Zambia congress of trade unions President Leonard Hikaumba has said there is nothing wrong for the church to monitor the 2011 elections.
Mr. Hikaumba sais the decision by the catholic church to try and monitor the elections should not be politicized.
He said the idea by the Catholic Church was to ensure that they is transparency in the 2011 elections.
Mr. Hikaumba has since advised the church to re-consider their decision to show that they they were not taking sides.
On friday, Center for Elections and Governance (CEG) Trustee Gershom Musonda says the church has abandoned its functions and has instead concentrated its efforts on politicking.
Mr. Musonda was commenting on a statement by the Catholic Church that it would participate in the monitoring of the tripartite elections next year.
The ZCTU president has however welcomed the decision by the church to participate in the electoral process in the country.
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Mukose ba MMD,kaunda tried to mess around with the catholics in 1991n en he was kicked out,now bafikala ba MMD wants to push da catholic church into da corner,God is so mercifull he has answered our prayers to get ride of Rupiah’s selfish en corrupt government.
Chiluba and his stolen wife will rot in hell,Zambians are living as thou there is a civil war,Center for Elections and Governance (CEG) Trustee Gershom Musonda should be very ashamed of himself,he happens to be a beneficiary of da MMD government no wonder his balls are frightened coz he has realized dat once da MMD is kicked out of office there will be no more bread en butter on his table.
Chiluba and his stolen wife will rot in hell,Zambians are suffering as thou there is a civil war coz of him, Center for Elections and Governance (CEG) Trustee Gershom Musonda should be very ashamed of himself for critisizing da catholic church coz he happens to be a beneficiary of da MMD government and he is worried that once kicked out of office there will be no more bread en butter on his table,his balls are dead scared dat Chiluba may steal his wife.
It is true with u guys! we need transparent and accountable elections with the coming of catholic to monitoring elections. MMD and this stpid and shameless crook (CEG) cant survival come 2011 Zambian are not stupid we are not going to sleep after voting we will slip at polling centres till results are announces.abasha MMD VIVA PF-UPND PACT government incoming we are tried of ill politican like ka kunda and foreginer president. No amount of threatens will stop us from Saving mother Zambia from this corrupt, stupid, evil, mismanaged and irrevelant govt. Chiluba deserves to be in jail. Why jailing my brother just for stealing 1 Million when a man stolen trillions of dollars would walk scott free! takwaba justice should previl. Nchinyama is one of the worst and corrupt lawyers we have in Zambi
They sound like interested parties, can they monitor freely if their boss sounded that bitter in his press briefing.
It would be better if all Churches not only the Catholics did monitor elections. And it would be better if all political parties did monitor the activities of all churches during the monitoring process including the source of the money to be used in the election monitoring process and how they use the money we donate every sunday as I am sure sunday collections are not supposed to be used to monitor elections…