By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE –
LUSAKA lawyer, Bonaventure Mutale has moved two motions asking the Supreme Court to state whether or not former Solwezi Central MMD Member of Parliament (MP) Lucky Mulusa and his Kasenengwa counterpart Victoria Kalima are eligible to re-contest their seats.
This follows the decision of the Supreme Court to nullify Mr Mulusa’s and Ms Kalima’s seats on grounds that they had engaged in corrupt practices during election campaigns.
The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has since announced February 25, 2014 as the date for by-elections in Kasenengwa, Solwezi Central and Katuba constituencies.
Mr Mutale, in his two separate notices of motion to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, sought an explanation on whether the two were eligible to contest any parliamentary election held in the same constituencies where their election was nullified.
He also wants the court to clarify whether the High Court, ECZ, and Director of Public Prosecutions should take any steps in view of the findings by the Supreme Court that Mr Mulusa and Ms Kalima were guilty of having committed corrupt practices in connection with the elections.
Mr Mutale stated in his affidavit in support of notice of the motions that he was an advocate for PF losing candidates for Kasenengwa, Saul Zulu and for Solwezi Central, Newton Malwa.
