Southern African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) says the protracted legal process over the Petauke Central, Malambo and Mulobezi constituencies was hurting the electorates in that area who were being deprived of representation.
The Patriotic Front has taken their quest to block Dora Siliya, Maxwell Mwale and Hastings Sililo from contesting the by-elections to the Supreme Court after the High Court gave the trio a go ahead to contest.
SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Chembe said it was sad that the electorates in the three areas had to wait for a long time without any MP as the PF spiritedly went through the legal process.
“I think this is becoming a big disadvantage to the electorates in these constituencies where the elections have been put off due to a legal challenge,” Chembe said.
“Remember that in the last two years there have been petitions in those three constituencies and there is no real chance for development and now when the petitions have been disposed off we have to deal with fresher challenges of dragging the process further. They should think about the people of Petauke, Mulobezi and Malambo.”
High Court Judge Mungeni Mulenga granted Siliya and two others the right to file their nomination papers but the Attorney General Mumba Malila appealed that decision.
The Electoral Commission of Zambia has deferred the elections indefinitely pending the outcome of the Supreme Court case.
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