THE Constitutional Court has dismissed a petition by the People’s Pact seeking to stay the implementation of the ECZ’s delimitation exercise, citing lack of merit. The People’s Pact had petitioned the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) and Attorney General Mulilo Kabesha, seeking an order to halt the delimitation exercise scheduled for April this year. According to the certificate of urgency filed in the Constitutional Court Registry, Pact Chairman Peter Sinkamba argued that the court should urgently grant an interim order to stay the implementation of the new constituencies and the certification of the voters’ register. “This matter is extremely urgent and requires the immediate intervention of this Honourable Court to prevent a constitutional crisis and the mass disenfranchisement of Zambian...
