31.   He was barred in May after the government adopted a controversial amendment to the constitution restricting the presidency to second generation Zambians.

32.   In a unanimous decision, a seven-judge panel upheld a controversial constitutional amendment giving the president authority to dismiss elected officials.

33.   In May, the government adopted a controversial constitutional amendment restricting the presidency to second generation Zambians.

34.   In that case, they are accused of publishing confidential government documents on the controversial constitutional amendments.

35.   It also said it would launch further attacks to protest controversial constitutional amendments banning former President Kenneth Kaunda from running for re-election later this year.

36.   Kaunda was disqualified from the election in May under controversial constitutional amendments restricting the presidency to second-generation Zambians.

37.   Leghari had invoked a controversial constitutional amendment when he sacked Ms. Bhutto and dissolved Parliament, charging that rampant corruption and economic mismanagement had crippled the country.

38.   Opposition parties led by former President Kenneth Kaunda on Sunday threatened protests and strikes if the government adopts controversial constitutional amendments next month.

39.   President Farooq Leghari, a former ally, had invoked a controversial constitutional amendment to sack Ms. Bhutto and dismiss her government.

40.   President Frederick Chiluba on Wednesday backed controversial amendments to the constitution that would bar former President Kenneth Kaunda from running against him this year.