. Sampa

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE –
MATERO Member of parliament (MP) Miles Sampa and two others have asked the Lusaka High Court to stay the execution of a consent judgment that
declared Chawama MP Edgar Lungu as dully elected and sole candidate of the PF in the January 20, 2015 presidential election.
Meanwhile, the court has ordered for an inter parte hearing tomorrow, in a matter in which Mr Miles Sampa and two others have asked to be joined to proceedings to challenge a consent judgment.
Mr Sampa has stated in his affidavit in support of the summons to stay judgment of consent filed on his behalf and that of Kasama MP Geoffrey Mwamba and former Nigerian high commissioner Seleman Banda Phangula that if the judgment is not stayed, Mr Lungu will proceed and lodge the purported certificate of adoption before the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ).
Mr Sampa said that he and two others had since applied to be joined as defendants, the reason why they were applying to have the consent judgment stayed.
The three had yesterday asked Ms Justice Mulenga to grant them an ex parte order to stay the consent judgment but she instead ordered for the inter parte hearing on Thursday.
In another matter, a full bench of the Supreme Court will tomorrow deliver judgment on whether or not MMD leader Nevers Mumba’s suspension from his party should be sustained.
The bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Lombe Chibesakunda, Gregory Phiri, Hildah Chibomba, Munyinda Wanki, Rhoda Kaoma, Munalula Lisimba and Mumba Malila set the date after listening to arguments from MMD secretary general Muhabi Lungu and Dr Mumba’s lawyers.
Dr Mumba has appealed to the Supreme Court against Lusaka High Court Judge Chalwe Mchenga’s decision to uphold his suspension from the MMD on grounds that Dr Mumba did not spell out the exact actions he wanted Mr Lungu to be prohibited from doing.