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Zambia's president-elect to be inaugurated next week: official

Xinhua, September 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

The winner of Zambia's presidential election will be inaugurated next week after the Constitutional Court dismissed a petition challenging his election, a senior official said on Monday.

Incumbent President Edgar Lungu, who was declared winner of the Aug. 11 general elections, will be inaugurated on Sept. 13, according to Secretary to the Cabinet Roland Msiska.

Msiska said in a statement that the inauguration ceremony will be held at the National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka, directing organizing committees to commence preparations for the ceremony.

The president-elect was supposed to have been inaugurated seven days after being declared, but this was suspended after main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema petitioned the results in the Constitutional Court, after complaining that the vote was stolen from him.

The Constitutional Court dismissed the petition on Monday after the 14-day period stipulated in the Constitution expired.

The petition was filed on Aug. 19. It was dismissed on a 3-2 vote by the court judges.

Lungu was declared winner of the Aug. 11 polls after getting 1,860,877 votes while Hichilema got 1,760,347 votes. Endit