ECZ SUSPENDS ALL ROADSHOWS COUNTRYWIDE
…equally suspends all forms of campaigns for the ruling PF and opposition UPND in Lusaka, Mpulungu, Nakonde and Namwala Districts.
The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has with immediate effect banned any form of campaign activities for the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) and the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) in Lusaka, Mpulungu, Nakonde and Namwala Districts due to escalating levels of political violence.
And ECZ has suspended all roadshows countrywide in an effort to curb the spread of the deadly pandemic.
ECZ Chief Electoral Officer Patrick Inshindano has called on the Zambia Police not to allow any political activities by the ruling PF and the opposition UPND in the affected jurisdictions adding that the media is prohibited from covering any political activities from the mentioned areas.