PeP STATEMENT ON FILING IN OF PETITION IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REGARDING THE ELIGIBILITY MATTER
Liberty House, 7th March 2025
1. The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP), has resolved, at it’s sitting today, to file a Petition in the Constitutional Court of Zambia, in relation to the issue of the eligibility of the 6th Republican President, His Excellency Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, to stand in the upcoming 2026 Presidential elections, which matter was previously decided by the Constitutional Court of Zambia on 12th December 2024.
2. The basis of the Petition is that the judgement of the Constitutional Court, on 12th December 2024, violated the rights of candidates who stood in the 2021 general election, and that therefore, the said judgement must be reviewed and set aside by the Constitutional Court.
3. The Patriots for Economic Progress shall file the said petition on Monday, 10th March 2025. It is hoped and expected that, despite the purging of some justices of the Constitutional Court that recently took place, the party will be able to get some justice in this matter from the Constitutional Court.
Issued by:
Sean E. Tembo (SET)
Party President
Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP)
Lusaka, Zambia
Thank you very much Sean Tembo. I hope this report is factual.
Gunner, interesting comment. Please explain your point of view
The eligibility case judgement was on 10th. December 2024 and NOT on 12th December 2024. Which court judgement is Sean Tembo refering to in his petition. Again how does he raise violation of human rights against losing candidates without stating HOW these rights were violated. I see this case being dismissed as frivolous, wanting in merit , ill conceited and lacking in substance as there was no judgement on 12th December 2024 being referred to.
That’s how foolish people work instead of doing right thing s busy chasing rubbish. Sean is supposed to be campaigning and preparing for next year’s election but busy wasting time in courts ! Or is it the useless plan B at work ? HH and UPND will sail almost unopposed in 2026 because the opposition doesn’t know to be in opposition. Ba Mwamba are campaigning while hiding after commiting illegalities at home while Fred is is busy posting rubbish on social media. Wheo Sara won election he was running hitting the ground not these lazy cowards. Mwanyia too are going nowhere. HH no nshimbi, you can even see the way he works – a committed honest hard-working Man with a clear vision for Zambia.
Your appeal case ba Tonse alliance will be heard in the constitutional court in 2027 after the general elections making it an exercise without taste. Tonse alliance must wake up and face the reality because you’re slowly opening the pandula box which will put ECL in an akward position especially on issues pertaining the political happenings under his reign.Better ba Tonse alliance move on and start preparing for the next general election which is just around the corner.
These people grouped in the so called TONSE ALLIANCE are hard core crooks like their big funder LUNGU ” KASAKA KANDALAMA ( ishakwiba)” who represents himself as said by himself that he is a snake who at times represents himself as a DOVE. These are very dangerous statements that the UPND Media team should always mindful of and look at with two but four eyes, and then whenever they open their mouth and talk. Study them and look at also their body language if physically presented in either video or otherwise, what they will utter, if you look at them all intently you will mostly note, not of course always but mostly, what their intentions are and how they present themselves e.g.
1. Lies
2. Hearsay
3. Divisions
4. Provocations
5. Pride
6. Pompous
7. Disiobendience
8. Blood ( on their hands and still thirsty of it through fights and killings)
9. Pretentious.
10. Living in denial ( hatred, jealous and unredpectful)
These are what they have in their blood. So the best thing to deal with such people whom I call agents of the devil- serpent/snake
Is to,
1. When they lie hammer them on their lies in a way that it will be very difficult for them to defend it there and then like the way Thabo Kawana deals with them. They know kawana and they fear him, the other persons who can squarely deal with them all is Hon. Kabuswe, Hon. Nkandu, Mark Simuwe. Others who take them like they are ( violence ) is the likes of Bruce Kanema etc.
2. Other issues like the case they want to take to concort again’ this issue my brothers and sisters in UPND leave it to the Attorney General and His leagal and probably the New Dawn legal team others just say something when you are asked may be by the media otherwise since the general elections are near their plan is to shift your attention from mobilising and speaking of what you have done as a party in government shift your attention to start reacting to it, but the good thing if you hear them and if you like is to be in the
umbrella contempt of court.
Otherwise if at all you want let the issue of not handing over the instruments of power case be re- borne but the good thing is tankless on tgeir finish eligibility issues and forcus on real issues on the ground since you are dealing with hard Cole criminals