{"id":6310,"date":"2021-09-17T18:42:07","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T18:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/upnd-losing-candidate-discontinues-court-petition-against-sunday-chanda"},"modified":"2021-09-17T18:53:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T18:53:52","slug":"upnd-losing-candidate-discontinues-court-petition-against-sunday-chanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/upnd-losing-candidate-discontinues-court-petition-against-sunday-chanda","title":{"rendered":"UPND losing Candidate discontinues Court Petition against Sunday Chanda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Zambia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The United Party for National Development (UPND) losing candidate for Kanchibiya constituency James Mulenga has applied in the Lusaka High Court to discontinue his petition against the election of Patriotic Front candidate Sunday Chanda.<\/p>\n

Mr. Mulenga petitioned the Kanchibiya Parliamentary seat after losing to Mr. Chanda who polled 19,686 against his 2,054 votes in the August 12 polls. When the matter came up before justice Egispo Mwansa seating the Chinsali on Monday, Mr. Mulenga was not before the court.<\/p>\n

However, Mr. Chanda\u2019s lawyers informed the judge that the petitioner, Mr. Mulenga through his lawyers had communicated that he would file a notice of discontinuation in the Lusaka High, which he has since done. Justice Mwansa said the court did not want \u2018busy bodies\u2019 and that the petitioner and his lawyers should have been present during the hearing.<\/p>\n

He said according to the elections petitions act, the petitioner\u2019s lawyers were not expected to stay away from court but be present during the hearing which is a public hearing adding that he cannot decide to stay away from it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe petitioner is definitely not required to stay away from court to make such an application, he is supposed to be seated there.\u201d Justice Mwansa said.<\/p>\n

Justice Mwansa further said that the petitioner and his lawyers were required to file the notice, put the notice in a newspaper of his intention to withdraw, and also serve the notice on the respondents.<\/p>\n

And in a notice of intention to withdraw the petition, Mr. Mulenga said he decided to withdraw following President Hakainde Hichilema\u2019s guidance on elections petitions.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake notice that the petitioner of house number 19, Vubu road Emasdale, Lusaka herein intends to withdraw the election petition against Mr. Chanda and the Electoral Commission of Zambia on the grounds that the President of Zambia gave guidance of the question of the election petition, in a bid to promote democracy,\u201d reads the notice in parts.<\/p>\n

Justice Mwansa has since adjourned the matter to September 20, this year, in order to allow Mr. Mulenga to follow the correct procedure required for a petitioner to withdraw the case.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Kanchibiya Constituency Member of Parliament Sunday Chanda has emphasized the need for Zambians to uphold unity and compassion regardless of divergent views or political affiliation.<\/p>\n

Speaking when he delivered his maiden speech to Parliament this evening, Mr Chanda said no person should be killed for belonging to a political party as was the case with Mr. Jackson Kungo.<\/p>\n

Mr. Chanda paid tribute to the fallen Patriotic Front Northwestern Province Chairperson, Jackson Kungo who was murdered at a polling station on election day August 12 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cAllow me to convey my deepest condolences to the family of comrade Kungo as well as those others who\u2019ve lost their loved ones, due to the scurge of political violence and the hands of the who have not learnt to disagree without being violently disagreeable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He hopes that the UPND government as a government priding itself in upholding the rule of law will accord maximum and fair attention to ensuring that justice is served to the victims of political violence, past, present and future.<\/p>\n

He also said it is immoral that the UPND as a party would remain quiet in instances of violence and harassment being perpetrated by its members towards the Mayor of Kabwe and in the recent incident in which for Inspector General of Police Mr. Kakoma Kanganja\u2019s relatives\u2019 burial site have been vandalized.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have read and we\u2019ve heard of how the mayor for Kabwe has been harassed by UPND cadres in Kabwe, it is immoral that the UPND as a party would remain quiet about this matter.<\/p>\n

We are reading about the Kanganja family burial site being vandalized by UPND cadres and yet th party and the government remains dead silent.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to disagree without being violently or hateful disagreeable.\u201d Mr Chanda added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. The United Party for National Development (UPND) losing candidate for Kanchibiya constituency James Mulenga has applied in the Lusaka High Court to discontinue his petition against the election of Patriotic Front candidate Sunday Chanda. Mr. Mulenga petitioned the Kanchibiya Parliamentary seat after losing to Mr. Chanda who polled 19,686 against his 2,054 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":6309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12,16],"tags":[234,235,2737,931,233],"class_list":["post-6310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-mr-mulenga","tag-united-party-for-national-development","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nUPND losing Candidate discontinues Court Petition against Sunday Chanda - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The United Party for National Development (UPND) losing candidate for Kanchibiya constituency James Mulenga has applied ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/upnd-losing-candidate-discontinues-court-petition-against-sunday-chanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UPND losing Candidate discontinues Court Petition against Sunday Chanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The United Party for National Development (UPND) losing candidate for Kanchibiya constituency James Mulenga has applied ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/upnd-losing-candidate-discontinues-court-petition-against-sunday-chanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-17T18:42:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-17T18:53:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/09\/img-6144e421512f6.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"614\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/upnd-losing-candidate-discontinues-court-petition-against-sunday-chanda#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/upnd-losing-candidate-discontinues-court-petition-against-sunday-chanda\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"UPND losing Candidate discontinues Court Petition against Sunday Chanda\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-17T18:42:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-17T18:53:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/upnd-losing-candidate-discontinues-court-petition-against-sunday-chanda\"},\"wordCount\":660,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/upnd-losing-candidate-discontinues-court-petition-against-sunday-chanda#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/09\/img-6144e421512f6.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Mr. Mulenga\",\"United Party for National Development\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/upnd-losing-candidate-discontinues-court-petition-against-sunday-chanda#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/upnd-losing-candidate-discontinues-court-petition-against-sunday-chanda\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/upnd-losing-candidate-discontinues-court-petition-against-sunday-chanda\",\"name\":\"UPND losing Candidate discontinues Court Petition against Sunday Chanda - 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