Constitutional crisis looms in Zambia

Friday, September 10, 2010

LUSAKA - The final draft of Zambias new constitution is ready and was submitted for cabinet scrutiny August 30 - a day before the National Constitutional Conference (NCC), the body that drew it up , ceased to exist by law.

It was one deadline met in a number that must be met to pave way for the 2011 general elections when President Rupiah Banda will be seeking his first five-year term.

The deadline may have been met but a constitutional crisis is looming because consensus remains elusive.
There is still a great deal of uncertainty and suspicions over the enactment process.

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