Two political parties participating in the Chilubi parliamentary by-elections have given the Electoral Commission of Zambia a three days ultimatum to resolve alleged incidences of electoral violence, or they will pull out of the election.
Speaking during a joint press briefing in Lusaka today, United Party for National Development -UPND- Chilubi Campaign Manager Garry Nkombo said the party has raised concerns of alleged violence and other electoral malpractices.
And National Democratic Congress -NDC- Spokesperson Saboi Imboela said if the matters are not resolved, the party will have no choice but to pull out of the race.
But, Patriotic Front (PF) Deputy Secretary-General Mumbi Phiri in a telephone interview has denied claims by the two political parties stating that the party is campaigning based on the developments in the area and not violence.
Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission of Zambia ECZ Chief Electoral Officer Patrick Nshindano has urged all political parties participating in the Chilubi parliamentary by-elections to be tolerant and adhere to the electoral code of conduct.
Mr. Nshindano said the commission has received complaints on the matter from UPND, NDC, and PF and has since referred the matter to the district conflict management committee in Chilubi.
Why didn’t you pull out of your strong hold e.g Mongu
Let the pull out. It will be a good riddance for the sore losers. They will save lives if they pull out because at least their violent cadres wont be there to cause havoc. This time the police will not spare any cadre found wanting. We do not condone violence and worse liars who claim that we are violent just because they know they are losing. The weekend is starting after I had dinner with my wife and took her for a ride in my new purchased car. We work hard and play harder. Kz
It’s because they know they have no chance and trying to save face!
When someone raises concerns especially of violence any sane person would listen, some of you bloggers saying why didn’t you pull out of mongu or sesheke, are you seriously enjoying when someone dies due to political violence regardless of which political party did the violence, Zambians please some of you are nuts
Stay and fight. If you keep giving in you are simply giving PF impetus to keep resorting to the same tactics in future knowing that you always back out and let PF have their way. Stay and put up a gallant fight.
Useless ECZ this when you have to act, you cannot keep ignoring these goons. Citizens are tired of you cuddling up to pf. Disqualify PF and teach them a lesson. Sickening to have all our institutions captured by these satanists who would kill for just one sit. You are not helping but enabling these evil people who can only win through rigging and violence
Last week a UPND cadre from Ndola was caught with panga knives and other lethal weapons in Chilubi and he is detained in jail cell waiting for his mulandu to commence.Today UPND is complaining of
Lame excuse….! Who doesn’t know chicken psychology of UPND..? They have sense a defeat .If there is a political in Zambia that enjoys violence ,that political party is UPND.This is so because majority UPND cadres are extremely bitter.
blinded Zambians keep supporting even when they see with their own eyes the evils of the land. One carries a panga for protection from thags he is arrested while one beats up people openly, he is even empowered and protected. where is zambia going. where is safety? You move without protection you are beaten almost to death, you carry weapon for protection yiu are arrested. one kills wirh a panga is praised. We are doomed. Only Jesus can protect us. Anyway some people have chosen to fulfull scriptures by giving themselves up to the love of money and dont care who dies and who lives. Its unfortunate we still have some people who can still support the evil of this nation
There are so many elections where the PF would have been disqualified, but for a toothless compromised ECZ. Don’t we know it? The bribes, intimidation, violence and use of State resources are in the PF’s DNA. This includes elections where the PF has gone on to lose – the point is regardless of what happened after, there were clear indisputable occasions when the PF should have been banned from participation.
In civilised areas of Luapula, there is no violence. DMMU explained their presence there. Violence is only in bantustans of Southern and Western Zambia. Upnd know they are losing, their lies are failing to convince Zambians is such areas. Only the bantustan savages believe their lies.
The ECZ in its current form is useless and must be restructured. Whatever act governs the ECZ needs revisiting while all staff at the institution are redeployed thereafter new appointments ratified by parliament installed. The ECZ must report or be accountable to the relevant parliamentary committee. Zambians maiming themselves through violence for gains that never accrue is senseless as the elected official detaches her/himself immediately once elected from those who had engaged in violence to help get them elected!
From reports coming out from there all those arrested and clobbered are NOT residents of Chilubi,but Importees. Tell the nation what their interest is there? Are they registered voters in Chilubi. Time and time again you have been told not to ferry cadres to areas where voting is taking place ,but you have resisted because you use these same hired goons to beat up people,scare people, beef up your stage managed rallies, even act fake roles of being residents to discredit the government. Koseni
Pf please it’s too much of your nonsense. Stop it.
I love you but not this dirty politics you are pioneering. If it’s time up, it’s time up.
Seer1 is waiting anyway.
Majority of Zambians are tired of PF kuya bebele!!!!!!!!
Let them pull out which Zambians cares??? We are fade up of hearing the same before and after the vote is cast. Please,pull out unlike seeking attention everytime.