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FODEP Advises Against Implementation of Cadre Ferrying Ban
The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) says Police will be breaching the Republican Constitution by enforcing the ban Vice-President Inonge Wina has imposed on the influx of political party cadres from outside areas into constituencies where by-elections are conducted.
FODEP Executive Director MacDonald Chipenzi notes in a statement that much as it is a fact that ferrying people to constituencies where by-elections take place has potential to ignite electoral violence and conflict in those areas, curtailing people’s freedom of movement is against the constitution of Zambia under Article 22 (a) which allows Zambians the right and freedom to freely move around Zambia.
Mr Chipenzi says there is no law currently existing that stops Zambians from travelling to other parts of the country whether during elections, traditional ceremonies or indeed celebrations unless they are under detention or security reason as advised by security experts.
He states that FODEP therefore finds it extremely unfortunate to hear and difficult to understand Vice-President Inonge Wina’s directive to Police to check people travelling to areas of by-elections particularly the anticipated by-election in Kasama.
Mr Chipenzi says FODEP advises Zambians to reject and treat the directive with the contempt it deserves and defend their constitutional rights and freedoms.
He notes that the directive is devoid of any legal backing and is undemocratic, a clear breach of the constitution which the Vice President swore to protect and defend and can stir political and electoral violence if left unchallenged.
Mr Chipenzi recalls that the attempt to come up with a regulation on ferrying cadres to by-election areas by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) in 2010 was violently rejected by political parties including the PF.
He says government and law enforcement agencies should simply find a way of engaging political parties to behave responsibly and promote interparty harmony in those areas or come up with a Bill to introduce such a law in Zambia.
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zega
September 30, 2015 at 12:23 pm
iwe chipeni its just sanity mama inonge and the pf government wants to bring
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mj banda
September 30, 2015 at 12:48 pm
This chipenzi had nothing to talk about.
biko
September 30, 2015 at 2:53 pm
Chipenzi eats or his NGO lives when there is election conflicts. I strongly belive that he is one of the pipo fueling conflicts in all the election we hav had.
NAWA
September 30, 2015 at 3:26 pm
Mr Chipenzi Chipena, so to you the Constitution is far much important to Zambians than any number of lives which ‘ve or may be lost due to violence as a result of “cadres importation an exportation”. Sir, you reminds me of the biblical phalises who would’nt save their animals or people from dying due to their fast and hard rules of keeping the Sabath. Just like the Bemba chief Sosala Kanyata Manga once said; “the Constitution is nothing but a piece of paper… Zambians will not eat the Constitution”. let that so-called Constitution only be applied for the goodness of all Zambians and not just for the sake of having it.
Wanyafye Tigers FC
September 30, 2015 at 4:11 pm
Mr. Chipemfu please – we are looking for means of ending the current nonsense an ordinarily peaceful village witnesses unprecedented violence due hooligans being ferried in from as far as Chibolya.
Forget the law, Chipemfu, think morally.
Wanyafye Tigers FC
September 30, 2015 at 4:12 pm
Mr. Chipemfu please – we are looking for means of ending the current nonsense wherean ordinarily peaceful village witnesses unprecedented violence due hooligans being ferried in from as far as Chibolya.
Forget the law, Chipemfu, think morally.
Truth Hates
September 30, 2015 at 4:42 pm
This guys is talking nosense. He should be ignored severely.
richard
September 30, 2015 at 4:52 pm
Please some tell who old is ambuya Wina?
AMASHOKO KOPALA
September 30, 2015 at 5:04 pm
IFYABUPUBA BA MILONGE WINYA LETS TALK ABOUT KWACHA NOT AMAFI USELESS…..
Cool Voice
September 30, 2015 at 5:21 pm
Mr chipenzi pliz be human,have sympathy for the loss of lives during campaigns.
Ndanje kakhs
September 30, 2015 at 5:58 pm
I cannot allow myself to ferried Just to go and fight for someone who sitting comfortably somewhere enjoying life with his family
marks m
September 30, 2015 at 8:36 pm
Mama wina if you can remember this abit of transporting cadres to areas of by elections to go and cause confusions its pf started when we had by elections in mufumbwe for masumba and staford mulusa where people they were injured we recieved pf cadres some who where even puting on police unifoms so mama vp just find the other way to control the insue of violence and shootings so that you can show an example even to oposition political parties than giving directives to police to put up road blocks to areas where we are having by election across the country because police they will just start arasing inocent people
Israeli
September 30, 2015 at 9:35 pm
This chimpanzee guy is Truly a goat in the making.Hw do u. Open ur mouth only to say such crap