MUNIR PETITIONS COURT TO HALT LUMEZI BY-ELECTION
3rd April 2025
FORMER Lumezi Independent MP Munir Zulu has dragged Speaker of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti and ECZ to the Constitutional Court, seeking an order to rescind their decision to declare his parliamentary seat vacant. Zulu also seeks a court order restraining the ECZ from holding a by-election for the Lumezi constituency parliamentary seat.
He further wants a declaration that the decision to declare his seat vacant upon his conviction by the Subordinate Court is unconstitutional, null and void, as it violates Article 120 of the Constitution, which provides for a hierarchy of courts in Zambia.
Zulu is also seeking a declaration that the judgement in the People V Attorney General (Ex Parte – Nickson Chilangwa) 2024/CCZ/R001 was decided per incuriam…
Newsdiggers
This man is so self absorbed. Does he even care about the constituents of Lumezi? Why cant people stop being so selfish. The position of MP is not a birth right. If I was a constituent I would sue some of these arrogant people to stop treating public office like personal chattel…
He is likely in the same chat group with Sampa. Both should never have stepped feet in parliament. They both belong to Chainama for mental evaluation and medical monitoring.
It’s a brought-in-dead petition.