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Chief Justice MALILA Questions Filing of Presidential Petition
Chief Justice MUMBA MALILA has referred a document received through his private...
By Hannock Kasama
Chief Justice MUMBA MALILA has referred a document received through his private email, seeking to challenge the outcome of the 2026 Presidential Election, to the Constitutional Court for consideration on the mode of filing.
Dr. MALILA has described the use of his private email address to submit official court documents as highly irregular.
He says, despite the irregular mode of communication, he has, in an exceptional exercise of his administrative powers, referred the document to the Constitutional Court for consideration on whether it can be filed as a petition.
Dr. MALILA says the parties involved will hear from the court in due course.
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He says the Judiciary is aware of assertions on social media that the petition has been formally and duly filed.
Dr. MALILA says the electronic mail communication, titled “The People’s Presidential Petition”, was sent to his private email address by a member of the public.
He says the document seeks to challenge the outcome of the 2026 Presidential Election.
This is contained in a statement issued to ZNBC News in Lusaka today by Judiciary Deputy Corporate Communications Director KALUMBA SLAVIN.
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