2016 Zambian presidential election petition: Difference between revisions

The '''Zambia Presidential Election Petition of 2016''' was an election petition aiming to declare the Zambian presidential election 2016 as being rigged. The Petition was filed at the constitutional court in Lusaka on 19 August 2016<ref name=ZED>{{cite web|title= UPND successfully files in Presidential Petition |url= https://www.lusakatimes.com/2016/08/19/upnd-successfully-files-in-presidential-petition/|publisher=Lusaka Times |accessdate= 23 August 2016}}</ref>. The petitioners of the presidential elections are Mr Hakainde Hichilema, UPND President and his running mate Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba<ref name=ZED/>.

The main petitioner [[Hakainde Hichilema]] president of the [[UPND]] in a press conference held at the official house of the UPND announced that they will file in a presidential election petition against the [[2016 general elections]] and dully elected President-elect [[Edgar Lungu]]. The petition states that there is need for a recount of the total votes cast across the country due to numerous irregularities that were gathered before, during and after the elections. And the petition stipulates that President-elect [[Edgar Lungu]] and his running mate [[Inonge Wina]] must not be sworn in as dully elected, citing their allowance of cabinet minister’s stay in office even if the constitution did not permit.