ECZ Commended For Postponing Nominations

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has won kudos for deferring nominations in three of the four parliamentary by-elections scheduled for September 5th.
The by-elections whose nominations were supposed to take place yesterday but have been deferred to 13th August, following a statement from the Judiciary, are Petauke Central, Malambo and Mulobezi.

Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) says the postponement of the filing of nominations for the three by-elections will enable the ECZ allow only candidates eligible to take part in the polls.

SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Chembe has also suggested that the ECZ should have also postponed the nominations for the Mkaika by-election in order to sustain a level playing field for political parties taking part in the four by-elections.

Mr. Chembe has also reiterated the need for the ECZ to call for a national dialogue meeting for all political parties to discuss in detail the Electoral law in order to ascertain any areas that maybe in conflict to holding free and fair elections in the country.

Posted by Editor on August 10, 2013. Filed under POLITICS. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry