Constitutional Division - 2022 February

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Citation	Judgment date
February 2022
Mapesela and Another v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others (7 of 2021) [2022] LSHC 149 (4 February 2022)	4 February 2022
Mapesela v Speaker of the National Assembly (Cons. No. 07/2021) [2022] LSHC 102 (4 February 2022) SUMMARY Constitutional Law – motion of no confidence in the Government coupled with motion to vote by secret ballot - procedure for voting on the motions – whether the Speaker has discretionary power to depart from the procedure to vote by voice and to direct voting in secret – whether alleged intimidation and bribery of Members of Parliament by the Prime Minister constitute good reasons to vote by secret ballot - Constitution, sections 2, 20 (1), 75 (1), 81 (1), 85 (5)(a) and (8) and 119 (1); Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Act, 1994, sections 19g and 20; Standing Orders Nos. 34, 45 (1), 46, 47, 48, 97(6) and 111.	4 February 2022