assets and liabilities as alleged. It was further averred that Regulation 20 (2) requires the returning officer to publish the information contained in nomination papers and affidavits relating to candidates but not presidential candidates. Furthermore, that Regulation 22 allows for inspection of nomination papers for parliamentary and local government candidates but does not extend to presidential candidates. [20] The 1st Respondent admitted receiving a letter from the Petitioner demanding the publication of President Hakainde Hichilema's declared assets and liabilities to which it responded. In conclusion, it was stated that the 1st Respondent had not breached any provision of the Constitution as alleged and that there is no provision of the law that compels the 1st Respondent to publish a presidential candidate's declared assets and liabilities. [21] The affidavit in support of the Answer, deposed to by Mr. Kryticous Patrick Nshindano, the Chief Electoral Officer, essentially repeated the averments in the Answer and we will therefore not repeat them. [22] In its skeleton arguments, the 1st Respondent submitted that the repealed Article 34 (5)(b) of the Constitution as amended in 1996 provided for inspection of statutory declarations for presidential candidates. However, that this is not the case in the Constitution as amended in 2016 because Article 52 (3) of the Constitution provides that the J1O information contained in a

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