By NATION REPORTER
THE constitution amendment 2016 provides for early elections, therefore, constitutional lawyer John Sangwa was wrong to suggest that the current constitution does not allow early elections, Green Party president Peter Sinkamba has said.
Mr Sinkamba argues that contrary to the assertion by Mr. Sangwa, the constitutions of Zambia have always provided for early elections.
“A couple of days ago, constitutional lawyer John Sangwa, State Counsel, is quoted by various sections of the media to have said that former President Edgar Lungu’s suggestion of an early election reveals ignorance of the law, noting that the current constitution does not provide for early elections.
As an active advocate for the referendum in 1990, and having been a former constitutional review commissioner, and participated in several constitution-making processes since the 1991 Mvunga Constitution Review Commission, I argue, with a very high degree of certainty, that SC Sangwa erred.
“If only Mr Sangwa had read and thoroughly understood Article 5 and 81 of the constitution amendment 2016, he would not have arrived at such an outrageous conclusion CLICK TO READ MORE
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