Speaker Mutti Defends Bill 7’s Progress Despite Court Ruling
Speaker Nelly Mutti has clarified that Bill 7 of 2025 can still proceed in Parliament if the Justice Minister chooses to advance it. She stated the bill followed proper procedures and that the Constitutional Court’s ruling only affected its pre-parliamentary process and not its current status in the House.
Mutti reaffirmed Parliament’s independence, asserting that no external body can halt a legislative process once underway.
Here we go again. This woman is a danger to our democracy.
How can a bill based on a flawed process have legitimacy in our National Assembly?
A flawed process can’t be the basis for enactment of our laws. It’s high time we started holding some of these compromised officials in contempt of court. This is not the alleged forgery and utterly case involving the Registrar of Societies’ letter which led to Robert Chabinga’s appointment as Leader of the Opposition.( Which case will be revisited at some time)
The issue at hand is much more serious. It’s the democracy of Zambia stake…and the attempt to usurp power from the people
of Zambia to a selected group..a group of sacreds and allied sacreds. This won’t be allowed.
Bill 7 is dead. It cannot be brought back to Parliament again.
As guided by the Court, establish a constitutional Review commission, get views from the people, and then do a draft Bill 8 or 9 or whatever..in 2027.
We don’t know where the 55 Additional parliamentary seats are coming from. What is the basis?
And we demand that government makes public the delimitation report, and the complete 2022 Census Report.
Mrs Nellie Mutti Bill 7 won’t be allowed in Parliament again. We will halt the process in the Constitutional Court.
Thank you.
Zambiano you and the like of you are a danger.
You come here and mislead. Who appointed you the “Gospel truth?”
Nelly is an acxomplished lawyer. Tell us what you are? Last time Gunner unvailed himself. And you? What have yiu studied? As all you state here a bitter unfound gripe with the state and every leader. Learn to be greatful and see some good in what people say. Every one in every institution is wrong?
Cite the law to the contrary to what she is saying. Stop misleading. PF messed up they stole and left the country bankrupt. That is fact. Why would anyone trust me if in the past I have proved incompetent? Be rational and objective. No more free loading. Even Trump has stated that, not just this leadership.
Can the Constitutional Court stop a legislative process in Parliament which has not even been concluded? This is judicial overreach at its most unacceptable. How would the judges feel if Parliament took steps to intrude into a matter active before a court of law? The Constitutional Court has in any case issued a judgement against the Executive and not Parliament. Anyway, I have not read the text of the majority judgement which I still respect but I disagree with. The least the court should have said should have been that the petition was filed prematurely and then dismissed it on that ground.
The three arms of government.
Madam Nelly is spot on.