THE Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) has petitioned the Constitutional Court, seeking a declaration that President Edgar Lungu is not eligible for nomination for election as President in the August 12 elections.
LRF, which is being represented by Simeza, Sangwa & Associates, wants the court to declare that President Lungu having been elected, sworn into and held the office of President from January 25 2015 to September 13, 2016 , and having been declared winner of the 2016 election, sworn into and having held the office of President from September 13, 2016, until the next President is elected under the 2021 elections, is not eligible for nomination for the forthcoming elections.
The petitioner stated that President Lungu‘s nomination for election to the office of President scheduled for the August elections, contravenes Article 106 (3) of the Constitution.
The petitioner argues that President Lungu’s nomination is null and void. And the petitioner seeks an order quashing the nomination papers filed by President Lungu with the returning officers and all documents in support of his nomination for election. This is contained in a petition filed in court today.
The arguments which LFR have advanced in this petition have been argued before and determined by the court.
