Sinkamba calls for abolishment of ConCort
OPPOSITION Peter the abolished Constitutional Sinkamba because Green has Court of Party proposed its alleged should President that incompetence be as evidenced and by flip- gross flopping misconduct on a number of crucial cases it has presided over.
Mr Sinkamba said the conduct of the Constitutional Court where it was flip- flopping on a number of crucial cases was a recipe for anarchy and chaos in the country because people would end up losing confidence in the court which was established to deal and resolve constitutional issues with finality.
In an interview after the Constitutional Court dismissed the application made by former republican
President Edgar Lungu on the case of eligibility, Mr Sinkamba said the court should be downgraded to a division of the High Court so that those who were not satisfied with it, can appeal to the Court of Appeal
Mr Sinkamba said after the 2016 elections, when the Constitutional
Court threw away a petition by President Hakainde Hichilema when he was in the opposition after the 14 days elapsed without hearing him, he decided to complain to the Judicial
Complaints Commission ( JCC), but the commission said they needed to receive three cases of incompetence and gross misconduct in order to act.
“From 2016, the Constitutional Court has continued with the flip- flopping. The flip- flopping is not serving the nation, but it can be a recipe for anarchy and chaos. The case of Joe Malanj and Bowman Lusamho was another case where it showed its incompetence and gross misconduct. Now, the case of ECL eligibility has gone to the Constitutional Court for the fifth time and all these times, there has been no finality in the Constitutional Court.” Mr Sinkamba said.
Mr Sinkamba said the existence of the Constitutional Court should be reviewed and possibly scrapped so that the country could revert back to the system where the Supreme Court was handling all the cases including constitutional matters.
He said dictatorial tendencies and blatant disregard of the law which was being witnessed under the
UPND government was a harbinger for chaos and a threat to peace and harmony which the country has been enjoying since independence