In a preliminary vote that demonstrated the level of support for the proposal to grant immunity from lawsuits, senators easily defeated a proposal on Monday to broaden the ability to file defective-product suits against gun manufacturers.
He added, "You learn from defeat.
Parties learn from defeat, not from victory — especially two defeats in a row.
You have to learn from defeat and we take encouragement from a defeat like that.
They saved us from defeat by defeating themselves.
He lost his presidential immunity from prosecution in mid-June 2012, after his election defeat, and in July of that year, police carried out searches at his Paris home, offices and a law firm in which he owns shares.
"After 12 years, they have failed to turn those inflammatory and irresponsible accusations into viable claims supported by evidence sufficient to defeat the Kingdom's and the SHC [Saudi High Commission]'s presumptive immunity from suit," wrote the lawyers.
Mr Sata's predecessor, Rupiah Banda, whom he defeated in the election of 2011, was stripped of immunity from prosecution in March and is now on trial for corruption.
Ms Lakwena promised her followers immunity from the bullets of the Ugandan army, but Mr Museveni's troops defeated her movement in 1988 and she fled to Kenya.
A large number of police chiefs and other law enforcement officials have joined gun control advocates in a campaign to defeat a Senate bill that would grant gun makers and dealers almost total immunity from lawsuits.
