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HH says UPND has noted the Decision by the ConCourt to give President Lungu a ‘Third Term’

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HH addressing a media briefing at his residence
HH addressing a media briefing at his residence

Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema has said that his party has noted the Constitutional court’s decision to give President Edgar Lungu what he has referred to as a possible third term.

Mr. Hichilema told Q-News in a statement that using its collective skills, the UPND is examining this decision carefully and will inform the nation of its detailed reaction in due course.

Mr. Hichilema has stated that for now the UPND is of the view that no one is entitled to a third term of office as President of Zambia and that when courts fail to protect citizens, the citizen have the power to map their own destiny through people power.

Meanwhile, the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has said that the just concluded case on the eligibility of President Edgar Lungu to stand in 2021 is a lesson that constitution making should never be rushed.

LAZ president Eddie Mwiitwa said that the details of the ruling by the Constitutional Court has demonstrated that constitution making is a serious process.

Mr. Mwiitwa said that if a constitution is therefore going to be passed by Parliament, it must be a document that is going to meet the aspiration of the people and a document that stands the test of time.

In an interview by telephone Mr. Mwiitwa told Q-News that LAZ will however make a comprehensive statement after critically studying the judgment of the Constitutional Court.

Mr. Mwiitwa said that his association is also the view that the fine tuning of the Republican Constitution to address ambiguities of some of its provisions is necessary, adding that LAZ’s hope is that this will be done before the Country gets to the 2021 general elections.

54 COMMENTS

    • Which constition the ConCourt using? If it’s the one Ba Edgar signed without reading it at heroes Stadium, then the rolling are wrong.

    • Did this little boy ever go to school? I hope every Zambian who has gone to school now understands that the little boy is a TRIBAL LUNATIC. He doesn’t have what it takes to be a president! He thinks, like all his supporters TRIBE first and LOGIC second. Pathetic Under Five thief.

    • Any one who expected the opposite to the ruling of the con men at the con court is an 1diot period!

      Anyway the people power will change all this mess very soon and I mean as soon as next year in June.

      PF and Lungu must go asap! The ballot has failed due to rigging and now we must start thinking of alternative ways.

      I will put Lungu and his accomplices in jail my self.

    • @Nostra

      Did you seriously think otherwise of the con men after they failed to reprimand Lungu for breaching the constitution by refusing to handover power to speaker when the petition was lodged?
      I am keeping a log of all the constitutional breaches under PF and a list of all the men and women responsible.

      I will deal with these thugs very soon. They should watch the space.

    • Take your party to a convention and open up all positions to competition if you have win respect of voters. It is a fallacy of falsification to believe you are the alternative in a democracy when all you have specialized in over the last 13 years is being alien to intra-party democracy. You can never build credibility and a party viability by sponsoring clueless cyber-stalker trolling hatred around the clock. Worse still, stuffing all rank and file party positions by yourself through unilateral appointments. You are made to believe that attracting rascals whose only skill is buying honorary degrees from credential milling plants is a critical mass for earning state power. GBM aka GBV and Kambwili are waste materials to partner with. Good lucky!

    • “Mr. Hichilema told Q-News in a statement that using its collective skills, the UPND is examining this decision carefully and will inform the nation of its detailed reaction”

      Hanglo Hamerican (HH) believes they are skilled and educated in UPND yet they are just Under 5 failures. As far as Kainde is concerned everyone else is dull.

    • This is the same constitution hh promised and signed the document prior to elections that he will released it barely 1 week of being elected into the office. Infact all political parties did sign EXCEPT ecl. hh even issued a roadmap on how he was going to release the constitution. Today the same document he was supporting has become his enemy. What has changed.

    • The Minister of Information & Broadcasting should create pamphlets containing a copy of the Constitution of Zambia [No.2 of 2016 V9] with Date of Assent: 5th January, 2016 – The Act.

      It would probably cost Government Printers $0.20 a copy but make those copies available to all law enforcement officers wherever Hakainde’s stup11222t demonstrators line up and let the police distribute them to them.

      Also, organize counter protests from law abiding citizens carrying placards reading “Read the Constitution!!!” to counter demonstrate along side Hichilema’s group. Give both groups permits to demonstrate, the same constitution allows them to.

      It’s time you took proactive measures to curb this opposition nonsense, these guys have IQs of maggots and they want stand out there to…

    • Continued…

      It’s time you took proactive measures to curb this opposition nonsense, these guys have IQs of maggots and they want stand out there to distabalize the only best country God gave man on the continent of Africa.

      The smart people of the Zambian Enterprise deserve a better opposition than this bunch of cretins from God knows where. Such low libido, low morals, low class, low IQ, low life dimwits don’t control this country!!! We run this country!!! They are lucky I am not President at the moment.

      Neutralize them right away, our collective brain power is so much greater than their collective disgruntled so called people power and to top it all, we have the law on our side, they don’t.

      God forbid … Shaa; Heaven help us all!!

    • LAZ the rushing of the signing of the new constitution or the amendment there of does not arise here. That thing needed to be signed. Lets now concentrate on perfecting it. Dont forget so soon that you needed the constitution amended then. Elo iwe double h tapali ifya third term apa ni interpretation of the matter we had at hand. Let’s roll.

  1. @Lombe…LAZ could not comment on a case that way before courts of law..now that the case has been disposed off, they can comment..

  2. Just be strong mune HH. You will now face the incumbent and be assured to loss terribly including DUNDUMWENZI. Kambwili is another useless chap to depend on mune HH. Keep you ego low now and stop scandalising our beautiful country to your fellow stupid people.

  3. “HH has noted the court’s decision to give Lungu a 3rd term”

    Why didn’t HH bemoan the fact that Rupiah Bwezani Banda was given only one half term?

  4. Watch Hakainde very closely, he’s a Mushala in the making. Anglo America are knocking for their wasted campaign funds.

  5. We have also noted his utter stup!dity and greed for power.
    12 years at the helm of UPND without delivering a victory for UPND. He is already in his 3rd term in UPND

  6. I am not a lawyer, but someone with a quantitative/mathematical background and an intellectual inclination on matters affecting my country and humanity. So I took the trouble to independently and thoroughly examine the previous and current constitutions. I reached the same conclusion as the Concourt did. My question to Oxford-educated lawyers like Elias Chipimo is: do we really need law or simply common sense to understand some of these legal issues? Do we really have to spend so much valuable time and money at ZIALE to do what any person on the street like me can do? Are these lawyers not just out there out there to exploit gullible Zambians like Kambwili and HH? No wonder Brigadier General Godfrey Miyanda prefers defending himself in court!

  7. “Mr. Hichilema has stated that for now the UPND is of the view that no one is entitled to a third term of office as President of Zambia and that when courts fail to protect citizens, the citizen have the power to map their own destiny through people power.” The Zambian constitution has spoken, please gentleman go and seat somewhere.

  8. full of rotten brains in pf. they cant see what others are seeing. all are carrying mr kudos skull empty as it stands and can be predictable.

  9. The UPND should just start preparing for 2021 general elections.Any court case can’t work for UPND and HH. HH has abusing Judiciary for a while .

    ECL is confirmed for 2021 victory now. This con court ruling means a lot .

  10. How old will double H be in 2026? In 2026, kids born in 2006, when Double H first contested for presido, will be 20 years old! And the political landscape keeps changing. Good luck badala…

  11. Only people POWER will liberate ZAMBIA! think ZIMBABWE,ZAIRE,LIBYA,UGANDA(under Amin) soldiers fast asleep while the constitution is being raped!

  12. Just accept , very thing , from importing GMOs to ignoring CC judgments is the legacy of the corruption of Zambia by lungu……there is nothing that is sacred any more in Zambia.

    As long as lungu is sontaring to his kaponyas buildings using borrowed money , everything is corrupted. There is no sanity.

    Where have you ever seen western countries withdrawing aid money because of stealing ????

  13. I was thinking HH had that view before the con court ruling,the decision is fine baba.After I studied the current cons,I came to the same conclusion the court has come to,only those in denial can not accept the ruling,who thinks they know It all,but know nothing.

  14. They call it shooting oneself in the foot. Upnd intensively campaigned against the late Michael Sata during the constitution making process called the Constituent Assembly by using age and education limits. Again they influenced people during 2016 to vote against the repeal of the Bill of Rights. Again they forced the enforcement of the current constitution without going over the “little ” print just to impress the voters. Here we are now biting our fingers. Short cuts are always wrong cuts.

  15. Being opposition does not mean you oppose anything under the sun. I’m sure if Lungu announced that HH is now the president these guys will oppose and put out useless statements. Indeed common sense is not that common after all.

  16. Haluza Hagain Hayopa ECL!
    Why not welcome the challenge?
    President Muliokela gave a simple explanation on ECL’s eligibility!
    If I buy myself a plate of Nshima with four lumps and eat just two, and ECL comes and eats the other two lumps, whose plate is ECL eating from, his or mine? It’s definitely not ECL’s but mine. ECL is just finishing what is mine. He is therefore eligible to stand in 2021. If the opposition have developed cold feet, let them hung their boots!

  17. The same skills he is trying to use are the same collective skills that failed to put a case on his presidential petition.And when we say you are bitter you say no Iam speaking on behalf of Zambians because I have a lot dollars in Panama island.Badala tough luck the highest court has made ruling go and revamp your party and let democracy prevail in UPND.

  18. A 3 year old kindergarten pupil was asked to give the answer to 2+3, he gave the answer as 23. Asked why he said kaili two and three is 23. That’s HH. Just like the boy he’s not paying attention to detail but to the fact that one can not serve more than two terms. But do those two terms constitute? I bet he doesn’t know that by constitution if anything happened to Edgar, Mama Wina would automatically assume the presidency. I’m sure HH would be calling for a by election because he doesn’t pay attention to detail.

  19. After almost losing the Germany general elections and recently losing regional elections Chancellor Angela Markel took the blame and stepped down as her party’s President. Can this man do the same after losing to Mwanawasa,Rupiah and Edgar (×2)? No he can’t because he’s too selfish and too proud to accept defeat. After 2021 if and I am sure he’ll fail Upnd must without fear remove this man from the helm of the party.

  20. NOTHING to analyse or study over the ruling. Why waste time on non issue Sir. This is what has costed your party for the past three years. 1. We don’t recognise Lungu.. 2. Parliament walkouts 3. Baseless impeachment motion 4. Mongu motorcade saga. Right to be head motion in high court. 5. Sponsoring claim by Ben mulongoti Etal that Lungu is using someone else identity. 7. A king the Court to determine whether or not ECL was properly sworn in. 8. The un will come and install or swear in HH has president. 9. My votes were stolen 10. PF is buying upnd councilors to cause by-elections 10. Baseless coruption claims. 11. Now it has come to a point where they will stop compaigning in order to find time to study a charge mentioned they can not change.

  21. ‘”Mr. Hichilema has stated that for now the UPND is of the view that no one is entitled to a third term of office as President of Zambia and that when courts fail to protect citizens, the citizen have the power to map their own destiny through people power.”
    Of course Trib.al Hacks, no one is entitled to a third term which is why the Concourt has ruled that way. Trb.al Hacks, you mean to tell me trib.al has reduced your brain to such low(est) levels like a grade seven? Lungu will only seeve one term by 2021 as stipulated in the Constitution. Simple you trib.al, just start campaigning sensibly.

  22. Hon. Jack Mwiimbu MP should apply his noble training as a Lawyer to provide counsel to HH and UPND leadership on true interpretation of Courts verdicts. If he fails to own up to his profession, then Mr. Mwiimbu will only attract uninformed Tongas as clients to his legal firm. As a practicing Lawyer, he canmake a professional difference to Prof. Hansungule and Prof. Ndulo, the latter two of whom aew non-researchers but teach in Law Schools based on Lecture notes hiked from Google.

  23. Its an insult to the Zambian people for HH and his dull colleagues to talk about a third term which is not there! Its treasonable! Kanganja arrest all of them! President Museveni says when they become stupid, we touch them! Kanganja swing into action before they become more stupid! And which People Power is Hakaluza Humwine talking about! He should strategize on his on and his Upnd, like late Sata did, he put in place strategies for himself and his party, hence he won the hearts of many Zambians! So Hakaluza Humwine dont put in place strategies for Zambians because currently you are president for yourself and your party Upnd, not all Zambians! But constirutionally Lungu is president for all Zambians!

  24. ECL has already schemed to rig the 2021 Elections. ECL has captured ECZ, the Judiciary especially Concourt, ZPS and the whole Public Service. ECL believes that Elections are Won by those who count votes and not by Voters. This requires a change of Strategy by Opposition Parties. The Dice for 2021 is cast.

  25. HH should hold a transparent convention of is party only then will zambians consider him credible. Otherwise one cant give what doesnt have. HH has no visible democratic ideals.

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