CCZ calls on President Lungu and UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema to ensure elections are peaceful and violent free.

THE Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has called on President Edgar Lungu and opposition UPND President Hakainde Hichilema to ensure all elections in the Country are peaceful and violent free.
Commenting on President Edgar Lungu’s directive to the Zambia Police last week to deal with perpetrators of political violence and the signing of the non-violence pact between the PF and the UPND, CCZ General Secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya said the buck of ending political violence in the country rests on President Lungu and Hichilema.
According to a statement issued by CCZ Communications Officer Michael Mazakaza, Fr Chikoya said the Church decided to name the two leaders because they lead political parties whose cadres have been the perpetrators of political violence.
Fr Chikoya urged the two leaders to ensure that they walk the talk as mere rhetoric will not resolve political violence in the country.
Fr Chikoya also called on President Lungu and Hichilema to exercise high levels of tolerance and patience.
And Fr Chikoya has expressed sadness over the continued outbreak of fires gutting markets in the country.
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