THE Constitutional Court has set today as judgment day in a case where PF faction secretary general Morgan Ng’ona dragged the National Assembly to court, seeking a declaration that its failure to declare Miles Sampa’s seat vacant is in direct contravention of Article 72(1) of the Constitution. In this matter, Ng’ona was 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. Ng’ona cited the Attorney General and the National Assembly as the first and second respondents, respectively. In his facts relevant to the petition filed by his lawyers of Messrs. Munati Chambers, Ng’ona stated that Sampa was on July 3,...
