Lungu, a former lawyer, said on Tuesday his inauguration would be delayed until a court rules on the challenge from his main election rival and main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, who says the vote was rigged. A rule introduced in January says the winner of a presidential election cannot be sworn in if the vote is contested in a court, which has two weeks to decide on such a petition. “We have been robbed of this election, that is a fact and it shall be proved after 14 days,” United Party for National Development vice president Geoffrey Mwamba told a news conference in the southern African nation’s capital. “We have enough evidence to secure us a judgment which has so much being awaited by the Zambian people,” Mwamba said. The UPND said on Saturday that data from its own parallel count showed Hichilema beating Lungu “with a clear margin” with about 80 percent of votes counted. The election results released on Monday means Hichilema has now lost five presidential elections. The election was fought around an economy suffering an economic slump due to depressed commodity prices that has led to mine closures, rising unemployment, power shortages and soaring food prices which Hichilema, an economist and businessman, blamed on Lungu’s mismanagement.]]>