ATTORNEY General Mulilo Kabesha has submitted that there was nothing unconstitutional or illegal about the guidance issued by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to the effect that it would not accept nominations from any candidate who caused a vacancy in the National Assembly in line with Article 72 (4) of the Constitution. Meanwhile, ECZ says its guidance on the filing of nominations was general guidance for all aspiring candidates. This is a matter in which former Kabushi and Kwacha PF members of parliament Bowman Lusambo and Joseph Malanji have dragged ECZ to the Constitutional Court over its decision not to accept nominations from candidates who caused a vacancy in the National Assembly. The two, who also cited the Attorney...

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