POLITICAL PARTIES,NGO’s BACK EU RECOMMENDATIONS

By Mary Kachepa

A Consortium of political parties and Non Governmental Organisations has welcomed the recommendations of the European Union -EU- Election Observation Mission and appealed to government to consider implementing them.

New Congress Party Leader PETER CHANDA has cited the recommendation to remove from the law undue campaign privileges for the President and Vice president to ensure equal campaign conditions for all candidates, the repeal of the Public Order Act and the sour
e of funding for political parties as progressive proposals.

Mr CHANDA was speaking along with other political party Leaders and NGOs at a Media briefing in Lusaka today.

He also called on the Zambia Centre for Inter Party Dialogue to engage the church mother bodies and convene a summit of political party Presidents to discuss various issues and change the political landscape in the country.

Meanwhile, Zambian DNA Spokesperson SPUKI MULEMWA said he wants President HICHILEMA and the UPND government to succeed in the governance of the country because when they do every Zambian wins and their welfare will be uplifted.

And Zambia Republican Party President, WRIGHT MUSOMA called for the amendment of the law on elections that dictates that when a candidate withdraws from an election and subsequently resigns from a political party; it has to be cancelled to call for fresh no
inations.

Yesterday, the European Union -EU offered to help Zambia implement the recommendations of its Election Observation Mission which include repealing of the Public Order Act.

Chief Observer MARIA ARENA also recommended for the revision of candidacy requirement to enhance the rights and opportunity for people to contest elections and removal of the grade 12 certificate clause among others.

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