Sharp Practice
He acted humble and pretended to be interested in dialogue. He is not. He wants to show his skills and sell himself in a bigger court. Ati please adjourn to Monday because parties are talking.
Meanwhile his partners and juniors at the office were busy typing a 72 paged application to the Constitutional Court. They needed time to finish and file. Hence the High Court needed to be distracted.
Government was not aware but verily believed that the Rasta man meant well. They forgot who his client was. If the family wanted dialogue, why did they fire white lawyer and bring in new one? The message was clear and govt team should have seen this.
Surely someone should have asked where these talks were taking place from and who was attending on behalf of government. He clearly won this round by sharp practice.
The current truth is that, this matter has now moved from the High Court to the Constitutional court. The High Court will make no decision on Monday but will say, we await decision of the Constitutional Court.
It is the constitutional court that will decide to either dismiss the request to appeal or to actually entertain it.
Key question: are those negotiations going on right now ????
SOURCE: Zambian Watchdog
If, as the article suggests, the ECL burial impasse, is now about “dribbling” one another, a thing that is supposed to be a moral imperative, is now a game of brains, then I am afraid, it has gone to the dogs. I am so sorry for being disrespectful to the dogs. This is humanity gone bonkers! I call upon the bonfide elders of the Lungu family to wrest this situation from the hands of the “fifteen men on a dead man’s chest, yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum,” treasure hunters.
Nonsense.Was the rasta lawyer alone with the High Court judges.Was the government lawyer not present when they mutually agreed to adjourn.What clever lawyer?
Yes,please this widow is not real family member.Let family members from mother side and father side show up and take charge.Otherwise what the late Mulongoti and Siwale told us is the cristal truth.We were ruled by a crook who forged his credentials.If this is the case,let him be prosecuted even in death.
When you notice that something is wrong with the Judgement, and the judges handling the case, you look at all options available to fight for Justice.
The Judges especially one black Judge appear compromised..The questions he was asking the Lawyer for the Applicants during the public hearing exposed him..and his words yesterday completely finished him.
The lawyer for the Lungu family ofcourse knows this. He dangled a bait, and the Judge, compromised as they come, saw light, swallowed hook and Sink, and exposed himself for a Sucker Punch…and he surely got it.
There’s no way you can come up with orders outside the confines of the Agreement . The so called agreement was the basis of the Arguments by the applicants, and then you give different Reliefs out sidethe terms of the agreement. You completely remove the family, and give absolute control to the State!
Those Judges were not going to give the Lungu family Consent for leave for Appeal .
The case could have been thrown out…
and the Engine of a Plane might have been warming up yesterday to whisk away the remains after the rejection of the Appeal.
The new lawyer has shown that there’s a limit to Imingalato..
So Akakunkubiti, it’s back to the drawing board again. But be warned that the Constitutional Court is in the Higher League…It’s no child play.
Some one is hacking my site. Playing with my IP. Kindly stop it.
Maaaaaaaa! Stop praising the lawyer who hasn’t done anything yet, its too early. This is just a mare application. Wait he wins the family a case, otherwise I still feel the government still have the upper hand. If it’s the issue of using underhand methods, government can do worse than him. Otherwise I feel negotiating is currently the best.
Bashipula bazikimana, kanshi umu Rasta alebachaya olilo.
Once a Judgement is passed by 3 judges in a South African competent court, forget about it. It sticks and nothing will change. The outcome will be the same and always the same. Those Juges sat down with fellow senior judges to make such a decision. There was a serious consultation here which dull Zambians fail to acknowledge and move on. Lungu can never be buried in Muzansi, period
South Africa lawyers very unqualified
Where did hey get their qualifications from
And poor Zambians like studying in that dull country South Africa.
Why can’t they pick it up that they are dealing with crooks. Next election they will see Tasila on the ballot box and this when their and mind will start functioning
On the top 20 universities we have in Africa, Zambia does not appear on the list.Your university degrees are inferior degrees that you get when you fail to get an honours degree in the western world.Zambia is still behind don’t make a mistake
Justice must prevail. No moral issues but justice
Musonda show us what you carry in that hollow head except dancing to every tune of UPND. You are so daft that if at 6am in the morning HH calls you and says Musonda it’s lunch time get up and have your lunch you will surely wake up and start preparing lunch.From your arguments you do not carry a mind of your own. There is no element of objectivity in your comments. You have no clue how the South African justice system. Operates and here you are exposing your grand ignorance talking about the decision of the 3 judges. If the 3 judges had been given the opportunity to decide on the right of appeal it would have been a dooms day for the Lungu family because those 3 judges would have rejected the appeal application. The Lungu family lawyer was smart , bought more time and bring in the Concourt , not the Zambian Concourt which is run from an illegal location called Community House. Let’s wait and see what Monday brings. This is a Game Changer , watch the space
What you are saying doesn’t hold water. You must rise above personal sentiments and reason with objectivity not by whims of emotion or political grudges. You have actually spoken like a biased PF cadre of which you are…Lets wait for Monday,you know deep down your heart that the outcome will be the same.HH beat you people in 2021 and stopped your thieving team from looting or benefiting from public resources and this is the reason he should not attend the funeral. This family did not want HH to be president, wanted him dead before 2021, even vowed to return him to prison after Lungu returned power to himself. A team of bad losers.The court knows that very well…the Lungu family choices are clearly based on HATRED. You can take this case anywhere in this world and the judgement will still remain the same, keep on hoping against hope.
This another propaganda article from PF. They love pushing falsehoods to give their friends some semblance of hope. There’s no way they can apply straight to the Concourt without leave of the High Court, and if the leave to appeal is granted the matter will go to Appeal Court in Bloemfontein. And as things stand the case won’t be restarted but can only be reviewed on the basis of the case hearing done at the High Court and Submissions. The Lungu family’s defence was very weak and the hiring of Ngukaitombi won’t help much. Their only ground is that the South African constitution allows the next of kin to be allowed to determine where they want to to bury. One thing Ester fails to understand is that Lungu had only travelled to South Africa to receive ‘medical attention’ and on top of the he is a former president. To top it up she can’t explain how Lungu presided over KK’s funeral!