Zambia opposition party to challenge President Edgar Lungu’s re-election in court
Zambia’s main opposition party has said it will challenge the re-election of President Edgar Lungu in court.
The United Party for National Development says some officials colluded with the ruling Patriotic Front to rig the vote, handing Lungu a in the poll.
“We have been robbed of this election, that is a fact and it shall be proved after 14 days,” the party’s vice president, Geoffrey Mwamba, told a news conference in the southern African nation’s capital.
“We have enough evidence to secure us a judgment which has so much being awaited by the Zambian people,” Mwamba said.
President Lungu’s inauguration that was initially set for August 23 will be scheduled for another date as a law introduced in January stipulates that the winning candidate cannot be sworn in if the vote is contested in the constitutional court.
The election results released on Monday means Hakainde Hichilema has now lost five presidential elections.
