Petition Or No Petition, Zambia’s Courts Hold The Real Verdict

Zambia’s transition of power now rests on an unresolved legal question with a fixed deadline attached: does the Constitutional Court have a valid petition in front of it, and can it rule before Hakainde Hichilema is sworn in on September 1. The Constitution gives the court 14 days from a properly filed petition to decide. […]

Petition Or No Petition, Zambia’s Courts Hold The Real Verdict
Zambia’s transition of power now rests on an unresolved legal question with a fixed deadline attached: does the Constitutional Court have a valid petition in front of it, and can it rule before Hakainde Hichilema is sworn in on September 1. The Constitution gives the court 14 days from a properly filed petition to decide. […]