Law Prof. Questions Credibility of APM Lawyers On ConCourt Verdict Appeal

Kamchedzera: Situation is unfortunate Kamchedzera: Situation is unfortunate File Photo

Renowned legal expert Professor Garton Kamchedzera has taken a swipe at the legal team for President Peter Mutharika accusing it of deliberately ignoring principles of good lawyering when they let Mutharika decide to appeal against recent the ruling of the Constitutional Court in the presidential election case.

Professor Kamchedzera says it is high time lawyers critically advised clients according to laws and ethics not only the rights and needs of their clients.

He said it was “disheartening” that lawyers for President Mutharika seem to be interested in only delaying implementation of the judgment and, that way, leave their client with false hope when that, in the end, benefits a few people.

“It is possible to have a law degree without being a lawyer or to have the lawyer move out of a person. To me, what makes a lawyer is not the law degree, but expected dependable skills, including the skills to provide ethical legal counsel and critical legal thinking.

“In this case some of the lawyers we have are dishonest, arrogant, greedy, venal, amoral, ruthless buckets of toxic slime. They just want to fulfil own needs not for their clients and for the nation,” said professor Kamchedzera.

He has since challenged them to act in a way which will benefit Malawians not just a few, out of their alleged planned scheme to delay the implementation of the constitutional judgment.

“I would say it is a legal and political perspective one can allege that this is a technique by Mutharika lawyers to delay the implementation of the judgment.

“They have actually advise him that you are our client , you will remain in office as president, and what the court said is nothing, knowing very well time will elapse, for example, if they ask the supreme court that judgment should be halted, everyone stops using it, it will set the country backwards,” said Kamchedzera

Professor Kamchedzera has also shared his sentiments on his facebook page.

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Last modified on Friday, 07/02/2020

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