By Amb Emmanuel Mwamba
Patriotic Front Nchelenge MP, Hon. Dr.Simon Mwale’s seat must be declared Vacant
By pledging his support to President Hakainde Hichilema and choosing to identify himself as a member of the UPND amounts to crossing of the floors.
This requires that Mwale vacates his seat and a by-election be held.
Further, Mwale will not stand in the subsequent by-election.
The 2016 constitutional amendment introduced a crucial change to the law, passed in 2016, raised the stakes for floor-crossing.
It ensures that any MP who switches parties is automatically barred from running in the subsequent by-election for that seat.
This effectively ended the practice of MPs switching parties for political gain, as they would lose their position in parliament.
In 2020, the Constitutional Court ruled on the case of of Roan MP, Chishimba Kambwili, who had been unseated by the Speaker for alleged floor-crossing.
The court found that while the Speaker had acted unconstitutionally by unilaterally interpreting the law, the MP’s seat had, in fact, been vacated, and remained vacant because of Kambwili’s action to go to the NDC.
Are you the leader?? PF is in intensive care. What is that ex Chiluba guard trying to point out?
The sooner you resolve those infighting issues the better for PF. Forget 2026 try 2031 elections, That time you will be well organised of end up like MMD
They are looking for you in South Africa for chopping people’s wives ewe mambala. Someone else must be grinding yours as you are trying to hide from your many self created enemies.
PF is dead and buried
Bo lubinda, when in mpulungu, received himself by thinking that he had attracted a fair number of residents to his rally. But little did he realize that he himself was just a situational tourist attraction. Some residents were calling others, “come and hear, the muzungu is speaking the local language!” Otherwise, residents were not attracted politically.
Lubinda was not aware of the unresponsive audience. A seasoned politician would have realised that the support has waned irreparably. Timely advice to PF congregation is to hold a convention immediately. PF must elect a touch bearer urgently if they are serious about 2026 elections. No doubt HH will have a field day come 2026.