Controversy of two-term limits imposed by Constitutions: Dr. Neo Simutanyi

At a time when authoritarian leaders across Africa are looking to scrap the two-term limits imposed by their respective constitutions, the case of Dr. Danny Pule and 3 Others Vs. The Attorney General & Davies Mwila in 2018, has catapulted Zambia to the forefront of term limit controversies. The case highlights one of many constitutional legal gaps in Zambia's 2016 constitution. The Constitutional Court asserted President Edgar Lungu did not complete a full term of office, as defined by Article 106(6), when he was elected in 2015 and that the relevant provisions in defining the term of office should be read holistically. The outcome of this process is therefore that Lungu has been deemed eligible to run for election in the next presidential election in August 2021. However, this judgment seems to contradict the two-term limitation imposed by the 2016 Zambian constitution in Article 106(3). To discuss this issue further we have invited Dr. Neo Simutanyi to unpack the controversy for us.
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