Ng’ona goes for Miles’ parliamentary seat!

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PATRIOTIC Front (PF) factional secretary general, Morgan Ng’ona, has petitioned the Constitutional court seeking to compel Parliament to declare the Matero constituency seat vacant.

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Ng’ona filed that Sampa was officially expelled from the PF on July 3, 2024 at a meeting of the Central Committee of the PF, held at Mass View Lodge in Lusaka.

Suing in his capacity as PF secretary general, Ng’ona named the Attorney General and the National Assembly as respondents in the petition.

Ng’ona argued that the Speaker of the National Assembly has failed to act in accordance with constitutional provisions following Sampa’s expulsion.

“On July 3, 2024, the PF Central Committee convened at Mass View Lodge in Lusaka, where it resolved to expel Miles Sampa, the Matero MP, from the party,” read the document.

Ng’ona alleges that no action was taken to declare Sampa’s seat vacant, as required by law.

He claims the National Assembly has failed to fulfill its constitutional obligation under Article 72(1)(e) of the Constitution of Zambia, as amended in 2016.

Ng’ona submitted that the inaction by the National Assembly contravenes Article 72(1)(e), which mandates the declaration of a parliamentary seat vacant upon the expulsion of an MP from their sponsoring party.

He wants the Constitutional Court to grant him an order compelling the National Assembly to immediately declare the seat vacant and notify the Electoral Commission of Zambia.

“The failure by the National Assembly to declare the Matero Constituency parliamentary seat vacant following the expulsion of Mr Miles Bwalya Sampa from the membership of the PF and their receipt of notification of the same is Contrary to Article 72(1)(e) of the Constitution of Zambia as Amended by Act No. 2 of 2016,” he said.

By Lucy Phiri

Kalemba January 17, 2025

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