THE state has told the Constitutional Court that the National Assembly acted within the confines of the Constitution in not declaring the Matero Constituency seat vacant. This is in a matter where PF faction Secretary General Morgan Ng’ona has dragged the National Assembly to the Constitutional Court seeking a declaration that its failure to declare the Matero Constituency parliamentary seat vacant is in direct contravention of Article 72(1) of the Constitution. Ng’ona is also seeking an order declaring that the National Assembly should immediately declare the Matero Constituency parliamentary seat vacant, and immediately notify the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) of the vacancy. In this matter, Ng’ona has cited the Attorney General and the National Assembly as the first and...