Zambia’s constitutional court docket has dominated that former President Edgar Lungu is ineligible to contest future presidential elections, declaring his first stint on the helm of the nation’s affairs from 2015 to 2016 as a full time period. Lungu was then elected to a full presidential time period within the 2016 elections earlier than shedding the presidency to the incumbent president, Hakainde Hichilema, within the 2021 nationwide elections. Lungu introduced his return to energetic politics in 2023 following the arrest of a number of relations, together with his spouse, on allegations of involvement in illicit monetary actions. Nevertheless, the court docket’s judgment that he has already been elected twice makes him constitutionally barred from searching for workplace once more. The Patriotic Entrance (PF) social gathering, to which Lungu belongs, expressed considerations over the ruling and is reviewing its subsequent steps in response to the decision.
SOURCE: REUTERS