By Dorica Mtenje
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The Speaker of Parliament, Catherine Gotan Hara, has bow down to court order which restrict the leader of opposition, Kondwani Nankhumwa, from moving Mangochi south lawmaker Shadrek Namalomba, from his seat.
Nullifying the changes, Gotan Hara said Namalomba should return to his number 25 seat from 100 which he was given by Nankhumwa following the court order to do so.
The Speaker has since suspended deliberations in order to comply with the Court order.
Recently, Namalomba obtained a court order restraining Nankhumwa from making any decision in the House without consulting the party.
The court order also restrained Nankhumwa from allocating Namalomba to Seat Number 99 and later Seat Number 100 from Seat Number 25 following Nankhumwa’s changed sitting plan after appointing his shadow cabinet.
However, the leader of the House, Richard Chimwendo Banda, has described the order as an infringement on parliamentary standing orders, as well as a violation of the constitution.
Minister of Justice, Titus Mvalo, has urged the Parliament to follow the stay order to avoid being in contempt of court.
Prior to the development, Parliament also nullified court order claiming that when Parliament deliberations are in progress, court order upon its work is irrelevant.
