RENOWNED and respected Constitutional Lawyer John Sangwa State Counsel has made a strong argument around the eligibility of former president Edgar Lungu to contest the 2026 elections. He says reversing the decision of the judges who ruled that Mr Lungu was eligible for the 2021 elections would completely destroy the Constitutional Court. We must start by paying glowing tribute to State Counsel Sangwa for the work he has done for this country in defending the Constitution of our Republic. When it was unfashionable and dangerous for learned lawyers to step in the ring and challenge the candidacy of Mr Lungu ahead of the 2021 elections, State Counsel Sangwa sacrificed his time, money and energy to educate all of us who...

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