Mulenga Sata sues Bridget Atanga , Electoral Commission

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President Michael Sata (right), Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba (left) and Lusaka Mayor Mulenga Sata leave the Lusaka High Court yesterday. Picture by STEPHEN KAPAMBWE
President Michael Sata (right), Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba (left) and Lusaka Mayor Mulenga Sata leave the Lusaka High Court yesterday. Picture by STEPHEN KAPAMBWE

THE Lusaka High Court has granted Patriotic Front presidential candidate Mayor Mulenga Sata an injunction restraining the party from stopping him from contesting the presidency on account of his parentage.
This is in a matter in which Mr Sata sued PF secretary-general Bridget Atanga and the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) and wants the court to declare that he is eligible for election to the office of President of the Republic of Zambia.
According to a statement of claim filed in the High Court, Mr Sata also wants the court to declare that he is also eligible for election to the office of the president of the PF in accordance with the provisions of the party constitution.
Mr Sata further wants a declaration that the eligibility of the office of president of the Republic of Zambia is an evidential matter that cannot be determined as a threshold issue by the returning officer but is the preserve of the full bench of the Supreme Court.
He also wants a declaration that the eligibility for election to the office of president of the PF on grounds of the parentage clause is an evidential matter that cannot be determined as a threshold issue by the returning officer or electoral commission of the PF but is a preserve of the High Court.
Mr Sata said he would suffer irreparable and ruinous damage if he is prevented from exercising his constitutional right to contest the election for the office of president of the Republic of Zambia.
He said there have been false and malicious allegations allegedly calculated to disqualify him from contesting the presidency of the PF and that these have been attributed to senior party members.
In delivering his ruling, High Court judge Isaac Chali granted Mr Sata an injunction restraining the PF from preventing him from contesting the party presidency.

Zambia Daily Mail

5 COMMENTS

  1. but why sue ECZ when they have not yetv started receiving applications.GUY SCOTT mentioned at one time that you did not qualify bcoz of your mother. and am sure that Dr Kaseba can prove that in order to reduce the number of competitor who are trying to use the name SATA to win the election.politics ku kosa.all the best tho am sure you are the least favored among candidates.

  2. Sweet Mother Zambia .
    How we love to suck you breast
    yet you sleep on empty stomach
    widowed you are every turn
    homeless
    but yet a darling
    for heartless stepfathers.

  3. Chilekeni naimwe,chikaya mwenako ngachafika ku general conference.ukawa ukomfwa ne nsoni.

  4. Mr Sata is a Malawian. He should have sued his parents! Nazo nkhani. Kikikikikiki!

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