The main opposition party in Zambia on Thursday filed a motion pushing for the impeachment of the country’s President Edgar Lungu.
The opposition is accusing President Lungu of constitutional breaches with the motion filed by the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) getting signatures from a third of the members of parliament.
Zambia’s parliament has 166 members and the opposition requires the backing of two-thirds of the lawmakers to have its motion succeeding.
According to details of the notice filed by the opposition, it accused Lungu of abrogating the constitution by not handing over power to the speaker of the national assembly when the opposition challenged his victory in court in 2016.
The motion is to be debated on March 28.
On Friday the Zambia presidency reacted to the motion with the presidential spokesman Amos Chanda telling Reuters that “This is just a continuation of the UPND’s failed court challenge of President Edgar Lungu’s election victory. It is not going anywhere.”
“The UPND knows that the charges are defective and the motion cannot succeed but still brought it because they are not interested in the political dialogue,” he further told Reuters.
Source: Africafeeds.com
