Justice Musonda unfit for Chief Justice – Sangwa

CONSTITUTIONAL Lawyer John Sangwa says Deputy Chief Justice Michael Musonda is not the right person to occupy the position of Chief Justice. In a letter to President Hakainde Hichilema dated October 15, 2021, Sangwa said the Judicial Service Commission was not the right body to recommend a candidate for the Chief Justice’s position. “Further to my letter of 1 October 2021, I have been made to believe from multiple sources that it is a fait-accompli that the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) headed by Chief Justice Mathew Ngulube will, in line with Article 141 of the Constitution, recommend and that you will appoint the current Deputy Chief Justice, Mr Michael Musonda, as Chief Justice of the Republic of Zambia subject to...