACHED THE END. AND FROM YOUR BEHAVIOUR, YOU HAVE SHOWN US THAT YOU WILL MAKE A VERY BAD LEADER. IT WILL BE VERY RISKY FOR THIS COUNTRY TO BE RULED BY YOU.

  25. EDGAR LUNGUS

    Constituency 2015 2016
    BWEENGWA 107 327
    CHIKANKATA 471 1023
    CHOMA CENTRAL 2,139 5816
    DUNDUMWEZI 83 254
    ITEZHITEZHI 821 1937
    KALOMO CENTRAL 662 1524
    LIVINGSTONE 8,352 13162
    MAGOYE 428 875
    MAZABUKA CENTRAL 3,092 6326
    MONZE CENTRAL 1,097 2241
    MOOMBA 100 182
    MULOBEZI 1,069 2058
    NAMWALA 440 1251
    SIAVONGA 1,447 2666
    SINAZONGWE 1,103 1429

  26. This is beyond a joke now. These people must be arrested immediately, they are treating our most important gov’t instruments in a degrading manner. The case itself is a non starter. If you are unhappy about a Judge/s conduct you report them to the relevant legal body and they will investigate the case and the conduct of the judges. You can’t sue them in court because their actions are in line with their duties as given them.

    The question really, is why are these people being allowed to degrade Zambia like this. They are causing trouble and attempting to make citizens fight against each other. The state is in danger and those responsible for protecting the state must now act urgently and efficiently.

    • I can’t even get my head around this!!! Something us going on here. Either we have a low lying attempt to grasp power by various bodies in conspiracy or HH needs a straight Jacket at Chainama stat!

    • what I feel is that here is need to examine HH’s campaign messages, they are very divisive, tribal and inciting tribe against tribe. HH must be arrested caged before he succeeds in putting fire on this great Country.

      Where are the shushus kanshi, please can they do their work before this Country goes up in flames because of HH’s hunger for power

  27. ONLY AREAS WITH COSMOPOLITAN AREAS PROVED DIFFICULTY TO MULTIPLY BY 2 LIVINSTONE AND MAZABUKA ALL RURAL AREAS WHERE MANUPULATED TO EFFECT THE DUNDUMWEZI FORMULAR

    ITS UNZA TYPE EASY TO ISOLATE THE DUNDUMWEZI FORMULAR YOU WIN IT GENUINELY NOT BY DUNDUMWEZI MULTIPLICATION BY 2

  28. @Chisanga
    Its strange that everyone is happy because of a thief of votes being declared winners. Chisanga! When where you asking everyone, because no one asked me if am happy unless am not a person. Obviously, I was going to tell you in your face that make that thief of yours president at the country’s peril!

    • @keen Follower WE ARE 50%+13,000 VOTERS WHO ARE HAPPY. IN A DEMOCRACY, THE MAJORITY DECIDE FOR THE MINORITY. AM SORRY, UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH. IT WAS NOT MADE BY ME. IT WAS MADE A LONG TIME AGO EVEN BEFORE I WAS BORN. YOU ARE MAKING AN ALLEGATION THAT ECL STOLE VOTES FROM HH. ON THAT ACCOUNT, HH PETITIONED THE CONCOURT AGAINST THE ELECTION OF ECL. MR HH WAS GIVEN 14 DAYS TO PROVE THAT ECL STOLE VOTES FROM HIM. HIS LAWYERS FAILED EMBARRASSINGLY. IN FACT AM TOLD THAT HH HIRED NOT ONLY LAWYERS BUT HE HIRED LAW FIRMS. THEY BUNGLED UP THE CASE. WHY? THE REASON IS SIMPLE. THEY FAILED TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE. BECAUSE, IN FACT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE. THEY STARTED FISHING AROUND, LOOKING AROUND FOR SOMETHING AT LEAST THAT THEY CAN ARGUE AROUND. THEY FAILED TO MAKE UP ANY WATER…

    • …continued….DECIDE FOR THE MINORITY. AM SORRY, UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH. IT WAS NOT MADE BY ME. IT WAS MADE A LONG TIME AGO EVEN BEFORE I WAS BORN. YOU ARE MAKING AN ALLEGATION THAT ECL STOLE VOTES FROM HH. ON THAT ACCOUNT, HH PETITIONED THE CONCOURT AGAINST THE ELECTION OF ECL. MR HH WAS GIVEN 14 DAYS TO PROVE THAT ECL STOLE VOTES FROM HIM. HIS LAWYERS FAILED EMBARRASSINGLY. IN FACT AM TOLD THAT HH HIRED NOT ONLY LAWYERS BUT HE HIRED LAW FIRMS. THEY BUNGLED UP THE CASE. WHY? THE REASON IS SIMPLE. THEY FAILED TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE. BECAUSE, IN FACT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE. THEY STARTED FISHING AROUND, LOOKING AROUND FOR SOMETHING AT LEAST THAT THEY CAN ARGUE AROUND. THEY FAILED TO MAKE

  30. You would think HH and GBM are insane but they are just plain stupid. Concourt decision is Final,for your own information Supreme Court is at Par with Concourt in terms of hierarchy. The high court is too Junior,the Supreme court has 5 to 7 judges on the bench while high court has a single Judge presiding over a matter. On Friday a single Judge adjourned the Petition beyond the stipulated time but seeing that honourable Judge erred,the 5 Judges elected to vote the motion to either throw out the Petition because of the time lapse and lack of evidence presented during the 14 days or allow the hearings to proceed. 3 out 5 Judges voted to throw out the Petition against 2. I am not a lawyer but shockingly there is a lawyer here who thinks justice will be served in the high court. How did you…

  31. The High Court will direct that HH and his lawyers be examined by a mental surgeon (a more serious form of psychiatrist) to determine their mental state.

    • @Terrible, YOU GOT IT RIGHT! They need to be examined to see IF INDEED THEIR MENTAL STATE CAN WARRANT HEARING THEIR CASE! We had said it time and again that the POMP and UNFOUNDED CONFIDENCE would LEAVE HH CONFUSED AFTER THE LOSS! IT HAS COME TO PASS. NEXT: He has to face KBF in the case he sued against being called a PRIVATIZATION THIEF and possibly himself or his operations Lieutenants will have to answer the ICC at the HAGUE for ETHNIC HATRED and VIOLENCE thereof! He will then get confirmed totally mad!

  32. Law is Law.Baume pa baume. Thats why these guys are successful .They are made of iron. Under estimate them to your own peril(PF)

    • Baume zoona. That’s why they are successful. You can’t compare hh to ecl no matter what you think. Given that evl imposes himself on the zambians for the next 5yrs you can’t ever compare himself to hh. Zambia is a failed state

    • Baume zoona. That’s why they are successful. You can’t compare hh to ecl no matter what you think. Given that evl imposes himself on the zambians for the next 5yrs you can’t ever compare himself to hh. Zambia is a failed state

  33. @Patriot Abroad
    Who is your concern really is it HH & GMB or its the state machinary abuser, ECZ abuser, Con-Court abuser, alcohol abuser, violent abuser, Christianity abuser…? am tired I will come back to add to the list…!

    • @Keen take a rest my friend, no need for come back. Please note that all international observers who presided over the elections have said the elections were Fair, Transparent and His Excellency President Lungu has won fair and square.

      So where is the stolen election claims coming from? If Observers verified the elections?

    • The stolen votes were hidden in keen followers rotten brains! These UPND sycophants are all totally demented right now and arguing with them is simply wasting precious time. Go sleep off your shocking loss you lousy sore losers in UPND!
      As far us in PF, we are cleaning our fancy shoes and PF outfits for Tuesday 13th Septmebr, major celebration and Heroes, while sore-losers are running around trying to achieve their evil schemes of being kill-joys!
      Lousy bunch of losers!

  34. Lungu’s problems of Legitimacy have just began. Without the Petetion Hearing and determining whether Lungu won this election or not the whole World will question Lungu’s legitimacy. Very soon Lungu might learn the hard way that without legitimacy even the likes of IMF and World Bank will not be able to lend his illegitimate regime. Concourt needed to make a judgment on the Petetion and they cannot do so without a Hearing and gathering evidence and facts that will support that indeed Lungu genuinely won this election. The International Community will not be able to declare Zambia’s 2016 Election free,fair,credible and transparent. Without legitimacy Lungu will soon realise that the International Community will not want to cooperate with his govt and may even be sanctioned. The writing…

    • EVERY PRESIDENT OF ZAMBIA HAS HAD HIS LEGITIMACY QUESTIONED BY SOME LOSING CANDIDATE. SO THAT IS NOT NEW. STARTING WITH KAUNDA THEN CHILUBA, MWANAWASA, BANDA AND SATA. BUT ARE WE GOING TO EAT THE SOUR GRAPES WITH LOSERS. NO…NOT AT ALL. EVEN THE USA, UK, EU ETC HAVE ALL CONGRATULATED ECL. THE MAN EATING SOUR GRAPES CAN CONTINUE EATING THEM ALL THE WAY TO HIGH COURT, WHERE THE CASE WILL BE THROWN OUT AGAIN.

  35. its this very ego that always take this guy away from the presidency. who is advising this guy. is he spending party money or personal? How much are Sangwa and simeza getting per hour?
    why not build a school or a clinic in dudumwezi if he cash to dish out

  36. When things are overturned and ECL is to vacate state house, am volunteering to be part of auditing on impalas and guinea fowls at state house because his chicks have swelled a lot, I suspect abused michopo(little meats sold at bars and shabins to drunkards) at state instead of bars!

  37. HH and gbm cannot believe that the sun rises in the morning and sets in about 16 hrs. The 2nbusiness men nees psychological treament st Chainama. Which class of Lawyers advised them tonplunge into suchbbsillyn desperation?

  38. France has ordered a recount in Gabon. Why can’t Britain order a recount in Zambia? Britain please wake up. Do not slumber while democracy is being mutilated in your former colony.

    • @38 xxxxy ..No wonder you are just these letters! The EU and USA who are asking for recount in Gabon where also present in Zambia to monitor the same elections! Why are they are asking for recount in Gabon and not in Zambia? It is because,they were satisfied with elections in Zambia and the GENUINE LOSS this TRIBALIST FACED! France’s relationship with Gabon and all its former Black African colonies is so different from what we have with the UK after independence! In this case France had always supported the Bongo family but now what a change through Jean Ping and bcoz US and EU have discovered fraud,it has coincided with their agenda by just agreeing with others. For your own information the UK is part of the Commonwealth observers! Rigging if anything happened UPND TRIBALIST AREAS!!

    • In Gabon everything is counted from one totalling centre. In Zambia, the totals are announced and stuck outside the polling station and remitted to the totalling centre at Mulungushi where all parties are represented and are able to verify this with their party agents in polling stations. That is why we say it is not easy to cheat or steal in a Zambian election except in Southern Province where polling agents of political parties other than UPND were threatened with violence and chased.

  39. Halusa Hagain (HH) and GBM including SS Associates need help at Chainama. Aba bantu nabapena zoona. Suing every one including the judiciary sure?

  40. Ladies and Gentlemen, am beginning to think HH and GBM have done something very wrong and they are fearing that soon and very soon the lid will be off their action. Let us wait and see

    • Yes, HH was very hopeful he would beat ECL in this election. Anglo America, pumped in Millions of dollars for his campaigns in exchange of gold/copper mines from Solwezi. Anglo America are on his throat, that is why he wont accept defeat. Selfish deals to suit himself!!!

  41. Its irrelevant that the judge’s decision may have been contrary to law and morally reprehensible.

    Mireles v. Waco
    Misbehavior while performing judicial acts is immune. In the case of Mireles v. Waco (1991) 502 U.S. 9, 112 S.Ct. 286, 116 L.Ed.2d 9, when a defense lawyer failed to appear for a scheduled hearing, the judge not only issued a bench warrant for his arrest, but instructed the police sent to arrest him to “rough him up a little” to teach him not to skip court dates. Although this was entirely unprofessional and possibly criminal, the judge was held, by the Supreme Court, to have absolute immunity from a lawsuit arising from the resulting beating, because it was done entirely within his activities as a judge presiding over a court.

    • In 1997 West Virginia judge Troisi became so irritated with a rude defendant, he stepped down from the bench, took off his robe, and bit the defendant on the nose he was acquitted of federal charges of violating the defendants civil rights!

      IF HH IS NOT CAREFUL THE JUDICIARY MAY DECIDE TO TEACH HIM and Mushipe A LESSON!

  44. Its HH’s constitutional right to re-file the case with a different court. However, chances of succeeding are almost nil considering that the petition was thrown out on technicality as time barred case, unlike merits / demerits of petition (interpretation of preliminary application issues, evidence, etc). The matter at hand first is to determine interpretation & legality of 14 days limitation period. Constitutional court is court of appeal & its decision is final whilst High Court is lower in hierarchy.

  45. Next they will sue all the Zambians for not voting for them………Guys get a life you are being bad losers. UPND are selling a product i.e HH that Zambians are not willing to buy. I seriously miss Mazoka

  46. Appointment of judges I hope this time its through parliament and president just signs….its a circus to say the least…..The way people lost hope on Banda…..so will ECL face mark my words

  47. Meanwhile their lawyers’ till is working overtime…the lawyers will even go on holiday after all this commotion. Zambia’s issue is governance there is no way the opposition can win with this 50+ unless its a level playing field.

  49. Concourt is superior to High Court so how do you challenge the ruling through a subordinate court? Balikongola and can’t excersise morality.

  50. This behaviour now is very irritating, even if it is money Sangwa rise above this pettiness and advise these two spoiled children well. Their behaviour is repugnant and extremely annoying. PF cadres get up, aba bafi.colour baponoke nomba. What else can one do, this is too much pononeni aba bafi/colour babe imishino yaba nyinabo aba bafyele.

  51. This behaviour of HH and GBM is tantamount to terrorism, what is the difference between these two and Bin Laden’s of ISIS? Creating unnecessary tension and havoc for the state can be viewed as terrorism in my mind. The Zambian enterprise should with immediate effect and find ways of getting rid of these two terrorists. We have had enough. Paya these two cabe then peace shall reign. I am very annoyed now, and I think I am not the only one thinking like this, what a waste of space with these two id10ts.

    • I meant…………….This behaviour of HH and GBM is tantamount to terrorism, what is the difference between these two and Bin Laden’s or ISIS? Creating unnecessary tension and havoc for the state can be viewed as terrorism in my mind. The Zambian enterprise should with immediate effect find ways of getting rid of these two terrorists. We have had enough. Paya these two chabe then peace shall reign. I am very annoyed now, and I think I am not the only one thinking like this, what a waste of space with these two id10ts.

  52. I think these two want to find an excuse to start confusion/war, do not allow them, get rid of them now.

  53. They promised sponsor to give them Zambezi river. Be careful maybe they sold all Zambians. I used to like HH for keeping the PF working but now he has gone astray. Please, ECL I have a lot of extended family members who can not afford to run away, arrest them, election are over and I want my family to get educated. This guy has already stolen copper money which he is wasting to pay fake lawyers.

  54. I strongly suspect hh and gbm have oiled or promised heaven on earth to one of the high court judges..! If not this then where is the courage to sue constitutional court , chief justice and the whole judicial in a lower court coming from..? I urge Lungu to move in and arrest these two rich fools before they cause havoc to our peace in Zambia. Hh and gbm are up to no good..!

  56. One can talk about a lot about politics in Zambia Discussions and conversations on GBM and HH bullying the President Elect are everywhere on Social Media and Conversional media and Small ones also have not taken it lightly Politicians have a lot to do and correct these negative trends bullying and effects on future leadership Most of this is downright mean and defaming to the office of Presidency and should be stopped Look at the rhetoric in these politicians and media and see the shape and toll its having on future leadership for Zambia
    Young leaders are not learning the correct virtues and are hearing and absorbing a lot more than what they ought to…

  57. messages mostly containing political bullying and inflammatory language
    This is not going on well with young leadership and the morals and huge impact are negative.
    Most young leaders may aspire for presidency in Zambia and others for subordinate roles What these leaders are learning during elections from HH and GBM as people aspiring for Presidency does not inspire
    Rather than showing and treating others with respect and dignity, the show of bullying and treachery by HH does not show leadership to our young ones and these two should better set the example rather than the show of civility being exhibited by GBM and HH Lack of Civility is major issue with HH and…

  58. GBM
    When you ask people in Ndola and Lusaka on choice of leadership even Livingstone people now prefer there elected presidential candidate Edgar Lungu to GBM or HH more than they actually voted for Him in August 2016 elections People are saying because of Bullying and uncivil culture being shown by GBM and HH 96% of the people say HH should never be president of Zambia or come near again to being elected though GBM has a 62% NO
    These bullying behaviour by the two if not tamed can enter our schools universities and social institutions Its time the courts brought an end to this Unzambian behaviour that is unbecoming of HH and GBM who are trying to use blame…

  59. shifting to concead defeat Bullies often have been seen to engage in blame shifting to effect the desired attention even when genuinely lost the AUGUST 2016 elections
    You will see this bullying behaviour in name calling ,trying to injure reputations of colleagues in this case sabotaging the elect reputation to paint him as a stolen president,they tried to use threats and rumour spreading which a mark of bullying politicians and uncivil The tactics areics are simply lies engraved at times they with partial truths. The aim is to bully and cast doubt in anothers persons intergrity and charecter You will see it in HH and GBM as they make Veiled threats in an attempt to gain control…

  60. I thought those press conferences at Chainama Hotel were only meant to receive defectors,so, it was also a strategy of getting into Chainama Psychiatric Hospital after the elections.

  61. control and is a dangerous bullying tactic

    They tried it during campaigns and used it in X2 2015 votes for HH 2016 as in dundumwezi They still try to use bullying at courts

    Its time we stopped these TWO or else we become like UKWA to the rest of the world Its not like the Nine months proceedings in Congress for Brazil President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment process THEY SHOULD BE STOPPED THE TWO ARE FAKE

  62. I can imagine a situation where Gbm stands at the Heroes Stadium to prevent Edgar ‘s motorcade from entering the stadium for his inauguration. HH will be behind Gbm giving moral and physical support.

  63. HH outsmarted by thieves, thugs and drunkards kikikikiki spot on VM. These chaps are abusing the court systems, whose interests are they serving?

  65. I don’t know why people are surprised we the two *****s….who are now behaving like dogs with rabies . The problem with these two animals is one borrowed 58 million dollars and did a ka privatization before getting into state house…The other one with five brains used all his money during campaign he has K2 left in his account. To make the matters worse his tracks are impounded in south Africa for not paying rent.

    • Whats in Baroseland mwe mbwa mwe, whats there apart from sand and poverty. As for Southern Province its just a desert which has caused Tongas to treck to other regions.. Central, Copperbelt even Luapula and Northern.

      In Copperbelt and to some extent Central, Tongas have worked hard at brain washing Lambas, Swakas to hate other tribes, generally sowing seeds of hate, inciting other tribes against others, this is their specialisatio. Tongas have become experts at inciting tribe against tribe and that’s their campagn message which they doing in the thee 3 provinces and rural CB and Central

  68. Underfive and your elder brother GBM, what you are doing is your democratic right. Just as we shall inaugurate THE President of the Republic of Zambia, His Excellency Edgar Chagwa Lungu next tuesday as our democratic right.

  70. Zambian, it final concourt and Supreme are the same. that High court is too junior to reverse the final. No one will get that petition as High court has only one judge. And not only that ,the decision if concourt and Supreme is final. May be HH and GBM did not learn CIVICS at school. i will start with the highest court in zambia. 1. CONCOURT/SUPREME,2. HIGH COURT, 3. MAGISTRATE COURT, AND 4. LOCAL COURT. Now among the above which court is bigger than the other? zambia advice SAMANGWA to stop eating money from HH AND FAT GBM.

  72. This is sad. HH is clearly in denial. As far as he is concerned it was a given, as good as done, confirmed and sworn in oath. On his side, he gave his all without holding back, without repentance or retrieval. This is where he is at. Well, let him remember how when he mocked God when the nation sort God’s mercy when the heavens held back the rains, when he said “prayer is an excuse for failures..”. He did not pay attention when out of a helpless situation the rains fell and hunger was averted. GOD answered our prayers but HH was not impressed! Instead, he resolved to do everything humanly possible to guarantee his desire to ascend to the throne. But he still does not see the invisible power that is drawing his attention by thwarting his plans! For HH, God is of no consequence and…

  74. This is madness now!Are they saying they have found evidence they failed in more than 14 days.These guys are failures and you expect them to govern us.For those who respect their riches to heal with them!

  75. Concourt is on very slippery ground in this case. They have no started hearing the Petetion and they have determined whether Lungu was legally elected. Concourt should hear the Petetion within 14 days and not to block the Hearing. There is no clause in the Constitution which allows Concourt to dismiss the hearing of the Constitution based on time expiry. Concourt have no choice buý Hear and determine the outcome of this Petetion.

    • @ Zulu@ Anything is possible in the interpretation of the law but what is clear is that the lower court can not overturn the decision of a higher court whether the decision was questionable or not.

  80. Hahahahahah,
    This will go in the guiness book of records. We understand the desperation. But this is beyond the desperation. If these courts (Zambian courts), all they are lined up is to hear the cases of these two rich men of Zambia, then we are doomed. The earlier the high court throws out this case the better for our great Nation. These two are minting money in their Companies while they are siting wasting court’s and voter’s time in courts. We understand that this will trigger mass retirement for UPND president for life, but not at our(voter’s) expense. Our Great nation is surely greater than this Boy by the name of HH (formerly Sunny Hichilema). As for a Gender based violence champion his humble education will not help him maintain a viable business to the fullest. Little does he…

  81. HH lost the erection to ECL after taking part in the first round, then he thought he can attempt a SECOND round ECL gave him 2hrs to ERECT otherwise he would not open her legs for wasting time when she has to serve other serious CLIENTS waiting anxiously in HEROES STADIUM ON TUESDAY.

  82. @5.1, then HH must be sued for perjury. That is not the wealth he declared during nominations. Linda Kasonde, that is enough material to keep you busy as a friend of the court.

  83. If there is one spouse who is most miserable at this time, it must be HH’s wife Mutinta. There is nothing worse than losing your husband to lunacy. I hear that HH is not himself in the house, he is having constant nightmares, he is talking to himself and sometimes even shouts violently at himself and those around him and she is worried.

  84. Lord reveal the truth of the 11 August election. Father everything is open before you. We prayer for the justice system to be fair, just and transparent. Give them wisdom from above to give just judgment.

    Lord you are not a man to be deceived or confused. Expose any and all electoral scum. Persecute and humiliate the perpetrators and bring them to shame and burning.

    We rebuke the wicked, corrupt and evil doers of the land.

    • @Prayer Warrior for HH/GBM DONT WORRY. GOD HAS ALREADY REVEALED THE TRUTH ABOUT THE LIES CONCOCTED BY HH/GBM. AND HE IS GOING AHEAD TO EMBARRASS HH EVEN MORE. THAT IS WHY HH IS GOING ALL THE WAY TO TRY AND HIDE HIS SECRETES. GOD WILL EXPOSE HH AND EVERYONE WILL BE SURPRISED AT THE LEVEL OF SECRECY AND HIDDEN PLANS. GOD WILL EXPOSE HH, AND HE WILL SUFFER IRREPARABLE CONSEQUENCES FOR HIS EVIL DEEDS.

    • Prayer Warrior where do you live? Heard of the programme that will take place next week Tuesday at Heroes Stadium? Yaba dang!

  85. Good grief what do you expect when a fatdesk lawyer and dismissed ex dpp enjoins himself to a cause out of vengence sad Tuesday will be final nail i your coffin sangwa should be banned from teaching his theories at unza and failing them if they challenge his warped misreading of the law

  86. Zambians zona mulibipuba,hh and GBM are trying to help us.Bemba’s work up muzanya manzii.don’t support a president who don’t think, very soon you are going to regret bipuba imwe.don’t support a fool pls.

  88. For how long will you hide in the courts? Come back and face reality waiting in the party. Nothing is changing now, Zambia is going forward with or without an injunction. Your people are waiting to discuss real issues of moving the party forward. The soooner the better.

    • Edward, Edward, Edward you have made my day! The guy has sought refuge in the courts when his colleagues are waiting at the Secretariat to chat the way forward on the impending convetion where a new Leader shall be chosen!…yaba nice one there Eddy!

  89. desperation ….it will be thrown out again by high court…tuesday liletenta…green every where…..heroes stadium
    here we come…

  90. For sure God can give one wealth but deny him/her wisdom. This is what we are seeing now. “Fwaka mwibende limo”. How many people will be sued by these powerful business men. Running the country is not like running personal business. These chaps are just retarding progress in the country! There is NO WAY that attention can shift from progressive issues to individual and selfish needs. You can bear me witness that mwa Kaunda such folly behaviour was not there, is this progress in democratic dispensation? What these chaps want is judgement to be in their favour which will NEVER BE ATTAINABLE. Most people of Zambia chose the leaders to take Zambia forward in the next five years. Garry Nkombo can you take over UPND or else it will be history. Those chaps are dull business men.

  91. Gentlemen gentlemen! If your interests are truly to serve the Zambian people, then please work together. To his excellency the President EL, please see how you can invite our brother HH to work with you. I am sure if you worked together, good results would come out. Results that will foster development and benefit all of us.

    • Chuma what are you smoking these days? Working with GBV and HH? What’s wrong with you? I wish there was so powerful a Pastor who would turn these two idyats into heaps of ash, so that we get back our lives mmmmttttssss! The country needs to move on ala malabishi bati!

  92. THE LITERATES AND SMART THINKERS OF UNDP WHERE ARE YOU ???? – THE LIKES OF GARY NKOMBO AND BRADFORD MACHILA PLEASE TALK TO YOUR PRESIDENT .

  93. THE WHOLE COUNTRY APPLAUDS THIS DECISION BY THE VICTIMS OF THE GRAND THEFT OF THE CENTURY BY PF TO ROB THE PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA OF A UPND VICTORY. HH AND GBM WE ARE ALL SOLIDLY BEHIND YOU NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES TO OBTAIN JUSTICE. YOU ARE SAVING ZAMBIA FROM THIEVES, PLUNDERERS, LOOTERS, WOMANIZERS, LOAFERS AND OTHER GOOD-FOR-NOTHING CHARACTERS. THIS IMPUNITY IS THE CAUSE OF THE TERRIBLE POVERTY ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. HOW CAN LUNGU REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE A LAW WHICH HE HIMSELF SIGNED AT GREAT COST TO THE COUNTRY? YOU WHO ARE ILLITERATES YOUR DAY OF RECKONING SHALL SOON COME. YOU SHALL ANSWER TO MOTHER ZAMBIA AND GOD ALMIGHTY!
    “MONEY WONT SAVE YOU, NO, NO, NO….MONEY WONT SAVE YOU!”. THIS IS NOT A GAME, IT IS THE LIVES OF 15 MILLION PEOPLE YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH. HAVE A SENSE OF…

    • Majority of the people of Zambia 50% + 1 as represented in the election results don’t want UPND right now, maybe in 2021!
      Please stop lying to yourselves and face facts!

  94. During the one party era Mr Nkumbula and Mr Kapwepwe (MTSRIP) failed to lodge their nomination for Unip presidency : Mr Nkumbula on account that he came late while Mr Kapwepwe was disqualified on grounds that he had served less than two years as a Unip member (consititution was amended for that purpose). The two petitioned their exclusion. The Judge took only a few hours to dispose the case. He simply told the two petitioners that Unip was a private club which had its own rules and regulations therefore he had no authority to dictate its directions. Mr Nkumbula ‘s comment was “What can you expect from an uncivilized country with uncivilized courts ” Mr Kapwepwe simply said “It’s over, no more politics “.

  95. The only determination the high court would have to make here,if at all that is even possible, is whether the higher court (ConC) was right in its interpretation of the 14 days provided in the constitution because that is the only issue determined in the first hearing. In short the single manned high court will be the court to interpret the constitution to us instead of the 6/7 man ConC! HH and GBM did this the wrong way around. They should’ve gone to the high court first. after 14 days and being thrown out they should then have gone to the constitutional court to: 1. get an interpretation of this provision 2. plead their constitutional right to be heard. As it is now. I don’t know. We will see. Another precedent? I doubt it very much. But let us allow one court to hear them. i just…

  96. Chuma! how can ECL invite HH & GBM with such kind of behavior. if these guys had exhibited maturity and that love for Zambia and not the Power hungry behaviour they are showing, then we would have considered encouraging ECL to work with them. but as it is, its a waste of time to work with them. there will be no progress in the many developmental projects meant to uplift Zambia and its pple. they are the pull him down *****s. and to all u who hate Lungu and cant accept this election seek the face of God. there is a purpose why God allows things to happen the way they do. All we need to do is trust his ways. He is the Mighty one to be trusted.

  97. I WONDER BANE…….WE WERE TOLD HH IS WORTH 2 BILLION DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!WHY IS HE SO POWER HUNGRY? WHEN U HAVE LOST ..U HAVE LOST PERIOD…LET ME HIDE MY BABY COURT KUTI ATOLOKELA MO KKKK

  99. Ka Mmembe is the one misleading HH and GBM. They made a pact that if UPND forms government, Mmembe’s K53M owed to ZRA will be written off. HH dear if you borrowed money for campaigns from someone just pay otherwise bazakupaya.

  101. It looks like you are just wasting time. You will acquire respect from Zambian by accepting and look up to 2021 which is just very near.

    • Sorry @RM we are going with Garry Nkombo now. That Mwimbu lawyer guy is not intelligent going by the past happenings!

  103. Come on!! Who is advising these two? How can a lower Court rule on a decision by the final court of the land?
    I think they have money to waste.

    Whose interests are they really serving that they are so desperate to hinder the nation moving forward? One begins to wonder

    • Please Pator turn these two mad men into pillars of salt…ahh no wait into ashes! Because some women may end up using that salt in their relish! Please man of God bativuta aba babili masilu!

  104. Little did we know that HH was not liked by most people in Zambia. Just before voting he enticed us to vote for him saying this time it is a Tonga to be president. Our old man Munkombwe was in the forefront championing for that. As people of Dundumwezi we ask his Excellence Mr. Chagwa Lungu to forgive us because HH deceived us. Before elections HH had already formed a cabinet comprising some teachers and other civil servants especially from Southern and North-western. Not again shall we follow the foot steps of HH.

  106. HH was boasting that the case was collapsing and he managed to salvage it. Do not insult the crocodile when your arse is still in the water.

  111. The meaning of ex parte order is that HH wanted the High Court to grant him an injunction without the process of notifying the other party or the court hearing the other side. Why is HH so desperate?
    Iwe HH, your spouse desperately needs your affection and you are busy ignoring her for politics. If you want politics to be your new wife, the procedure is first to divorce your current spouse.

  113. These boys are actors HH and GBM now I know rich people have small brains. Just how many times are you going to try your lucky . Please make a true story movie for HH and GBM

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