GOVERNANCE Elections Advocacy Research Services (GEARS) Initiative has petitioned the Constitutional Court questioning the continued attendance of Parliamentary sittings by PF members whose seats were nullified in the High Court. Gears Initiative has cited Bowman Lusambo, Joseph Malanji, Mutotwe Kafwaya, Sibongile Mwamba, Luka Simumba, Allan Banda Kabwe, Taulo Chewe, Kalalwe Mukosa, Christopher Chibuye and the Attorney General as respondents in the matter. In its petition, the organisation stated that the respondents’ seats were nullified by the High Court due to various reasons ranging from widespread violence, corruption and other electoral malpractices. Gears Initiative stated that notwithstanding the determination of the various petitions against the respondents by the High Court and its declaration to the effect that the said respondents were...