Zambian official denies influencing decision on former President Lungu
The Zambian government says it has no role in the Constitutional Court’s decision that declared former President Edgar Lungu ineligible to run in the 2026 presidential elections. The court had ruled in 2021 that Lungu was eligible to run for president, although he lost to then opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema. Cornelius Mweetwa, Zambia's information minister, tells VOA’s James Butty, government and the ruling party are law abiding, and he encourages the former president to support the verdict.
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