Parley’s current decisions will face legal challenge – Kafwaya
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Parley’s current decisions will face legal challenge – Kafwaya
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By MUBITA KATETE
THE ongoing parliamentary business in which some opposition Members of Parliament have defected to the UPND but are still in the House shall certainly face legal challenges in future and those who have committed the constitutional breaches shall be made to account when the time comes, Mutotwe Kafwayahas warned.
Speaking when he featured on Tuesday’s edition of Let The People Talk programme on Phoenix FM, Mr. Kafwaya, the Patriotic Front (PF) Lunte Member of Parliament says the legitimacy of key decisions being made in Parliament may be challenged because those who have crossed the floor have been allowed to be part of the debate.
Mr Kafwaya said the Constitution required that Members of Parliament who defect from the parties that sponsored them should vacate their seats but that Parliament had allowed them to stay on and even vote on Bills being presented in the House.
“The Constitution is very clear once a Member of Parliament defects from the party that sponsored them, they must vacate their seat. What we are seeing now is a clear departure from that provision,” Mr Kafwaya said. He explained that his concern extended to critical business being transacted in Parliament, including the consideration of Bills, adoption of reports and the 2026 supplementary budget.
Mr. Kafwaya warned that should Zambians decide to take legal action, there was a real risk that decisions made during the current seating of the House could be nullified, potentially reversing legislative progress and affecting governance.
“If this matter is challenged in the courts of law, there is a real possibility that decisions made during this period could be nullified, and that would have serious implications on governance and legislative progress,” he said.
And Mr Kafwaya has said the cancellation of the RightsCon 2026 conference by the UPND government was not surprising, arguing that Zambia was an unsuitable destination for such a gathering under the current circumstances.
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