Dora Siliya and others granted judicial review................... Dora Siliya has today , together with Maxwell Moses Boma Mwale and Hastings Sililo , been granted judicial review by the Lusaka High Court. This follows the application by the three for judicial review asking the court to quash the decision of the ECZ to disqualify them from filing their respective nominations today. The three contended that the press statement released by a non-judicial officer was not made ex-athedra and therefore had no legal effect and judicial activism could only be involved by an appropriately constituted court. They contended that the provisions of Article 65 of the Constitution of Zambia Act chapter 1, volume 1 of the Laws of Zambia and the provisions of Sections 22 and 104 of the Electoral Act, number 12 of 2006 were inapplicable to the trio. The applicants also asked the court for an order to prohibit ECZ from conducting the filing of nomination papers tomorrow claiming that a report issued by the judiciary did not conform with the provisions of Section 22 as read together with the provisions of 104 (6) and (7) of the Electoral Act number 12 of 2006. Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECA) has announced the indefinite postponement of the filling in of nominations for the three parliamentary by-elections. ECZ acting public relations manager Sylvia Bwalya said that following the granting of leave to apply for judicial review to the affected applicants, the commission had decided to postpone the nominations which were scheduled for today.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 05:31:52 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015