THE Constitutional Court has dismissed a renewed application by a Lusaka lawyer who sought to reverse a single judge’s ruling that refused to stay Speaker Nelly Mutti’s decision to declare the Chawama seat vacant. In this matter, Tresford Chali dragged Attorney General Mulilo Kabesha to the Constitutional Court, seeking an order to declare null and void Speaker Mutti’s decision to declare Tasila Lungu’s parliamentary seat vacant. In a recent ruling, Constitutional Court Judge Martin Musaluke refused to stay the Speaker’s decision, stating that the matter was not an appropriate case to exercise his discretion to grant the relief. Dissatisfied, Chali renewed the application for a conservatory relief before a panel of five Constitutional Court judges, who included Justices Arnold Shilimi,...
