Losing opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema has maintained that the UPND has not accepted the decision taken by the Constitutional Court to dismiss its election petition.
Out of five Judges of the court, two wanted the case to proceed while three ruled that the matter could not be heard as the mandate of the court expired last Friday at midnight.
But Mr Hichilema said the UPND petition was dismissed by three mischievous judges.
He said the planned in inauguration of President-Elect Edgar Lungu at Lusaka’s Heroes Stadium next Tuesday is illegal.
“That is illegal inauguration, it is against the constitution because we have not been heard. We are going to the High Court because as you may know in the so called ruling, the president of the Constitutional Court objected to what the three judges did. She not alone, another judge Munalula also dismissed it that was mischievous.”
He added: “The point is the president of the Constitutional Court has ridiculed what they tried to do today and she was not alone.”
Mr Hichilema said the right to be heard is part of the Bill of Rights and because of the different interpretation of this 14 days hearing, and not determination the High Court has the jurisdiction to interpret that our fundamental right to be heart has been violated.
“The petition was not heard, they decided without being heard. It is like a murder accused today is sentenced today without being charged. That is what has happened,” Mr Hichilema said.
Mr Hichilema said the Constitutional Court was in a confused state having made several conflicting rulings during the hearing.
“The court is in a confused state, they basically put us in a constitutional crisis. By the way two days ago, a full bench of judges of the Constitutional Court ruled that the petition will commence on Monday and will run up to Thursday,” he said.
“The full bench of five judges ruled and then today we go to court, three judges appear in court and indicate that they have changed their minds and they have a contrary ruling and they are the majority. They cannot be the majority because the full bench on Friday and ruled that the petition commences today. The petition has already commenced, we have not been heard, and we have been denied the right to be heard.”
He said that the court should have shown direction over the conflict on the 14 days threshold that finally undid his court challenge.
Oh, this sorry excuse of a dilludiinal maggot! Who’s even listening to your ratings anymore? Panyo!
This raving lunatic! The nerve!
Hear the lunatic so that he shows his lunacy. If a lunatic challenges you and you shy away calling him a lunatic what makes you? You can’t debate, you have no vision, you have no capacity to win and everything about your leadership is pangas and swindling and hook and crook. What a president. I am ashamed to be associated with this ECL in the same country.
True HH!
Facts’ are that the constitution was and still being breached as Edgar Lungu failed to follow the rule of law of handing power to the speaker.
The petition was never even adjourned to any weekend day despite not being heard from the witnesses of the petition. Without Edgar giving power to the speaker makes the whole issue a failure on the hands of compromised judges. Zambia is a failed State.
1. We ALL know that there’s no issue with ’14 days’ (We had elections 90 days after Sata, Parliament was dissolved 90 days b4 elections, UPND filed in their petition within 7 days, etc)
2. God has been trying to humble HH but the show-off keeps on resisting.
3. ZWD (Watchdog) does NOT represent all Zambians, neither is it a court.
4. HH f00lishly chose GBM as running mate. The WHOLE upnd is upset about this.
5. ECL got 50.35% 😀
What does 3 against 2 mean kanshi? HH, the 3 judges found the petition unconstitutional/unyielding to proceed while the 2 judges found it constitutional/yielding or did you want the outcome to be 5-0. Enjoy your loss and head kumushi muppet kaili farming eyo uilumbanyako.
@Mama, have you ever debated an issue with a lunatic? Did you win that debate? Debates with lunatics never go anywhere. In the end those for and those against will both look lunatic!!! The ConCourt did the right thing. They were getting swayed away by Prof at law HH, but managed to correct themselves. Truth hurts but it saves.
HH forget, you have lost! Why do you want to bring confusion and hate to our peaceful country? You won’t go anywhere but will only look like a sad miserable man. Sorry baba.
Correct, HH lives on the lunatic fringe. He was given an opportunity to be heard but passed up that opportunity through the raising of preliminary issues and applications for amendments to his petitions. This character should not entirely blame the courts. The right to be heard is not absolute!!!
Chi Nubian Princess uli chisushi… you live in a well managed country but you want mediocre leadership in your motherland… you retarded dumbnuts….
Those supporting this illegality should never cross the Lungu regime or demand their due from lungu because he now has the capacity to accuse you and give you exactly 14 days to plead your innocence in which each time court sits its adjourned until the 14 days elapses. The Lungu court then throws out your plea without being heard and you end up in jail until Lungu decides.
We in UPND know whats comming and will be last ones to laugh.
If I ever hear any Lungu supporter complaining that he has no job and his family is hungry I will personally at him.
All those busy online supporting Lungu are in missions abroad. Very soon Lungu will sent you back home jobless as one of IMF conditions to get 1.2billion from which a huge chunk will be used to service the debt.
Lungu will have no option but to devalue the kwacha beyond Mugabe’ dollar.
This year ‘ christmass will be difficult more especially for the Lungu camp.
Yes he is a lunatic indeed. He is even referring to the Bill of Rights as habimg given him the right to be heard regardless of circimstances yet out greed he campaigned against it.If elections were rigged his friends in EU would have been crying for him the way they are doing in Gabon for the opposition.He is now alone except with fellow lunatics!
HH is showing serious signs of megalomania. Good thing he lost otherwise Zambia would be in trouble with this guy.
What a whiner this HH is. Please move on chi HH, we rejected you as a majority. When are you going to get into your thick head that is only good for being a businessman that we dont want you? You are such a bad loser. Get a life badala!
Retarded Zambians as usual looking at individuals rather than the bigger picture. The lose is for every Zambian whether PF or UPND. Get out in your thick skulls that constitutional rights transcend across party lines. The same rights you use against the other can be used against you. If you choose to leave the ruling party today you must leave with your rights at least not to find that you have nothing on the other side. Wake up it’s your rights they trumped on not HHs. Pack of fools.
I find this guy lacks the intellectual capacity that his supporters keep touting. 1. when the bench rules they don’t need to all agree, it would be nice. Still the majority carry the day, in this case 3-2. 2. Being president of the court does not mean her vote counts more than the other Judges. 3. The bench deliberated and voted that the court had no jurisdiction beyond the 14 day window (3-2). 4. There is no more room for appeal as it is stated in the constitution that the concourt’s ruling is final and abiding. This all basic and he does not comprehend it. He was boasting that he saw an opportunity and ceased it, well spoke too soon. Game over move on and resign.
I SIDO MARK would like to caution the president elect not to be excited by his victory,and think that things will be normal as usual through preaching peace without practical moves to reach out to those who have been robed victory.People are very annoyed I have never seen this before and anything can happen.Let Lungu humble himself to embrace those who are seeking his blood.Zambia is not the same anymore.Have the country is bleading and not willing to accept dominance by the same tribal groups that have been oppressing them for 52yrs.families,households,Board rooms and bedrooms are divided.Lungu heal the nation when you still have time.
@1.14 Barotseland senior citizen. ECL will rule to 2021 whether you like it or not. HH is just dull, infact very dull. He had 14 days in which to present his case to the Concourt. He never did and time lapsed. Its like you accusing your wife of committing adu1tery and the court gives you 14 days to prove your accusation. From day 1 you start arguing about the meaning of 14 days and that your wife should stop cooking for you and move out of your house. On day 14 you request that your wife should hand over all the lurid photos as evidence to help with your case. Bwana this is not the way courts operate. Halusa Hagain does not own the courts to be dictating to them.
Just sort out the governance issues..
Which is flawed…from how Directors at ECZ are handpicked to Judges…or else this problem and incompetence will postponed for another 5 years.
Mr HH, please understand!
Decisions of the ConCourt are final.
HH you are misguided.
You cannot go to the High Court, not even the Supreme Court, after concourt’s ruling.
HH has always failed to understand democracy, that is why numbers to him don’t matter.
I am sure the international community is laughing at Zambia, that some of the people we put as candidates for elections do not understand even the most basic if democratic tenets.
First of all, HH gets 47% against ECL who got 50.35%. HH says no, Lungu has not won because the people of Zambia want me. He fails to accept majority decision.
Secondly, after wasting all the constitutionally stipulated time through the Tom & Jerry type of legal games, judges decide on the validity of hearing his petition outside the 14…
Secondly, after wasting all the constitutionally stipulated time through the Tom & Jerry type of legal games, judges decide on the validity of hearing his petition outside the 14 days stipulated time.
The decision of the judges was on majority vote basis, where 3-2 are for the respondent to the petitioner respectively.
HH argues and says, no I reject the case because 2 judges supported me; only 3 did not support me because they were wrong in their judgement.
He concludes that because 2 out if 5 supported him, the case is still on because the two judges have spoken. Again here, he fails to accept the decision of the majority.
All he says is ‘my right, my right’. Mr HH, there are no rights outside of the law.
When the law says within reasonable time, it implies giving up to…
i voted for HH but i think now you’re getting on my nerves. for all the inadequacies of ECL, i think this path that you’re choosing HH is self destruct
When the law says within reasonable time, it implies giving up to the maximum as stipulated by the constitution when such time has a limit by the law.
Quoting Article 18 (9) of the bill of rights “reasonable time”, where specified by the constitution, is reasonable as provided by the law, not according to anyone’s emotions and feelings, and syphathies.
Where there is time limit stipulated by the constitution to the case at hand, the rights of any person, group of persons or entity, are confined with the timeframe so stipulated.
You don’t break the law to enjoy more ‘legal’ rights. You must enjoy rights within the law, because any attempt to enjoy ‘legal’ rights outside the law, cease to be rights, and they will obviously infringe on other people’s rights. Hence the law!!!.
I…
Ba Sido Mark you must be senior indeed if not very advanced in age that you are almost getting senile!…firstly you cannot even spell ”senior” correctly and you go ahead and lie that Zambia is not the same any more…may be in that part of the country where you are! Ifwe kuno ni dibili and freely mingling with our colleagues from the losing camp, they have moved on! Actually most colleagues spoken to are not even interested in HH’s High Court appeal. All they want now is UPND leadership change! Don’t be an alarmist just because you are in the sunset of your life!
I am not responsible for any ignorance henceforth. I can’t put it simpler than this.
My conclusion: HH neither understands democracy nor the rule of law. Therefore he ain’t fit to be in politics in a democratic dispensation.
@ Nubian Princess its not about HH, its about the law and how it is applied, What happens when an evil man steals an election from a well deserving opposition candidate may 10 or 30 years down the line.
He will use this same constitution to stick around, Just play sick/dead for 14 days and the re image to claim the victory.
That is why we are saying a bad precedent has been set by the concourt which will be abused for years to come. Think of a time when your man will be on the loosing side, do not just think of HH its about the all country and the evil we create that will come back in future and bite us on the bum or our children. Think of the future, PF or EL will not be your dealing for life things change and the law should be there at all times to protect us all.
Is HH telling the world that a team that scores 3 goals should be declared loser to that that has scored 2 goes. No wonder he is claiming to have won the elections with 3 provinces, 55 MPS and 47% against 50.3% and that the High Court is higher than the ConCourt.
HH is no longer mentally stable. Someone should book him at Chainama Hospital
@Nubian Princess: What an Ar.sewhore you are!!
@Barosteland seniour citizen, which half the country is crying for HH? Get your facts straight or better ask Miles Sampa. He will give you a glimpse.
WHERE IS THESE FAKE BISHOPS SIMON CHIHANA, JOHN MAMBO, AND PASTOR VICTOR KANYESE TO PUT SOME SENSE INTO THEIR MAN HH TO ACCEPT DEFEAT AND MOVE ON.
Make no mistake, HH is talking for over 2 000 000 people who voted for him and support him. If PF thinks it will get away with this easily, better think again. Right now Zambia has no President! Until fairness prevails, no one will win! Watch the space! We are ready for a TOTAL SHOWDOWN. No amount of intimidation will work. All of you PF supporters on Emmanuel Mwamba’s payroll employed to make noise on this site, we are ready for you. We are in it for a long haul! We have a nation at stake here. All we are asking for is fairness! Without fairness, be ready for the irreversible division of Zambia! We cannot take nonsense anymore!
HH and GBM, hope at the end of all this drama you will not end up in the bush the Savimbi or Konyi way. Chill guys, this is not the end of the world. We have 2021 in front of us or have you given up on 2021 because you know you have no chance considering the way you have conducted yourselves after losing this election to ECL?
I’m not a legal expert but this is what the Constitution says: Article 103. (1) A person may, within seven days of the declaration of a President-elect, petition the Constitutional Court to nullify the election of the President-elect on the ground that—
(a) the person was not validly elected; or
(b) a provision of this Constitution or other law relating to
presidential elections was not complied with.
(2) The Constitutional Court shall hear an election petition
relating to the President-elect within fourteen days of the filing of
the petition. ( END OF CONSTITUTION QUOTE)
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So the progression order of events seems to be 1. Petition should be made WITHIN 7 days of the declaration of a President-elect . (Meaning if you file on…
(Continued)… the 8th day or later, then it’s too late and invalid). Then 2. The ConCourt should hear the petition WITHIN 14 days of the filing of the petition. (This seems to mean that the “within 14 days “refers to the START of the hearing, but doesn’t seem to have any time limit after that. The 14 days guideline seems to mean, for instance, that the ConCourt doesn’t take say 15 days or more, after the petition has been filed, before they can hear the case. But once the hearing gets started, there doesn’t seem to be a time limit as to how long the hearing can take. In other words it doesn’t seem to say the Petition hearing has to get started and COMPLETED within 14 days. It seems like the hearing can go beyond 14 days, as long as it started within 14 days after the petition…
(Continued)… filing. If this was meant as an improvement on the old constitution, then I’m not sure that the new wording in the new constitution reflects that. Because the new wording seems to be open to various interpretations. Does the “within 14 days” mean all the hearing has to be COMPLETED within the 14 days time frame, or it means the 14 days just refers to the beginning of the hearing, and has no time limit after that as to how long the hearing can last? If the latter is the case, then probably that’s what the ConCourt followed when they postponed the hearing to Monday September the 5th. And in that case, they didn’t do anything constitutionally wrong by postponing. And again if that’s the case, then maybe like I said, there’s no much improvement on the old constitution…
(Continued)… Because that would mean the Petition hearing can go on and on forever for weeks, months or even years. It’s more like open ended. If the intended meaning was that ALL the hearing should be COMPLETED within 14 days, then the current language in the constitution doesn’t seem to reflect that. To make it reflect that, it should say something like this: (2) The Constitutional Court shall hear an election petition relating to the President-elect within fourteen days of the filing of the petition. [This petition hearing should all be done and COMPLETED within that same 14 days.] NOTE: Last sentence in brackets is my suggestion. Maybe something similar to that would clarify the meaning of “within 14 days” and close up what currently seems to be an open ended time. Don’t…
(Continued)… quote me on that one as I’m not a Legal expert in any way, shape or form. I’m just a layman, maybe pontificating from a position of ignorance.
1.2 you are a stark raving mad lunatic. Stop frothing at the mouth like a rabid dog. you are give 14 days in which to present your case. how you choose to use those 14 days is not the problem of the concourt. the chose to use it to make useless and meaningless amendments. You don’t need 83 reasons to start a trial. one good piece of evidence is all it takes. I am having trouble understand fools who take to social media and display ignorance on matters they have no business commenting on. are you lucid or you have brain damage. practically every other court operates in the same manner. That Mushipe woman and her cronies only made a meal ticket out of HH. and to be honest I feel sorry for him despite the fact that I don’t care much for him. he has been surrounded by a bunch of liars…
There is NO law which requires that UPND should accept the Con Court decision. The law only says that the Con Court decision is FINAL. So go drink DOOM badala before your offal’s bust
OXFORD DICTIONARY : Definition of “WITHIN” for you Felix
Inside (something):
the spread of fire within the building
More example sentences
1.1Inside the range of (an area or boundary):
a field located within the city
More example sentences
1.2Inside the range of (a specified action or perception):
within reach
More example sentences
1.3Not further off than (used with distances):
Bob lives within a few miles of Honesdale
This is a rape on the judicial system. Zambians whether PF or UPND have lost out.
This is why Sata called on a Malawian Judge Chikopa to lead the tribunal. Zambia judges are so corrupt and have no morals or ethics. How can you fail to call a start of the hearing and you corruptly call for time out? This is not over, the international court of justice is watching and if we cannot deliberate issues in Zambia, maybe we need to start getting foreign judges like Sata did to help us. I know on facebook I’m against UPND but i have now received the truth. I have grown up!
Mama please don’t cheat yourselves the HH had 14 days in which to call maybe 6 witnesses but he did not. He knew that you would all be blaming the Judiciary if his matter was thrown out for want of prosecution. So he played on your feebleminds. HH had eminent lawyers who analysed the Petition and knew it was useless and they decided to abuse the Judiciary and people like you. 14 days was up and the majority of the judges decided. It seems upnd never wants to accept what the majority want. They blame failure on everyone except themselves. Introspection is important.
“Kennedy Phiri” don’t embarrase wise men from the East. A Phiri cannot produce the the rubbish you are producing.
UPND was misled by its lawyers into thinking it can waste the court’s time by making unnecessary application while time was running out. The petition was challenging the vote by they started fshing instead.
HH you have the right to accept or not. Just because l do not accept someone with leadership it does not mean they are disqualified to lead by God and others. It remains your personal decision which does not have a bearing on how others think and feel. Thank you.
Kennedy Phiri the International Court of Justice has eagerly followed this matter and they know what really transpired. All parties were at fault. The Constitution says 14days and not 14working days, why then didn’t they utilize the days but went on to chase other trivial matters when they had a big thing that actually took them there.The Con Court also errored when they extended the hearing time and knew if they went ahead, things would have been worse than they are. Check the names of the 2 judges who wanted to hear them and you will get the answer.Secondly all EU observers reported that the elections were free and fair and they even asked him o concede defeat, but he chose to ignore. All the PVTs conducted except the HH and the Watch Dog were in line withe the outcome of ECZ. So the…
Listen I know it’s a shame for HH to lose so many times to Lungu but come on HH live with it. We don’t like you and we shall never like you and your UPND. The best you can do is to cry out load. People ain’t interested in you any more. Go home
HH has not lost, twice his win has been gotten from him. If you think he lost why is Lungu frustrated his petition? They don’t want to hear him because he will prove that he won. Lungu is the Gabon Diramba to Zambia.
Mama, figures don’t lie. Train your eyes to listen to the truth not those lies.
Wrong…HH has lost only TWICE to Lungu IN THE POLLS…the other 3 times Lungu was no where near HH…That pains indeed but HH lost cleanly otherwise USA and The UK would be on HH’s side like France is on Jean Ping’s side in Gabon….unfortunately, HH has NOWHERE TO RUN to….it is only an illegality in the eyes of the UPND but ECL is the legitimate President…GET THAT HATERS! otherwise, live through your SHIKI POLOMIA!
For those of you celebrating… this was not a lose to hh but a lose to all Zambians at large… The same people who promised us to see change in 90 days are the same people it took 5 years without people seeing any development apart from roads.. which is not something the government can be singing about everyday.. what about schools what about prices of food what about paying the civil servants on time what about providing clean water to people in compounds what about the economy at large… more money and more jobs i haven’t seen that in the past 5 years if any agrees with can press green .. so i don’t know the result of the next five years…..
@ Mama he would have done that on the very first chance he was given than going to fish for some other things and evidence. I know people can not accept this but all the happenings were preconceived because they think the multitudes in the campaigns may revolt and side with them hence showing they world out there that they are wanted. Trust if people wanted HH badly, things wouldn’t have been this calm. STOP LYING TO YOUR SELF.
HH, take a look around yourself, ask yourself ‘why are the old UPND members like Cornelius Mweetwa, Garry Nkombo and many others not helping you in this ‘battle’ ?You sidelined them for GBM and the very Sata Family Forest you were against. UPND MPs for Southern, Western and Northwestern didnt even bother to even come to the Court ! They are now MPs and will be getting hefty salaries and would not care about what happens to you. You thot they were fools when you embraced scavengers like Miles Sampa at their expence. Where is Miles today ? Maureen, Mulenga Sata, Bashi Nono. At least we know where Mwaliteta is. You are finished. These Sata family foresters wont even visit you when nabbed fof inciting violence and treason. UPND needs a salable candidate NOW !!
Is HH a Zambian?????
The only true Zambian. Lungu’s mother is from Malawi.
Lungu has no village in Zambia and that is why you don’t hear about where he comes from in Eastern/Muchinga province. HH is from Bweengwa, where is Lungu from?
Even if the mother os from Malawi he managed to wire this Zambian after 18 days of campaigning !
He is a perpetual illegal thief.
Tell me of any Zambian whose lineage was put here by God like Adam in the garden of Eden. All of us our ancestors came from different parts of Africa to come and settle here. The Lozis , Ngonis, Tongas and the like came from down south running away from Shaka. That’s why even the Barotseland issue is just a waste of time. Most of the northern part tribes like bembas came from the Luba Lunda empire who also came from west Africa. So don’t confuse yourself about villages. Villages were just settlement of migrating people.The only difference today is we move individually or as a family and settle in any town as opposed to old days when people were moving in groups with a group leader called a chief or king.
No Baba, he is a business man.
No amount of scheming will change the fact that this election has been RIGGED! Without a doubt Criminals and Thugs have taken over our country! Men and women of integrity have either gone into hiding or are joining the criminals! The criminals are now controlling the media, the police and the courts. PF is WICKED to its core! Even the creation of the Ministry of Religious Affairs is just part of PF’s wider WICKED Scheme against the country! God is watching: Someday this WICKEDNESS will end!
Guys, what this stupid man called HH is up? he just wanted the ruling to be in his favor? zambian voted for PF AND LUNGU. Just accept or stay like that, knowing KATEKA NI LUNGU. No matter what, LUNGU is the president. go to South African with GBM and rest. u are a useless man zambia and TONGA tribe has ever had. hand over the power to some one to lead UPND. Zambian they like or love UPND, but your conduct will destroy UPND before 2021 election. just go and eat your money in peace. and remind former pastor MUMBA and VJ to tame their tongues other wise they will soon bee in jail. Lungu worn the elections just on 11.08.2016, that two ladies you call yourself judges, they are all TONGAS they wanted to play tribal judgement. noways, God cant allow that. HH you have no brains, how many…
muzadya matubvi mwanya ba pf….
Lungu is coward hiding behind the instruments of power.If he was strong and that the majority voted for him why did he refuse to hand over power.The Army knows that we have an iligle president in Zambia.We shall not recognize a thief.Soon we shall give him sweets and he will dance to pelete.The eagle is flying high aiming for the right time.An eye for an eye.
To HH the only acceptable decision is if he wins. Any other position is not acceptable. This is good for a Businessman or a Dictator, but am afraid not good quality for a president of a democratic country. HH knows he wont live to fight for another day as UPND leader after losing 5 times, that could explain his rationality. That is how courts make decision in case of deadlock.
Time has bound dimensions in the decision process. It is not boundless. There many other things to do in Zambia that are dependent on the functioning legislature and executive. Zambia can’t come to a stand still because we have to give HH the answer he wants-Make him President of Zambia now.
There is a reason we have 5 constitutional judges and not 1 , 2 , 4, or any number that is even. We need decisions made.
HH won and he knows it.We are behind him and shall rest until our votes are given back to us.
….wait until 2096 or 2101
HH Munyamata…what do you want? At this rate; you are likely to end up in Chimbokaila and later play victim. You lost dude, you have dough and a nice crib..plenty animals too. I say move on my man and get yourself a nice side chick….
Albert Einstein defined INSANITY as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
…nice side chicks waiting for hh – Mushipe, Maureen mwanawasa, Masebo or go hang or fu.ck some cow!!!
Now we have no ruling and what will the ConCourt now present. From the three oprions, what will they say. No position is given. The petition is not thrown out time expired while the court had the petition in their hands. Judges to blame. Someone writes: There is nothing the ConCourt was doing in 14 days because none of the following was achieved. The problem in Zambia people are in poverty because of hero worshipping *****s as leaders. The constitution is driven by citizens view, and if a so called leader cant abide to it, he tries to ra.pe the demands by the constitution that leader will not be praised by me. Celebrating after someone splash some faeces on your face is what some unreasonable Zambians are doing. This is the more reason why mediocrity shall always run this country because…
@ mama, you are becoming irrelevant here. even fools look wise when they are quiet. perhaps that is what you should do, otherwise …………
Iam appealing to Zambians to open their eyes,to the fact that we are creating a dictator , soon he will grow into a monister that will be moking and killing us,when we demand accountability.Soon Lungu will rise to show his true colours .To my fellow Bembas lets not be over excited,this Lungu will are giving so much power he will turn against us in prevalence of his people.We must remember that HH was with us when our Paramount Chief(Chitumukulu) was being persecuted.One when Zambia will deep in economic problem we shall cry for HH and praise him like we do with Mazoka , I hope it wont be too late.Lungu will never hand back power to us Bembas watch the space.Ask Chishimba Kambwili he will tell you.
@ 8.1 Citampankwa. HH is just dull. He had 14 days in which to present his case to the Concourt. He never did and time lapsed. Its like you accusing your wife of committing adu1tery and the court gives you 14 days to prove your accusation. From day 1 you start arguing about the meaning of 14 days and that your wife should stop cooking for you and move out of your house. On day 14 you request that your wife should hand over all the lurid photos as evidence to help with your case. Bwana this is not the way courts operate. Halusa Hagain does not own the courts to be dictating to them.
@mama. Your brain is quiet shallow.
You are blinded by the hero you worship “HH. ” please get a life.
ECL is President, and there is nothing you can do about it.
ONE ZAMBIA, ONE NATION.
should the constitution be violated to accommodate him?
9. A big no , but justice should be given to him.Justice Justice Justice is all we cry for.
Unfortunatley that was one clarion call from some retired Brig Gen who is almost becoming senile!…ra.pe the constitution to accommodate some egocentric chap!
HH please dont involve us in this confusion you yourself created. Your lawyers have simply discovered a ‘Gold Mine’ and will milk you despite having proved to the world that they are incompetent !!!!! Just fidgeting around with application after application yet depending on evidence from Larry Mweetwa’s Facebook page. Come on villager from Bweengwa, UPND is too big for that ! You have to RESIGN coz we cant keep on wasting our efforts ( Esp Dundumwezi voters) for a hopeless candidate like you. 5 times shuwa !!
At least we know where HH comes from. How about Lungu, he has no village or chief in Zambia he calls home. He is from Malawi.
Doesnt matter mwana. What matters is this ‘foreigner’ has been bruising your Zambian even without campaigng. Just join the winning team
Mama – Don’t you remember Guy Scott sending intelligence personnel to ECL’s village in Eastern Province? Don’t be blinded by hurt.
As a lay man, I thought the constitution says that the decision of the constitutional court is final..! Can the high court overturn the constitutional court ruling? More drama to unfold..!
This is how HH and Mutombe Nchito behave, they don’t think these two id1ots.
Let him take the case to the High Court. It would be nice for us to have something to keep laughing at. Bring on the popcorn.
Albert Einstein defined INSANITY as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
But kwena aka kamuntu ka freemason ni ndoshi chachine. Ka kwata umutima wa nkalamu. He can’t realise that the Concourt is superior to the high court. Is this the kind of character Zambia would want for a president, no I don’t think so. This guy has exposed himself how terrible he can be. He is a negative force to our country sent by the goddess of Mars to cause confusion to the people of Zambia. The government should arrest him and cage the bu..stard should he misbehave. Zambia is bigger than aka kamuntu ka millionare ka ku dundumwezi. He is not even on record on bloomberg as one of wealthy persons. Zambians beware of the master mason!!!
The shu shus should just get rid of him in a dubious way like Mosad of Israel or CIA does. We have had enough of this thick brained buffoon.
1MBECILE
HH if not careful will lose even the little he has remained with. If a person without instruments of power can behave like that what more when he will have? HH humble yourself if you want God to lift you up. Zambians let’s stand up and stop this HH thing. A lot ofof pipo have lost but we have not seen this kind of a thing. If it will mean cagging him please let’s go Ugandan way until inauguration. HH should not feel more Zambian than others.
Alefwaikwa fye ukumuponono sana uyu chika1a akae fwila ku UTH ICU.
If lungu decides to grab HH ‘hard work that would be a declaration of War you id10t.
Never underate a man who is humble and non violent.
The moment Lungu will cross his path begin to attack him personally then he will defend himself in what ever it suits him after seing tha the courts are full of hyena judges.
Actions of Lungu and the concourt have just increased pressure for a need for a civil war.
@smith only bembas and Nyanjas don’t say Zambians.Half of Zambia is with HH.so be carefull what you are proposing.Tongas,Lozis,Kaondes and Luvales are not scared of you by far.dont take us for fools when we are quite.HH knows if you touch him Zambia will be on flames.
True. The man is too much of himself. He is dividing the country.
Chumbu Munshololwa! If HH was sharp, he should have known the Judges Chibomba and Munalula have played ‘good copy and bad cop’ on him. The whole bench knew the petition was doomed to failure so it is folly of him to single out the three others judges. He is not sharp after all!
Bembas and easterners. A divorced neighbour of mine used to always come to me for help. At monthends i would help her even meet the rental payments. After the SONTA stupidity and her being PF and me UPND, she from the East and me Lozi, i stopped helping her. Over the weekend she, as usual came to ask for K2. for vegetables otherwise no food for her 4 damn kids, i politely told to SONTA! Sent her off crying! And i will never help her or the other tribe again. They are very good at begging but very quick to look down on other tribes.
Stop trying to create nonsense. We from the Western Province are humble people that give when someone needs. That is the devil talking in you.
Lunacy of its worst kind. You lost. Now you are loosing the party. Yamuliza #dunununa_reverse Under5
HH is too selfish to see what he is putting Tongas into. Do you think Bembas and Ngonis are happy when you beat their pipo in Namwala? What is he going to do when these pipo react? These Tongas HH is misleading have families and he doesn’t have even a plan to keep their families when injured or los employment. HH help to unit your pipo to this country not what you are doing
@Smith we are not scared of Ngonis or Bembas.get it in your thick skull.zambia is divided because of Lungu.
The only that this stupid under five knows is that which is twisted in his favour and he uses it to plunder state companies like lima bank etc. The proceedings of concourt could not go ahead on monday as this was going to ultra vires. On principle the respondent lawyers withdrew from an illegal process so was the court going to address? Hh you dont own ZAMBIA. 50%+ never voted for you. End of story
HH shud b taught that cases that start at the ConCourt are not appeallable. Secondly,the ConCourt is the highest court in the country,therefore what we need to advocate for is the right judges. The supreme court judges including the Chief Justice are the ones who are supposed to be occupying the seats at ConCourt. ECL shud rectify his mistakes!
Totally agree, these current judges of the concourt are also suspect and have no experience at all. Time to reshuffle or even retire some of them in national interest. Heads have to roll at this court, the sooner the better. They have lead us to where we are now, and with the complication of HH, it is even worse.
baba, its the highest court pertaining to matters of constitutional Fundament, TREASON is a CRIMINAL ACT and goes the High Court- Supreme Court route…be very careful bane Mwanawasa DID NOT revoke the death Penalty and MANY have de facto, SUBSTANTIVELY COMMITTED TREASON HERE…watch this pan-out, this Thing has no stop-watch like the CoC procrastinated – wina azalila!
ZAMBIA FOWARD ! ZAMBIA ABOVE ALL ELSE !!
Panyo panu monse bafikala! Leave HH alone.
is it another case of God’s case no appeal?
Poor HH on Tuesday next week per the provisions of the constitution you an economist and cattle herder read in one hour the President elect Edgar Chagwa Lungu will become President for the next 5 years you will remain in campaign mode but your party members no longer feel you are fit to rule so deal with it and start preparing for your trail before the ICC for the people you tried to wipe out in Namwala truth sir is you are a laughing stock amongst your peers
Changwa is a convicted thief and bush lawyer who has committed treason by forging presidency and we shall show him that the same tricks he is using we are also out smart him.Watch the space.
HH will sober up with time! It is painful to lose elections and a court case in less than one month. Elections are over. Let us unite as a nation and develop mother Zambia. Let every citizen of this great nation respect the victors and the vanquished, in the spirit of One Zambia, One nation. We only have one Zambia, we can’t afford to set it on fire because of few selfish individuals. We are a peace loving nation.
@Democrat let tell you things have changed.zambia will be the same anymore.We shall never forget this day light robbery.
I am still shocked and confused to believe what happened at Concourt yesterday is happening in Zambia. All I can say Zambia has just proved that it is now a failed state which is now worse than some countries that I can`t mention. It is at times like this some of us tend to miss Mwanawasa, may his soul rest in peace and let God be the best judge of this injustice Zambians have been subjected to. God we pray that you prevail on this matter just as you listened to the children of Israelites in Egypt when they were subjected to injustice and you came through to punish the Egyptians.
He’s spent so much, please try to put yourself in his shoes. Any way it’s time to go back to work after Gbm had accepted the verdict in advance
HH is sure mad, he can not see the bigger picture, the nation, the people who this great country, Zambia.
There are a lot of civil ways to test his case, his appetite for power; let him ask CNN to conduct a poll on his behalf to ask Zambians to support his moves in this Quest for State House?
As he claims he has money, he must be prepared to spend a little bit more for his poll/researchers/consultant to reach the villages.
Just before 11th. Aug 2016 elections, I met a team leader of a group he had sent around the country, who told us all was well for HH, esp in the copperbelt, Lsk and Eastern Province.
To cap it up, the man publicly resigned from PF on last UNDP public rally in Solwezi.
I questioned the polls that they conducted & the truth has come to pass, Edgar is the…
The Philippines president has just called Obama a son of a whore.
And?
and HH with Mmembe always run to USA for protection for a every little trouble. Here’s a guy who thinks otherwise.
Humble yourself bwana… You always want things to be ruled in your favor….Viva ECL VIVA PF for life…..
HH start the inside mulungushi conference centre meaning he had points to petition the election but why his so called lawyers did not go court to say firstly we want a recount? GBM do you still remember how you were insauting your own daughter married to abdul? Insauting people? How used to treat professional drivers? Grabbing driving licences from drivers.
Cont!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I questioned the polls that they conducted & the truth has come to pass, Edgar is the President-elect.
My advice to HH, do not push your luck too far, you have displaced Zambians from Namwala, we still have an option to persue your case at ICC.
Days before 02nd Sept. 2016, GBM had a press conference that was beamed world wide where he told not only us in Zambia, but the whole world that you’ll accept the verdict of the court.
Now, you turn around that you’ll appeal to a court that has no legal capacity to hear cases from the concourt.
You’re sure mad. Which judge at High Court will dare the Zambians and entertain your widest dreams?
I have a soft spot for UNDP, votted for Mazoka, but can not stand HH. He’s not a leader.
UNDP could long been in…
The fact that HH has not accepted the decision of the ConCourt does not render it illegal! who is he? If the court had ruled 3 to 2 that his case goes ahead, would he be saying today that this was an illegal decision? The problem he faces is that his bitterness and childish approach is what led to this situation in the first place…he was so keen to have the speaker act that he lost focus on the main issue which was to challenge the legality of the election itself. His lawyers wasted time on petty issues that would in the course of time have been addressed if the whole election was found to have been fraudulent. These guys lost sight of the main prize and as a result spent time trying to crush crumbs. They paid the price and they should just accept. The point is they failed to put their…
Kikikikikikkkkk alalila uyo cikonko mwipayeeeeeeee
The biggest losers in this Constitutional Crisis is the sacrifice of Rule of Law.Lungu himself broke the law by refusing to step down and allowing the Speaker of Parliament to Act as President in transition. That in itself was a Constitutional Coup. Using his powers Lungu was able to direct the outcome of the Concourt Petetion. Concourt under the direction of Lungu denied the Petetionioners the right to be heard. It is historical that Concourt could dismiss the Petetion without a Hearing. This Is another coup on the Constitution. With this lawlessness Zambia’s Constitutional Democracy has failed and impunity from now and onwards reigns. What type of investor invests in a failed state? How can International Financial Institutions lend money to such an illegitimate regime and a failed…
Please go to ZWD and read all the lies there so that you can comfort yourself.HH needs to learn from all these defeats and restrategise…he has a very high business intellect but the same cannot be said for his political intellect.In politics he is simply a dull fella.Having lost so many times one would expect a different approach but alas it’s the same old same old.You might call PF a party of Drunks and Thugs but they have beaten you soundly a number of times.You claim the judges were bought,why didn’t HH & GBM put there financial muscle together and outbid whoever bought them?Politics is and will always remain a dirty game.HH better start getting Dirty and Nasty at his game or he will continue losing.And please get rid of that komboni whore turned lawyer called Martha Mushipe,she’s…
Ba Chibwe (32), please read the constitution properly. There is no law that the president broke. This was not a re-run for for the president to step aside. It is in a re-run that the president is supposed to step aside. Again please re-read article 101, and 103 well. Wish you well sir.
There is NO LAW ECL broke. The petition was only going to be on article 101, the INITIAL BALLOT and it does not provide for power transfer. The petitioner’s lawyers wasted time on a wrong target. They just wanted the President to step aside wrongly and ended up wasting the allocated 14 days. Very SHAME FUL Approach. When they filed the petition they did not ask what the 7 days meant and file within the 7 days. How does a functional lawyer begin to ask about the 14 days. VERY STU.PID. HH is not an institution in Zambia. He is just one of the politicians like Mulyokela and Andford Banda. So whether he accepts the decision of the Con Court or NOT. It will change nothing. I SEE THIS MAN RUN MAD TO A POINT WHERE HE WILL APPEAL AT ONE OF THE LOCAL COURTS.
Coward Lungu will cut his bows soon.He will become a Musune.
Actually no it was not…..this becomes an issue if there is failure to reach 50 plus 1 not simply because there is a challenge. Think about it…..even if HH had won, Lungu would have remained president until HH was inaugurated. Lets not get excited about things that we dont fully understand
HH you are too arrogant. Please accept defeat gracefully. Now you look ridiculous! You have lost these elections again. Groom someone else to take over.
I’m so sorry HH, it’s a pity mwe…yawn…yawn. why don’t you just go back to Bweengwa….you have lost again kikikikiki. ECL is not as damn as you think, he is very sharp.
For you if the ruling is in your favour then the judges are ok but if not then they are mischievous, learn to be humble and accept defeat. This is the difference between you and ECL and as long as you remain this way you will continue losing even to frogs.
I have changed position from yesterday after following ‘Thorn in the Flesh’ who urged all to let go as ‘stuff does happen’.
My revised position is that, HH should proceed for the benefit of our jurisprudence. The Con Court should not be a con artist. They held and determined the process including when the trial would start as per Judge Sitali’s directions. To then u turn and tell the Petitioner that they had two hours to make their submissions was confounding. After allowing HH and GBM to make presentations after their lawyers walked out, with court permission, the Con Court allowed the case to be heard over four days. Then in an about turn military drill like precision they pulled the hang mans noose on HH/GBM and condemned them to ‘death’ by stating the period for hearing…
Then in an about turn military drill like precision they pulled the hang mans noose on HH/GBM and condemned them to ‘death’ by stating the period for hearing had expired the previous Friday citing the 14 day rule of hearing. However, the Con Court never sat to hear the case for Four (2 x Sat/Sun) of those 14 days. That in my view is where abrogation of human rights occurred. And for the sake of moving on, this ‘about turn’ needs to be addressed.
Zambia is a Commonwealth jurisdiction up to today our sources of law include common law and the right to be heard is paramount The Latin maxim audi alteram partem, one of the most cherished and sacrosanct principles of law, has evolved from three simple Latin words to mean that no person shall be condemned, punished or have any property…
… that no person shall be condemned, punished or have any property or legal right compromised by a court of law without having heard that person. In an ancient case (1722), The King v Chancellor, University of Cambridge, Justice Eyre remarked: “The laws of God and man both have given the party an opportunity to make his defence, if he has any…. Even God himself did not pass sentence upon Adam before he was called upon to make his defence.”
Article 2 of the Constitution states that Every person has the right and duty to— (a)defend this Constitution; and (b)resist or prevent a person from overthrowing, suspending or illegally abrogating this Constitution.
And the right to be heard is a non derogable right (it cant be changed, altered) in our bill of rights in the Constitution…
@ 35.2 Sindamisale3. HH is just dull. He had 14 days in which to present his case to the Concourt. He never did and time lapsed. Its like you accusing your wife of committing adu1tery and the court gives you 14 days to prove your accusation. From day 1 you start arguing about the meaning of 14 days and that your wife should stop cooking for you and move out of your house. On day 14 you request that your wife should hand over all the lurid photos as evidence to help with your case. Bwana this is not the way courts operate. Halusa Hagain does not own the courts to be dictating to them.
@Pompi
1. In your scenario, lets say the court seized with the matter tells you to come on the 14th day to clear the preliminary issues and that you will have four days for trial starting on the 17th.
2. On same day the judge listens to many argument and an hour before close of business he tell you that you MUST finish on day 14th.
3. You remonstrate and then he says come on to come on day 17 and you will have four days for trial.
4. You pitch up on the 17th but counsel on the other side insists case ended on the 14th. The Judge then dismisses your case.
What would you do?
It took an initial 10 years “hard debate” with guys like Benjamin Franklin throwing philosophical gauntlets for the american constitution to “emerge” out of the Pennsylvania Papers – this time the Opposition Alliance must walk the talk, there is NO ROOM FOR PROCRASTINATION IN QUESTIONS OF MORALITY, NEUTRALITY IS UNTENABLE, no matter how many shades of grey politics tries to stuff down the people’s throat, the People, the constitution prescribes THAT A PETITION BE HEARD BEFORE THE CoC ISSUES A RULING – The CoC HAS facilitated a constitutional coup, the inaugurator SHALL usher-in an ILLEGAL presidency – Zambia FOWARD, ZAMBIA ABOVE ALL ELSE !
HH is not dull but Lungu is a coward who was hiding behind instruments of power to control con court.Lugu will be the biggest looser because he has treaded his soul with presidency.
50%+13,000 ZAMBIANS DONT LIKE YOU MR HH. YOU WERE GIVEN 14 DAYS IN WHICH TO PROVE YOUR ALLEGATIONS. YOU FAILED LAMENTABLY. YOU SAW THAT YOUR CASE WAS CHILDISH SO YOU STARTED ABRINGING IN ALL SORTS OF IRRELEVANT PRELIMINARY MATTERS.THAT IS HOW YOUR PETITION WAS BUNGLED UP.
Where are your INDISPUTABLE FACTS, now CoC has made stop-watch process out of the Petition? NO FACTS, they pissed into the wind and effed the constitution….wapya munzi as the saying goes the “judges” baamba then baabulula, baland elyo balandulula, bakamba anso bakambulula…
worse than a jungle court mate 🙂
Especially me…I do not like this chap HH with a passion!!!
How does a guy sleep and celebrate with all the question marks around his so called victory,worst still claim to be an innocent Christian being attacked by satanist.,this fella is shrewd,crooked and he will reap what he sows.
Yes Please!!!!!! The Presidency. Please understand the mind of a lawyer, whether it is the petitioners’ lawyers they are all culpable for the outcome of their client’s case outcome.
I rest my case
Its lougable announcing of the election results was supposed to be done within 48hrs but was done in 96hrs ,and lungu benefited whats wrong with HH benefiting to be heard to present his witness in two days.God will help HH to be restored to his Glory soon.We know Lungu cant hide.He is just fresh and blood.
SOME TIMES ITS IMPORTANT TO SIMPLY LISTEN AND GIVE RESPECT TO PROFFESIONAL DECISION MADE BY PEOPLE WITH SOUND KNOWLEDGE FOR THE CASE AT HAND,,,I BELIEVE ALL THE FIVE JUDGES UNDERSTAND THE LAW AND THEY KNOW THE GUIDING STANDARD AND PRINCIPLE THE ISSUE AT HAND…I BELIEVE MOST OF THE COMMENTS HERE ARE COMING FROM PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PROFFESSIONALS AND NOT LAWYERS……..
Under five you are adolf hitler in the making. It is your type that has caused civil wars all over africa. Democrasy is simply that the majority decision carries the day. Get it you thick head that a 50%+ vote is larger than a 46.8% vote. A vote of 3 judges on a full bench of five is larger than 2 judges.. Thank GOD 50%+ voters rejected you, just like two thirds of the concourt judges dismissed your petition.
get your history TEXTBOOKS, you made very wrong notes, read through the Weimar Republic and you’ll see what bull yo saying putting HH next to Adolf, don’t argue from without breikopf !!
How does a guy sleep and celebrate with all the question marks around his so called victory,worst still claim to be an innocent Christian being attacked by satanist.,this fella is shrewd,crooked and he will reap what he sows.history is a very good judge
What do you mean? Its on record that ECL got 50.03% and your HH in a distant 47. something %. Tell your HH to get life and move on.
@ 41.1 Marc
It was 50.35% against 47%.
50% plus 1 vote!!!!!!!!
41.1 cooked results will not give Lungu peace.
This is not good for our beloved Country.All am reading are comments full of hatred for one another. This is what happens when Justice has not been delivered. Peace could only reign after the petitioners were granted the right to be heard and the respondents also given an opportunity to defend themselves so that at the end of the day the concourt could be able to either VALIDATE or NULLIFY the re-election of Lungu. That could have been the only way of ensuring peace and justice to prevail in our land. But the way things have turned out to be there can never be peace and healing because THE GREATEST INJUSTICE HAS BEEN COMMITTED IN THE ELECTORAL HISTORY of this Country.
The first and second sentences in your blog are spot on! But from the third to the last full stop it’s all bull crap!
Days before 02nd Sept. 2016, GBM had a press conference that was beamed world wide where he told not only us in Zambia, but the whole world that you’ll accept the verdict of the court.
Now, you turn around that you’ll appeal to a court that has no legal capacity to hear cases from the concourt.
You’re sure mad. Which judge at High Court will dare the Zambians and entertain your widest dreams?
I have a soft spot for UNDP, votted for Mazoka, but can not stand HH. He’s not a leader.
UNDP could long been in government if it had a different man at the top.
HH has chosen a wrong tree to get to state house, that’s a fact we have to live with, blame ourselves for allowing small HH to head our great party.
Our task now is to get him out and strategies to be in government…
Bozo, On 2nd Sept, GBM and most Zambians believed that the Concourt was going to hear the petition. The Concourt changed its mind and if Concourt can change its mind why shouldn’t GBM camp change their minds as well??
It is stupidity of the worst order that this little man thinks zambia revolves around him his pimp fat albert. He must know that more than 50% of the zambians dont want him. This is demonstrated by the spontaneous demonstrations all over zambia yesterday. Hitler hichilema we dont want you. Go to dundumwezi where they worship you.
Check Constitution Article 101 Sub:
(4) A person MAY (its optional) may within seven days of the declaration made under clause (2), petition the Constitutional Court to nullify the election of a presidential candidate
(5) The Constitutional Court SHALL (its mandatory or obligatory or a MUST, no option not to hear) hear an election petition filed in accordance with clause(4)within fourteen days of the filing of the petition.
(6) The Constitutional Court may, AFTER hearing an election petition—
(7) A decision of the Constitutional Court made in accordance with clause(6)is final. (the decision is ONLY final if the Con Court HEARD the petition).
We have election jurisprudence galore unfolding in front of our eyes and history is being written. Hallelujah, praise the Lord.
@45.1 thanks mate, Chile has gone rabid !! well, he can Forget it – THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A CONSTITUTIONAL CEASEFIRE here – we MUST stand-up, there is NO OPTION to fight another day!
ZAMBIA FOWARD! ZAMBIA ABOVE ALL ELSE, NOW !!!
Who is the speaker and where is the speaker in this case…
HH with your UPND just go to sleep. Don’t take the Zambian people at ransom creating a situation that has almost put normal operations in the country to a halt! If you know that you have money why can’t you just stay away from politics and peacefully make use of your wealth.
The decision of Concourt is final!!! Get it
In this matter maybe, BUT NOT BY TREASON !! It ain’ over till its over…
ZAMBIA FOWARD! ZAMBIA ABOVE ALL ELSE !!
Ye man its over. I don’t understand this HH anymore, the High Court is subordinate to the Concourt so how does he appeal to a lower court?
The decision is NOT final as the ConCourt has not HEARD the case.
Watch the drama unfold…this may end up at the ICJ is Lungu continues being intransigent and the ending will be rough especially for the average Zambias.
There was NO CASE to hear after Friday, it was thrown out (apparently with the baby…)
R X – The “hearing” should have taken place within 14 days – the Constitution does not provide an extension.
STOP WASTING OUR TIME AS ZAMBIANS THE COUNTRY IS ON AUTO PILOT WE NEED MOVE ON ONE SALE OF YOUR CATTLE CAN PAY SCHOOL FEES FOR OTHERS OUT THEY SO PLEASE LEAVE US ALONE WE NEED TO MAKE MONEY AS WELL.
How do you make money? You suggest that there is a section that can sell cattle and you can perhaps get dubious corrupt contracts from government to ‘we need to make money as well’.
How preposterous and incredible. Celebrating looting and corruption!!
HH faka pressure and rid this country of leaches and corrupt war lords.
It will be until we teach this fool called Lungu that their Zambia who are strong and smart than him.Its far from over.He will pay with his blood.
In UPND no one can challenge this Supreme Leader HH but this should not be brought to the entire nation and this explains why no one can objectively advise him in his party because he’s a dictator…HH has even the audicity of insulting the Judges who ruled against him…This clearly shows that he had a really troubled childhood…
.. and in PF who challenges the leader?
Everyone and there grandmothers, plus girlfriends challenged president Lungu in 2015.
Viva president Nawakwi.
They wasted 14 days on silly preliminaries. To tell you the truth, I am not surprised at the UPND reaction towards the ruling. They seem to think they are bigger than Zambia. And therein lies the problem. “Lungu’s inauguration will be illegal, UPND has not accepted the court decision-HH” Who is UPND to accept or reject a court ruling? Is this outfit above the law?
Agree with you mate. I’ve never heard of a prisoner sentenced to death accepting the courts verdict.
Look here HH, you are really living up to the your underfive reputation, havent you grown up to an adult?
1. There is no where in the constitition which says that you must accept the decision of Concourt.
2. This matter is not the same as a criminal case like murder where the accused must be heard in a fair trial. This IS a petition and it IS TIME BOUND.
3. There is no court in Zambia which can hear your appeal because the decision of Concourt is final. Even Presiding judge Hilda Chibomba participated in the 3 to 2 verdict and cannot overturn the majority decision no matter how emotionally attached to you she may be.
4. That is why even yourself you talk about appealing to the High Court ..kikikikiki
5. Believe me 14 days is 14 days, not 18 days. All lawyers know that and if it is…
My president, one judge (out of 5) who wanted to drag your petition to 19days (counting week days only from 19th August, then from 5 September she gave 2days for petition+ 2 days for respondents)+1 day judgement) an angel And the 3 judges out of 5 who interpreted the constitution correctly mischievous. .Are you not insulting people?
There goes Mr Know It All, just blame your incompetent layers, how do go for a petition with 80 grounds? If you had evidence about the elections not being fair, why weren’t you very focused just on one or two grounds?
You also chose to ignore a clear thing as 14 days in the constitution thinking everyone can listen to what you want?
Get out of the slumber ba Under 5, it’s all over and there is NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. Infact, step aside ans let others with fresh thinking take up leadership in UPND. Moreover, have the funders of your campaign started to ask for their money back?
Contd..
5. Believe me 14 days is 14 days, not 18 days. All lawyers know that and if it is true that you are intelligent, you know it too. There is no court anywhere in the world than interpret it differently. As others have told you, elections were held not more 90 days after the deaths of Mwanawasa and Sata. And in 2016 elections, parliament was dissolved 90 days before elections. Are you reading the same constitution for your petition or you think that you are so special that there is a different constitution for yourself and another for the rest of us?
@Terrible
The ConCourt has NOT made a decision on a matter that HAS been HEARD.
Therefore, there is nothing final about what they said.
They decided NOT to hear HH/GBM. That is what is impugned. And so Her Ladyship will step down to the High Court as CJ does on such seminal cases and rob herself as a Puisne Judge with the temerity involved.
Then she will hear the shenanigans of the ConCourt justices who did NOT hear the matter.
@ Sindamisale – Since there is no more time to hear anything, the original announcement by the ECZ that Lungu is the winner still stands. Hence next Tuesdays inauguration.
I have always said HH is nutcase who need the good Doctors from Chainama… Now you know.
Over the weekend he made himself a Professor of Law… Now he can insult Judges and every Zambian.
This is the last time you hearing from HH. These are kicks if a dying bull.
Please forgive HH for being so confused at the moment; he has suffered extensive “trauma”, thus his illogical reasoning now that he can ask the High Court to overturn a decision of the Constitutional Court.Who wouldn’t, after having spent millions,and being funded by some “Western” powers and being promised “heaven” if he won? When a vote is taken, the majority rules – whether it is 3-out-of-4; 2-out-of-3, or 90-out-of-100. HH needs to go into re-hab right away in order to be treated for these devastating “withdrawal-symptoms”. I know very well how he is feeling. Sorry, Badala.
HH is simply annoyed that the 3 Judges chose to vote otherwise. When the Court u-turned on Friday he didnt complain. Cry baby you just scored an own goal when you picked GBM and left your own ! Deal and live with it baba !
Sorry HH Kalusa Underfive (HHKU), your boasting like an underfive last Saturday was premature and now you are too embarrassed to face colleagues, friends, and even relatives. But its a lesson to grow up and not to remain underfive boy all this time when your age mates have all moved on to adult life.
You are not going anywhere with this matter, in Zambia it is closed and in the international community ot does not even exist because international monitors declared that the elections were free and fair and the winner was ECL by a clear majority at the initial ballot.
However, it is your democratic right to continue mourning while we forge ahead until 2021. Remember also that not all your supporters are still with you, there is what is called electoral fatigue when people just want to…
Under 5 politician still crying…
Contd…
Remember also that not all your supporters are still with you, there is what is called electoral fatigue when people just want to move on. Well maybe except those in Dundumwezi who may wish to remain in election mode for the next five years.
I sometimes wonder what these people.think first it’s Edgar has rigid elections,now the concourt judges have been paid off and then people ask for proof where pf rigid ati we are still collecting data,data that overlapses 14days..you either have it or u don’t kwasila.next it’s threats ati u don’t know why u have done you have put Zambia in danger with this kaponya you voted for…really so you mean to say the only provinces with a clearer vision are north,south and dudumwezi? The rest of Zambia majority are blinded by the truth ka?..if it’s true what u think is the truth..then be the last to laugh no problem..and it’s not employment we seek for bena it’s just good governance
Now Miles Sampa is willing to spill the beans on how they rigged votes in some areas in Western province
mama you are to much now ,it does not matter where lungu come from even if he come from malawi.fwakwishiba we chine pushi and lastly go to hell with your HH satan wakantu .
And HH should not bore the rest of us with rhetoric of not accepting. Even before you started campaigning you already said that you would not accept the results of the election if it was not in your favour. You bore, why repeat the same message a million times over.
Congratulations Your Excellency The President of Zambia, Mr Edgar Chagwa Lungu. We wish you success and continued good healh in the next five years as you steer our great country to greater heights.
Give us a break HH!!! We are tired of cries babie boy!!!
@44.1 Sindamisale, are you a student of the failed “professor” Muna Ndulo? SHALL hear the petition within 14 days refers to the 14 days. It means that the Concourt is given only 14 days to hear the case, whether the petitioners are ready or not is immaterial. Beyond 14 days Concourt cannot continue hearing. All your lawyers understand that, so does HH.
terrible election results was supposed to be announced in 48hrs.Did Chulu do that?So you see that’s why we want Justice.
@Terrible
Court do give directions. The protagonists were told when trial would start. After 14 days. And they obeyed the court.
It follows that the ConCourt is the one that was not ready to start trial before the expiry of the 14 days.
On day 14, ConCourt sat till midnight. Why didn’t they do that from day 1? Why didn’t ConCourt sit for the two weekends and thus throwing away 4 days? Which ever way you look at it, the mess stops at the buck of ConCourt who NEVER head the matter in the 10 days they sat for as little as two hours in some days dealing with preliminary issues.
HH/GBM have a legitimate claim and it wont go away until justice is done. This case will also go down as to why you shouldn’t appoint novices to such high offices.
Whats the problem with this loser. Problem with him is that he always has someone to blame for all his present and past losses. ‘People do not just like you and that is simple straight forward. You can not force others to like your ideas and ideals. One other thing boss is that you are too much of yourself. Life is not about you alone my friend.
And there is a reason for the timebound 14 days, i.e. the petition holds up the inauguration and you cannot continue in that situation of no inauguration of a president forever as long as HH still has tears to shed. The constitution looks after the interests of the wider population not HH.
@Terrible
The right is be heard is sacrosanct.
The Court told the petitioners when it would hear the Petition or start trial. After calender 14 days.
On date of start of trial set by the Court, the court did a volte–face and claimed it was time up and it would not hear the Petition as required by law.
The Court is dispenser of justice and not a robber of time. This petition WILL ultimately be heard as obligated by the Constitution. Take my word.
@Sindamisale – Go home and sleep. You’ve become a nuisance here.
Post traumatic stress disorder or just mental case please seek medical attention.
GBM the Running Mate has accepted the Concourt ruling Maureen Mwanawasa has accepted Miles Sampa has accepted almost every one has accepted. Why you!!!!. Do not even blame ECL for this but blame the Zambian people and the Constitution. Go back to the drawing board and re strategize before you waste the little dignity remaining in you
Mr FIX IT , You claim you have a Solid case against Edgar C Lungu. You dilly dally in petitioning , and only manage to petition after 5 days. Then Preliminary issues and preliminary issues, and 14 days later still preliminary issues.
Amendments , and amendments and 14 days later still more amendments. After the petition has been thrown out , Mr Fix It cries foul, that i was not given time to be heard. Then he seeks refuge in the Bill of Rights – the same rights he campaigned against. Zambia is dealing with a sick mind. He needs serious psychiatric assessment.
The UPND earlier said that they will accept the decision of concourt. Today the statement has changed because the judgement did not go their way. That is what is called hypocrisy.
UPND has no one to blame but themselves over the collapse of the case because they brought too many demands for the court to determine which in turn over shadowed the main case of challenging the re-election of ECL as president-elect.
As for the interpretation of what constitutes 14 days is subject to debate but one thing is very clear that presidential petitions are very sensitive cases because they endanger the SECURITY AND ECONOMY OF THE COUNTRY so can not be allowed to drag on for long.
Lapkenifamilly mwaiche The con court has not made any rulling but simply stoped the case due 14days lapse,which did not happen when announcing election results.the constitution says election results will be announced within 48hrs.Chulu announced after 96hrs .An eye for eye some will pay heavily.A zanya oil,ti zamu chaise ma frog jumps na ma press ups.
The problem with law is that it thrives on opinion, which everyone has! I also have mine, and here it is: if someone stole somebody else’s election, time will ensure that they are surely punished. If however, the winner genuinely grabbed it, the loser will languish in perdition for misleading the masses.
HH i dont know what i can say. You are crying for the Bill of Rights you, yourself compaigned against
I dont understand you any more. The Constitutional says you have to petition for 14days.
Look how your lawyers weasted the time they were given. Please just accept the results that ECL is
the President of Zambia and move on. Even those who voted for you are worried of your Behaviour.
Next time they wont vote for you if you are standing.
Zambia lets pray for HH, Nevers, Chihana, and their followers.
You see HH you are growing your popularity in many PF strong holds why PF is not doing so in your own. My piece of advice is that accept this defeat and go because in the end Tulekulaba Chee car lar
The LORD spoke to me today through Prophet Isaiah 2:11 that ‘a day is coming when human pride will be ended and human arrogance destroyed’. This is coming to pass in Zambia. Mr HH is now citing Art. 18 of current Bill of Rights as entitling him a hearing. But even me can see that this is only applicable to criminal accused. The proposed Bill of Rights he arrogantly & selfishly termed useless & rejected attempted to expand this right to constitutional matters under Art. 36 & 52. Now Mr HH is caught in his own trap. Next time learn to separate selfish motives from matters of national interest. Be humble!
Hey wena,
Don’t soil the uninitiated with your mendacity. Read the whole of Article 18 and see what it says on civil matters and right therein.
I will tell you one ting, Hakainde Hichilema is a big hypocrite!
@Koloboi, it is better to leave these arguments to the lawyers but my ordinary understanding does not change. Only a criminal accused & a person seeking to establish civil right are entitled to hearing under current Bill of Rights. Right to be heard can also be derogated from. If you read carefully you will find that petition for election is not a civil right. Guess what under proposed Bill of Rights Mr HH rejected right to be heard was not restricted under Art. 36 & couldn’t be derogated from under Art. 52. Mr HH thought he was fixing President Lungu but he was actually fixing himself. He’s fallen in his own trap!
HH should squarely blame his legal team for the mess he has found himself in as he was ill advised and they spent a lot of time arguing on straight forward things such as interpretaion of 14 days seriously i dont have to go to ZIALE to count 14 days imwe. At times to show that you a too learned is a problem , now man up and move on ! Stop been a cry baby , seriously even GBM is behaving (from what we can see) more responsibly than you, where are the others in the camp by the way ?
I wish the moderator or editor of this site could demand civility in all comments made on any issue in order to foster a healthy debate. Unprintables don’t add value to it.
UPND is one of the many different parties that lost elections.
The UPND have tried everything possible to bring this country to a stand still but have failed.
What more do they want?
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS
Friendly advice to HH.
1. UPND has really grown and is almost there. It is at the level of PF in 2008 meaning that chances of winning 2021 are higher, all it needs is a Winter kabimba type to help create serious structures country-wide.
2. UPND should work on increasing there support in LSK and CB because history has it that the ruling party life span in the provinces is less than 10 years. Remember MMD’s performance in 2001 in the said regions.
3. HH should revisit the party constitution and have his mandate renewed asap before end of 2017 in readiness for 2021.
I have accepted that HH is a mad man. HH was saying there is no justice in Zambia but he has been juggling from one Court to the other. If HH had won the elections Zambia was going to be on Fire. Let him now go to the Local court and later on to the village headman from Dundumwezi so that they help him to concede defeat. We will not allow the stupid cartel to set Zambia on fire. TWAKANA. BA HH. You are a political reject. keeping cows and keeping people are two different things. Take your satanic behaviour to DUNDUMWEZI. Your MR IBU type of lawyers are just chewing your free manson money
Lets move on and prepare ourselves for a harsh 5 years.Just like Zimbabwe cheap financial aid will come from Saudi Arabia,Lebanon,China,North Korea.Aid from the Western World will be at high interest rates with tough conditions(IMF Austerity measures).
We can still console our ourselves by grooving to “Dununa Reverse”. Actually the song now makes lots of sense.
@Independent: SHAME ON YOU WITH YOUR FALSE PROFESS OF DOOM. NO WONDER YOUR CANDIDATE WILL NOT SEE THE PRESIDENCY WITH SUCH ILL WISHES FOR THE COUNTRY. YOU CLAIM TO HAVE THE BEST INTEREST AT HEART FOR THE COUNTRY AND AT THE SAME TIME YOU HAVE ILL WISHES
@Independent: SHAME ON YOU WITH YOUR FALSE PROPHECY OF DOOM. NO WONDER YOUR CANDIDATE WILL NOT SEE THE PRESIDENCY WITH SUCH ILL WISHES FOR THE COUNTRY. YOU CLAIM TO HAVE THE BEST INTEREST AT HEART FOR THE COUNTRY AND AT THE SAME TIME YOU HAVE ILL WISHES
HH Chilema for sure
A TRANSFORMED LION
In a certain village, there was a young woman who used to reject men. Several men of different social standing, the rich and poor tried to marry her but she turned them down. Then a LION in the nearby forest overheard the story. It decided to try its luck.
While on the outskirts of the village, the lion used its magic and transformed itself into a man. It reached the village in human form and proposed the young woman. Upon seeing the transformed animal the young woman got so excited that she accepted the proposal at once. They got married in no time and took off together to the man’s home.
But shortly after leaving the village on the outskirts, the man transformed back into a lion. It turned on its bride and killed her as its prey.
I hope this will open…
If you have not been heard what have you been doing in court.? Lungu has been very very patient, time has come for our national processes to proceed. Zambia is bigger than HH. Lungu must just take leadership and move this country foward. We cannot be held at random by this under five, perpetual looser politician. This is why late Sata saw through this guy’s childish and selfish behaviour. There is nothing this guy will accept. He thinks 2 is bigger than 3.
So if the High court rules against UPND then what? You will also so it is wrong? And appeal until you get your way. The path HH has set on is now bordering on treason. The 50+1 voters who voted against him were wrong. The ECZ was wrong and corrupt. Now even the CC is wrong. I guess if he searches long enough he will find someone who will agree with him….
When submitting the petition to the concourt, you adhered to the 7 day stipulation and deadline which included weekends. But you wanted the concourt to do things at your pace!
HH is not crying for the UPND loss but his own loss of being leader of the Party anymore. He can better be described as A MAN OF FEW WORDS but who keeps repeating them over and over for the entire period (14 days) and one who wants to ride on illegalities and errors with full knowledge.
“The mandate of the court expired last Friday at midnight.” This is a one way bet . During the 14 days, Lungu did not step aside to allow the Speaker to act as president. So what is this?
UPND is accusing Justice Annie Sitali of Changing goal post over the 14days period when they are the ones who are changing the goal posts. They had earlier indicated that they will accept the decision by the Concourt and today they are changing a goal post that they will not accept the result. This is total hypocrisy to the fullest. The MR IBU type of lawyers HH have are just chewing the money and the earlier THE UNDERFIVE realises the better. All those people who were attending UPND rallies in Lusaka and Kitwe were for PF and not UPND. Don’t Kubeba tayapwa and it is still there until HH starts blaming that Dundumwezi type of voting. We know very well that UPND connived with some ECZ officers to rig the elections in their strongholds and people have the videos on how they were maliciously…
I eat vegetables everyday and am happy. HH will never feed me his T-bone. Why is he forcing himself to rule us when we do not want? It puzzles me! If he had a concrete case, why cry to make last minute amendments? Who taught Mushipe and ndulo law? On Friday you wanted new lawyers, come Monday you came with the same old ones, who do you think you can fool, Mvunga?
Its time to face reality you cattle ranchers!!!! All this ranting and running up and down wont change anything!!! If HH thinks his so smart and loaded together with his fat brother, why didnt they also offload their mula and pay the same corrupt and mischievous ECZ justices and concourt judges so that they play to their tune?
HH Is dull and failed to plan for this election well. We all know how African politics play. HH stop being a cry baby and man up!!!!! Your sympathizers flocked to the polls but failed to secure u a term in plot one!!! To hell with democracy, u will never be in state house if you don’t open your eyes.
@Sindamisale,
You really amaze me with you wits. Your argument that the Concourt’s decision is not final because HH was not heard is really laughable.
Do you understand the implication of this ?
It means that anyone can petition a presidential election and deliberately delay the trial and not present his evidence, like HH did. Then the 14 days allowed by the law will elapse and the petition will be discharged. Then he can foolishly claim, like HH and you, that he was not heard.
That is what HH has done. he has deliberately not presented his case to the court, he deliberately allowed his time to elapse, and now he claims that he has not been heard when he himself did not present himself
I have never seen this foolishness in Zambian Politics before.
Thank God for the 14 day expiry period. I can now bet with anyone that if it were possible for the Concourt to hear HH’s petition for 5 years whilst the country is in limbo, HH would have seen nothing wrong with that. Its all about me me me me and nothing else
@Sindamisale,
You really impress me with you wits!
Your argument that the Concourt’s decision is not final because HH was not heard is really laughable.
Do you understand the implication of this ?
It means that anyone can petition a presidential election and deliberately delay the trial and not present his evidence, like HH did. Then the 14 days allowed by the law will elapse and the petition will be discharged. Then he can foolishly claim, like HH and you, that he was not heard and does not accept the court’s decision.
That is what HH has done. He has deliberately not presented his case to the court in a timely manner, he deliberately allowed his time to elapse, and now he claims that he has not been heard when he himself did not present himself. Man rules are rules. We…
It is not about him accepting the result from ConCourt, its about the Constitution being Supreme over everyone. Even the Judges who wanted the matter to proceed after 14 days I don’t blame them, the rule of law has come to pass. The two judges have been GREATLY saved by the same clause. Let us revisit the amended constitution to simplify the clauses contained, especially the one concerning the handover of power to the speaker. There is ambiguity it… Peace!!
“He added: “The point is the president of the Constitutional Court has ridiculed what they tried to do today and she was not alone.”
Mr HH, this is not the proper argument, no wonder there are 5 judges, so that the decision can fall either way. It doesn’t necessarily mean that because the President of ConCourt was for the motion, then that is the right decision. That is not a good argument.
In my opinion valid argument should be on change of position and the unexpected decision made on Monday by ConCourt , that is what need to be contended for.
HH why are you so selfish?
the word is selfless baba, if the Mandelas, Machels and our own Chikamoneka’s hadn’t been SELFLESS, we wouldn’t be here debating – so long as there is LEGAL and or MORAL DOUBT over this CoC ACTION – Aluta continua ! The HHs, Miyandas,Mumbas and many unnamed who are sticking it in seriously for zambia; I salute them – ZAMBIA ABOVE ALL ELSE NOW !!
Wow, i still maintain that either people on this board are just interested in bather and talking nosense or they are fully and totally blinded by their political loyalties. The actions of the CONCOURT my fellow Zambians are a serious matter. No matter whether HH and UPND have evidence or not. The CONCOURT is duty bound to hear their case in line with the constitution. Like i said before, either these judges do not know what their responsibilities are or they are so politically compromised they can not think properly. They have contradicted themselves on this matter so much that all their decisions are null and void. At this point both the petitioner and the responded have every right to be aggrieved. So basically, all the judges of this court now need to be fired, they have put the…
They were given a constitutional right to be head but not for ever so they started hid and seek business of wasting the courts time by bring things that were purely emotional and no bearing on the real issues. If they new they had a tight case they should have concentrated on issues that matter, not face book or watch dog gossip. They pleaded to be heard and were given chance but they thought they were the most intelligent team they forgot that they have respondents who had a team of lawyers also. When people were singing Dununa reverse they (UPND) were laughing now they are singing Dununa reverse (Concourt to Highcourt & soon to Magistrate court). Even in America, the jury differs but the majority rules. The problem with HH is that he thinks the chairperson of Concourt carries two votes…
This is one of the greatest tests of our edgar chagwa lungu the newest christian in the country(going by the way the znbc is kindly making us believe),if he knows deep down his heart and concscience is clear that he he won the last elections.may the true God jehovah bless him and the country .Then if not, since God jehovah of abram,jacob and isaac he is prclaiming to be like jesus christ the one and only begoten son, he must aswell remember what true christianity entails (sic).God is the source and centre of all reality and he does what he wills with his creation. may his will come to pass AMEN.
I said before that the constitutional court has a duty to interpret the Constitution and where the law is in conflict with the bill of rights or rights of the citizens they must direct the legislature to amend accordingly. They can not say that they are bound by the constitution, the constitution is a living document that must be amended where it is in conflict with the bill of rights which is the corner stone of any constitution. For senior judges to dismiss an election petition on a technicality based on an ambiguous clause in the constitution is really a terrible and sad decision. They have failed to do the very job that they where appointed to this court to perform. What kind of lawyers in Zambian training what a shame.
HH thinks Zambia is his personal property that he can handle in anyway he feels like as he does to his farm workers! HH will NEVER rule Zambia NO MATTER what. If UPND will maintain HH as president then the party should forget about forming government in Zambia. After PF it will be a different party not UPND. It is better to bring back either UNIP or MMD than UPND to rule Zambia with its two top leaders in place! After all HH is not presidential material because he has the heart of a python that can squeeze anything that it comes in contact with. Bwana just get back to Dundumwezi and tell your voters that the formula was not precise. Most people in Zambia have spoken what else does HH need. Should he dare to bring about confusion in Zambia, he will be squeezed like a louse between two…
The court has ruled, therefor it IS LEGAL. HH opinion is not law in Zambia. For those that are still arguing the 14 day rule PLEASE give it up. In this petition it does not even feature becaus the applicant had requested permission to change his initial skeleton argument on which he was given permission to bring the petition. That new potion would have been filed past the 14 day rule. Secondly, there are issues of Ms Mushipe understanding that she would need to serve that yo the respondents……….We all know how that would go. Let it go UPND. THE ONLY ISSUES THAT ARISES HERE, is the treasonous attempt to prevent a democratically elected Leader and that call is unlawful as was the ill conceived court case that clearly had no evidence. Sorry to say, but the motivation here is to…
Let it go UPND. THE ONLY ISSUES THAT ARISES HERE, is the treasonous attempt to prevent a democratically elected Leader and that call is unlawful as was the ill conceived court case that clearly had no evidence. Sorry to say, but the motivation here is to prevent the President taking his seat. This requires House Arrest of HH and Co. And state of emergency to prevent bloodshed.
Finally parrot abroad you are coming clean – the good ol’ stateof emergency “trick” from KK, Mugabe and other “revolutionary democratic dictators”….TRY IT, you advise ECL to TRY THAT…bring it on, this proposal of yours was pregnantly present even as we PREPARED to go to the polls – your cat is out of the bag: TREASONOUS were the conspiratory activities leading up to, during the elections and ultimately between 23:59 hrs friday 02-09 and the MORIBUND CoC ruling on 05-09…just evidence of ONE such Meeting and the TREASON case can start in the High Court…bring it on
I thought that with this petition behind us, I would take some time off blogging, noy unitl I saw the screaming headline ”Lungus-inauguration-will-be-illegal-upnd-not-accepted-court-decision-hh”
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Well I thought I should just Say this..HH has gristle in his brains, a morally bankrupt and very egocentric dung beetle of a miscreant!
I pity ba some of us (hh and gbv) under 5 leaders…hh kaya he borrowed 25 million dollars for campaign and Mr five brains has his trucks locked up in SAN because of debt.
Kikikiki. This is why the two fools keep on fighting.
ZAMBIA IS MORALLY BANKRUPT!!
Nothing works, but Corruption.
Bushilu ubu. The court has ruled. Time to get back to our normal lives. I am sure even his supporters are now wondering what the hell is wrong with this guy! HH is not law, neither is he a court! Anyone fomenting violence must be arrested, and make an example of him!!
I agree with you.We need to start preparing for the harsh economic conditions and decline that will prevail in Zambia over the next 5 times.It will be dununa reverse for sure.
If HH thinks that if the Law visits him, Zambians will rise against the Govt., he is very mistaken. Kaunda did not behave like this, RB did not behave like this, Kizza Besigye did, Moshood Abiola did – and the facts are there for all to see.
HH and GBM, hope at the end of all this drama you will not end up in the bush the Savimbi or Konyi way. Chill guys, this is not the end of the world. We have 2021 in front of us or have you given up on 2021 because you know you have no chance considering the way you have conducted yourselves after losing this election to ECL?
“I don’t accept the concourt decision and so the inauguration will be illegal”. WOW wow wow wow HH now sees himself above the concourt and that its decisions are subject to his approval! This is the height is lunacy! Thank God you lost HH for you’ve just demonstrated what a very bad president you would!
You can call HH all the names you like; but this is a sad time for our country. Reality will soon come. PF is taking us back. And Zambians please lets stop supporting crookedness.
Hear, hear! Stick the boot in HH,GBM,Miyanda,Mumba,Ndulo,LAZ – LET JUSTICE RING ! Posterity is on the people’s side, it IS ULTIMATE REDEEMER and Equalizer, fight on! ZAMBIA ABOVE ALL ELSE, FOWARD !!
MR HH, WE DON’T EXPECT YOU TO ACCEPT THE OUTCOME AS A LOSER. YOUR RUNNING MATE DECLARED HE WOULD ACCEPT. YOU DON’T ACCEPT, SIR, AND SO WE DON’T EXPECT YOUR RESPONSE TO BE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IT HAS BEEN THESE TIMES YOU HAVE BEEN LOSING. THE ZAMBIAN PEOPLE AS A WHOLE REJECT YOUR LEADERSHIP OFFER WITH A RESOUNDING NO! AND YET YOU WON’T ACCEPT!
We have reserved the space at Chainama Mental hospital for one hh who has shown serious signs of lunacy! He needs help before we see him in the streets walking naked with the sacks full of useless papers purporting to be evidence of electoral malpractice!
THIRD WORLD POLITICS – CAN’T WIN CAN’T LOSE – YABA
There was ZERO strategy in the UPND campaign scheme ZERO tactic as they were all listening to ZWD which prints nonesence…!
HH is away with the ferries – just accept the lose – everyone else has – including the people who did not VOTE.
There is one serious problem HH has: PRIDE. It was pride that made to decline the vice- presidency position when they were in alliance with Sata. He is so self- centred that he believes upnd and Zambia revolves around him; he knows it all and no one else does. Unfortunately, even his face tells what he is. Please, humble yourself because there is 2021 coming. You went to Mpika and pretended you loved Sata( the one you called Chimbwi No Plan, and you must apologise to Zambians, especially northerners- luapula, northern and muchinga) and yet you have not learnt anything from him. Please, cultivate humility and you will succeed.
If pigs could fly and HH became president, do you think he would hand over power if he lost an election in the manner that KK or RB did in light of his current behaviour? Better make sure he never gets to state house. He is now behaving illegally and if he does not accept the judgement of the concourt then he should be charged with threatening national security.
@kayula: I agree with you, 100%!
101. (1) A President shall be elected by registered voters in
accordance with Article 47 (1) and this Article.
(2) The Returning Officer shall declare the presidential
candidate who receives more than fifty percent of the valid votes
cast during the election as President-elect.
(3) If at the initial ballot a presidential candidate does not receive
more than fifty percent of the valid votes cast, a second ballot shall
be held within thirty-seven days of the initial ballot, where the only
candidates shall be the presidential candidates who obtained—
(a) the highest and second highest number of valid votes cast
in the initial ballot; or
(b) an equal number of the valid votes cast in the initial
ballot, being the highest votes amongst the presidential
candidates that stood for…
candidates that stood for election to the office of
President.
(4) A person may within seven days of the declaration made
under clause (2), petition the Constitutional Court to nullify the
election of a presidential candidate who took part in the initial ballot
on the ground that—
(a) the person was not validly elected; or
(b) a provision of this Constitution or other law relating to
presidential elections was not complied with.
(5) The Constitutional Court shall hear an election petition filed
in accordance with clause (4) within fourteen days of the filing of
the petition.
(6) The Constitutional Court may, after hearing an election
petition—
(a) declare the election of the presidential candidate valid;
(b) nullify the election of the presidential candidate; or
(c)…
(c) disqualify the presidential candidate from being a candidate
in the second ballot.
(7) A decision of the Constitutional Court made in accordance
with clause (6) is final.
(8) The presidential candidate who obtains the majority of the
valid votes cast in the second ballot shall be declared Presidentelect
I heard Tom without Jerry is taking the matter to the High Court and only ten days ago the HC threw out Mutembo Nchito ‘s application citing that the Concort is superior to the HC. I hope his legal team will be kind enough to remind of this before they chew more from him
Therefore, HH should not confuse himself. The 14 days as in the above provisions is 14 days. He was concentrating on other things that did not even affect his petition, such as President ECL should handover power to the Speaker. HH wasted a lot of his time in bringing unnecessary things. Please, HH, give us a break now. It is what is coming out of your mouth is illegal and nothing else.
Even if HH was heard, No normal court would nullify an Election were some one has won 50%+1 in the first ballot on the accusation that you stole my votes. That is fight a loosing battle.
Its like in a Football game. If you floor your opponent in his 18 it is a penalty. That is the rule. if the ref blows for a foul you can not cry. you only rejoice if the penalty taker misses the opponents rejoice. Like what was about to happen at the Concot, Hildar Chibomba in her judgment was going to make a “deliberate mistake” to uphold the petition. When people rise up she was going ask for forgiveness from people and apologize that she was sick. in the meantime that decision was irreversible. And a re-run
DEAR HH AND BROTHER GBM,
WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME FOR YOUR NEW COURSE OF ACTIONS IN THE HIGH COURT??
5 YEARS??
SO, WHAT’S THE POINT REALLY??
CIVIL STRIFE??
THAT EU MONITOR’S BACKGROUND SHOULD BE CHECKED – COULD BE CONNECTED TO TROUBLE DEALERSHIPS
There is NO law which requires that UPND should accept the Con Court decision. The law only says that the Con Court decision is FINAL. So go drink DOOM badala before your offal’s bust
The problem with UPND supporters they think that HH was going to solve all the problems of the country. Ne, he is just un tested opposition leader who would probably make Zambia worse than it is. People have chosen on the basis of what they consider to be a better leader. We all know that the messiah has not yet come. So we all know that neither Lungu nor HH is a messiah. This HH wants to waste the majority’s time just as they have wasted the Concourt’s time. Inauguration is on Tuesday next week. Concourt has dismissed the petition HH does not have to accept or reject the Concourt ruling, the ruling is simply final.
For those who do not like reading long stories, HH had no case but his pride and misconception that every Jim and Jack can become a president or is a presidential material have let him down. He is a bad looser period.
He has also failed the Presidential Material STRESS TEST with all this!!
“The court is in a confused state, they basically put us in a constitutional crisis. By the way two days ago, a full bench of judges of the Constitutional Court ruled that the petition will commence on Monday and will run up to Thursday,”. Obviously its difficult for HH to understand ratio decidendi & obiter dicta principles with the pulling out of his lawyers. Single judge or three or full bench may make ruling on preliminary application or final verdict. All judges on bench have got equal single vote which does not depend on position or status of judge. The majority vote prevails.
The Constitutional Court decision is a bitter pill to swallow & its binding on both the petitioners & respondents whether they have accepted it or not until it is repealed by competent authority. Until then, the inauguration is legal & in order despite the petitioners not happy with verdict. What matters is its legality.
Echi Echi is a time waster. He should give us a break for once. We are tired of Hechi Hechi, this and that.
Oxford Dictionary definition of Within :
Inside (something):
the spread of fire within the building
More example sentences
1.1Inside the range of (an area or boundary):
a field located within the city
More example sentences
1.2Inside the range of (a specified action or perception):
within reach
More example sentences
1.3Not further off than (used with distances):
Bob lives within a few miles of Honesdale
Etc. With 14 days the Con-court has legal jurisdiction.
Let HH now appeal to the local court!
if only our opinions mattered,but alas the ruling was made and we have to move on.those aggrieved can take whatever route they want to air out there grievances.we only hope that they will find whatever it is they are looking for.Let’s write whatever we want concerning the petition and it’s dismissal but our opinions don’t count.
ECL may not be the best of Presidents, but he is MY PRESIDENT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS !!!! WHY GIVE MYSELF A HEART ATTACK THINKING OTHERWISE? I MUST SUPPORT HIM 100%. Remember He is Our President. Nangu uukane shani uleibepa fye!!!!
“The petition was not heard, they decided without being heard. It is like a murder accused today is sentenced today without being charged. That is what has happened,” Mr Hichilema said. In this case, the accused murderer would be discharged and not sentenced in a similar that you were not adjudicated one way or another.
As a judge i therefore declare ECL as the duly elected president of the republic of zambia; i believe HH was asleep when the results were anounced. he had been dreaming of how he and his fellow magots were going to expand their empires. but alas the input has been too much to bare.he is asking questions,how will i pay the loans i got from Anglo American?,what lie will i use to defend myself after being rejected 5 times by the zambians? will UPND be ruled by GBM?I Believe these are the questions he keeps asking himself.and think that the courts will favour him,its too late badala just GO BACK TO THE LAND,POLITICS TEYABANA IYOOOOOOOOOO.BANDIBIDA MA VOTE WALILA MUSANKWA.MBO MBUBOO BADALA.MWIINDE MUJATE N”GOMBE PE …….
Mr. Hichilema had his day in court and lost. Let him move on. Insults leveled at the bench will not help him. It does not matter what Chiboma voted for. She was defeated too. That’s the way the cookie crumbles. It does not matter that Munalula and Chiboma voted yes. What about the others who voted No. HH has lost five times. Does he say in all these tries he was robbed of victory? What about Sata who won in 2011? HH is a cry baby and a bad loser. The name under 5 was not wrongly given to him. What he is doing now fits his adopted moniker of under 5. Zambians should be commended for not voting for HH. Can you imagine this guy in plot 1?
But kwenaaa, halusa hagain (hh) is so desperate to get to state house. The majority of the Zambian people do not want you, but why are you forcing yourself on them? I think you are up to something evil. Because if you’ve good intentions for Zambia then there is no need to be president to fulfil them. The world is full of examples of men and women who have changed lives positively with little or no political influence. Your ego Ba mudala is destroying you.
Take a look @ this; all the presidents that have ever ruled this blessed nation Zambia including the president elect, had or have atleast three names. 1st republican president, Kenneth David Kaunda, 2nd Frederick Titus Jacob Mpundu Chiluba, 3rd Levy Patrick Mwanawasa, 4th Rupiah Bwezani Banda, 5th Micheal Chilufya Sata and 6th Edgar Chagwa Lungu. What about HH? What’s his middle name? Someone help me to know if he has one. Anyone please!
So it is a sin to tell the truth in Zambia…I thought justice and fairness was the order of the day in a democratic country but I am saddened to note that this is not the case in our country. Too much lawlessness starting from the Executive branch to the Judiciary none of them are respecting the rule of law. But they expect a poor Zambian to do the same. I cannot see this happening. HH and GBM should take this matter further to the International Court of JUSTICE. The Concourt is massively and severely influenced by the PF and ECL.
THOSE WHO ARE SAYING ITS FREE AND FAIR, WHAT DO YOU BIND THE PETITION? ARE YOU AFRAID TO HEAR THE PETITION? IF THE PETITIONERS HAVE TRUTH OF STOLEN BALLOTS WHAT WILL YOU DO?
WHOM DO YOU SUPPORT, A THIEVE OR A CLEAN MAN WITH CLEAN HANDS? IF I SAID THAT EVIL CORRUPTS THE MINDS OF FOOLS CAN YOU AGREE?
The last time I worked at Chainama Hospital, they used to cure delusions. We can try to take some more clients there.
Why had hh to go there on monday if he didnt trust the judges he is a dull chap who wants attention every time,life is not for time wasters continue to follow a blind man
I am now convinced beyond doubt that HH is a lunatic and he seriously needs urgent medical attention. This is the same lunatic who campaigned against the referendum where all his rights to be heard could have been enshrined and taken care of and then today he has no shame to talk about the rights to be heard in the concourt. Take this man to chainama hospital please to be examined. He should also be mindful that the lawyers who want him to pursue the rights issue to court are just there to make more money from him because they know that the chap is now in a mental disorder because of the loss to ECL.