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A Zambian citizen has petitioned the Constitutional Court challenging former Republican President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility to contest any future election.
According to a petition filed at the Constitutional Court Registry by Messrs LJ Michaels practitioners, the Petitioner, Michelo Chizombe, is seeking among other reliefs, a declaration that the former President is not eligible to seek a presidential office for the third term.
He also wants the court to declare that Mr. Lungu’s participation in the August 2021 election was unconstitutional.
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The petitioner has cited the Electoral Commission Of Zambia (ECZ) as the 2nd respondent and the Attorney General as the 3rd respondent.
By Darius Choonya
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