User:Icem4k/President Lungu and Hichilema Saga

The President Lungu and Hichilema Saga began was a number of events that took place after the 2016 general elections and after the an Election petition was thrown out where UPND president and his running-mate challenged that the election was stolen from them.

History

After president Michael Sata died in office Lungu's victory over UPND President Hakainde Hichilema in the 2015 presidential election Hichilema denounced the elections as a sham and urged his supporters to remain calm. However during President Lungu's presidency in 2015 he signed a new constitution which brought about the 50+1 voting system and chance that anyone can challenge the election results if they felt that the election they could file in an election petition.

After the announcement of the [[Zambian general election, 2016| 2016 general election]] results where announced Mr Hichilema and his running mate challenged President Lungu and His running mate. On 5 September The Constitutional Court dismissed the petition against the election of President Edgar Lungu by United Party for National Development leader Hakainde Hichilema and his running mate Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba on grounds that its mandate lapsed at 23:59 on Friday.

Also See

• Zambian presidential election, 2015
• Zambian general election, 2016
• 2016 Zambian presidential election petition