Stop it, EIU told

IT is nonsensical for any grouping or organisation to interfere in the dispensation of justice by insinuating that Zambia risks unrest should the Constitutional Court decide in favour of President Edgar Lungu’s candidature in the 2021 general elections, says National Union of Public and Private Educators of Zambia executive president Victor Muyumba.

Mr Muyumba said it would be interfering with the law to suggest that the Constitutional Court ought to deliver their verdict against President Lungu when adjudicating on matters before it.

Mr Muyumba explained that as an ardent supporter of separation of powers among the three arms of Government, the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) exhibited its lack of consideration for the people of Zambia when they warned of unrest as though to “pray” for chaos upon the nation. “Any external pressure mounted by disgruntled groupings, meant to derail the Constitutional Court from interpreting the law fairly in the dispensation of justice must be condemned by all well-meaning Zambians. The NUPPEZ leader was commenting on a publication in the Mast newspaper which suggested that there would be unrest in Zambia should the Constitutional Court decide that President Lungu stands eligible to run for another term of office.

He has called on the Constitutional Court to rely upon the law in arriving at their judgement, adding that “they should not fear to determine this matter with respect to our Republican Constitution.”

He advised the Zambian people to be confident in the legal system.