RECENT happenings in the National Assembly of Zambia have raised concerns among legal minds, with some questioning the integrity of the Speaker. Constitutional Lawyer John Sangwa SC says Speaker Nelly Mutti went rogue when she recognised a new leader of the opposition in the House, stressing that her actions are a violation of the Constitution. John SANGWA SC: “We have a broken system of government. You have a National Assembly that has gone rogue, completely rogue. These are some of the issues that we need to address. The nonsense that has gone on in the National Assembly shouldn’t have happened in the first place. There is a laid down tradition between the National Assembly and the courts. The position has...

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