User:Icem4k/President Lungu and Hichilema Saga

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The President Lungu and Hichilema Saga began was a number of events that took place after the 2016 general elections and after the an Election petition was thrown out where UPND president and his running-mate challenged that the election was stolen from them.

History

After president Michael Sata died in office Lungu's victory over UPND President Hakainde Hichilema in the 2015 presidential election[1][2] Hichilema denounced the elections as a sham and urged his supporters to remain calm[3][4]. However during President Lungu's presidency in 2015 he signed a new constitution which brought about the 50+1 voting system and chance that anyone can challenge the election results if they felt that the election they could file in an election petition.

After the announcement of the 2016 general election results was made Mr Hichilema and his running mate challenged the election results on the grounds that it was rigged. On 5 September The Constitutional Court dismissed the petition against the election of President Edgar Lungu by United Party for National Development leader Hakainde Hichilema and his running mate Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba on grounds that its mandate lapsed at 23:59 on Friday[5].

The Events

After the petition was thrown out the UPND leader and a few of his followers refused to recognize Mr Lungu as president of Zambia saying that justice was robbed from them.

The Boycott

On 30th September 2016 about 54 member of parliament were found guilty after they had shunned President Lungu’s opening of parliament [6]. In a leaked letter which was signed by UPND Secreatary general Mr Stephen Katuka, saying that the party will take disciplinary measures against any MP that participates in the seating addressed by President Edgar Lungu. The letter also goes on to say that they did not recognize President Lungu as the president of Zambia. The letter further said that the petition to resolve the theft of votes and declaration of Mr Hakainde Hichilema as elected president is still in courts.

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References

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  2. ↑ Lua error in ...ribunto/includes/engines/LuaCommon/lualib/mwInit.lua at line 23: bad argument #1 to 'old_ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  3. ↑ Lua error in ...ribunto/includes/engines/LuaCommon/lualib/mwInit.lua at line 23: bad argument #1 to 'old_ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  4. ↑ Lua error in ...ribunto/includes/engines/LuaCommon/lualib/mwInit.lua at line 23: bad argument #1 to 'old_ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  5. ↑ Lua error in ...ribunto/includes/engines/LuaCommon/lualib/mwInit.lua at line 23: bad argument #1 to 'old_ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  6. ↑ Lua error in ...ribunto/includes/engines/LuaCommon/lualib/mwInit.lua at line 23: bad argument #1 to 'old_ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
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