EDGAR LUNGU CAN SERVE EVEN AS COUNCILLOR – SAKWIBA SIKOTA

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EDGAR LUNGU CAN SERVE EVEN AS COUNCILLOR – SAKWIBA

FORMER President Edgar Lungu can participate in politics as a councillor, says United Kwacha Alliance (UKA) chairman Sakwiba Sikota.



Mr Sikota, who is United Liberal Party (ULP) president, said Mr Lungu is legally entitled to continue in politics.

Last month, the Constitutional Court ruled that former President Edgar Lungu was ineligible to run for another term as President, having been elected and held office twice.



“With the issue of the eligibility case, I have to declare interest that I may be biased,” Mr Sikota said when he featured on Prime Television’s The Big Debate programme anchored by Frank Mutubila on Tuesday night.



“If you look at the Dan Pule and the three others versus the Attorney General case, I was one of the lawyers [for Mr Lungu]. So, my view and my argument was that he is eligible.



“But being a lawyer, even if I held a different view, the ‘correct’ view is what the court has decided.”

ZDM

13 COMMENTS

  1. Sakwiba knows that the recent judgement is the correct one! He was just interested in money when he was defending ECL in the Danny Pule case. Lawyers have a price and can defend even illegalities.

    • Sikota is no honest lawyer. He should just say we erred when we supported an obvious illegality. Forget about the money you ate. The problem with law is there is no integrity amongst lawyers. They can even defend a murderer caught red handed provided the money is enough win or lose.

  2. I am surprised that Sakwiba doesn’t know why Kasaka wants to remain in politics. Let me put it to him so that he becomes well informed. Kanaka was involved in looting and passed on some of his loot to his kids. This loot is under threat of being forfeited to the state. This is what’s giving Kasaka sleepless nights because it’s huge. He wants to remain in politics so he can become president to come and reverse these forfeitures. He has no interest in becoming a counsellor. No power, no influence and not much benefits!

    • Typical James,Mr Crab,Chilyata,EMC response of“NEVER LET THE SIDE DOWN “
      All at the cost of logical reasoning!!!

      The rest of the Non-Zambezia politicians should take note: Zambezia people will never vote for anyone else but their own. Campaigning in Zambezia is a waste of time and money!!! UPND has 100% vote uptake in perpetuity!!!!

      • If ignorance was person, it would be you @ Monze Sec School 1st Alumnus. The province you continue to vilify has voted for all the parties which have ruled Zambia, from unip to now UPND but that can’t be said about some provinces. In 1991 the late former president FTJ got over 80% vote in southern province and other presidents on the MMD party used to get significant votes in Southern province as well. And just to enlighten you a bit Lawrence Evans was elected MP on PF ticket in Livingstone, southern province in 2013 now tell me how many MPs on UPND have been elected in northern and eastern part of Zambia before 2021 elections?

      • Sir, you are the one displaying tribalism. What else can make you to conclude that all of us you have cited are from the Zambezi region apart from the tribalism you have imbibed from ECL’s wickedly tribal politics? For your own comfort (or is it discomfort) I am not from the region you have been poisoned to blindly hate. I love and cherish every fellow Zambian as my brothers and sisters. I hope this helps to quench the fires of tribalism in your and Indigo’s chests.

        • Just to add. I am also not from the region. Your tribalism instead of objective will kill you. You can’t live on tribalism in this day and age and expect to go far.

      • Yes just like you used to do in Luapula-Chambeshi. Now it’s your friend’s turn. Chibaba!!!! We neutral ones are just watching, laughing and clapping.

  3. Thank you Mr. Straight forward, besides Lawrence Evans, the immediate past MP for Livingstone was Mathew’s Jere from Eastern. Even if he was under UPND ticket, the Easterners or Northerners can not vote for a Southerner, Westerner or Northwesterner in their respective Provinces because of people like Monze Sec School 1st Alumnus. The Zambezia Provinces people as you call them are very accommodating and liberal than you think, while you look at the tribe, them they look at you as a Zambian. It’s like Jews and Samaritans in the old days. Generally Jews thought they were better people than others until Jesus came to show them that, that notion was wrong. Samaritans and other people were also good people loved by God with the same love. If anything Jesus showed them that Samaritans in deeds were far much better than Jews because they never boasted of anything.
    I can assure you that any one who will come after HH as a choice for Zambians, regardless of the tribe, he will get a distinction in terms of votes in the Zambezia provinces.

  4. If you’re fighting then your opponent beat you to the ground then people come and stop the fight, it pains to an extent which makes you feel like fighting the peace makers now. Mr lungu and your praise singers just accept defeat , shame is to be human.

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