0th October, 2020
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ECZ’S INCONSIDERATE HARANGUE ONLY REGISTERS TO THOSE WITH IMPAIRED BRAINS
….Reasonable leaders who personify a three-fold conception of justice in its divine, natural and civic iterations can’t entertain such rubbish.
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AS the UPND in Chilanga district, we would like to commend our party president, Mr Hakainde Hichilema, for labeling the presidential summit which took place a few days ago as a sham, and to us in Chilanga, it was yet another occasion that reminded Zambians of how rigid and arrogant ECZ is and how determined it is in tilting the ground towards their preferred candidate.
We watched the ECZ’s arguments on the need for a new register, their stance on the unconstitutional 30 days voters card registration, online registration and the prison vote with rapt attention but we failed to grasp a single grain of logic behind their arguments. We feel the ECZ’s inconsiderate and incoherent harangue gonly registers with political leaders with impaired brains.
In that meeting, we were particularly delighted with the logical arguments by President Hakainde, Kambwili and Silavwe. Their conduct personified a three-fold conception of justice in its divine, natural and civic iterations. It was gratifying to see how President Hakainde, incinerated the ECZ’s resolve to base their electoral road map on the delimitation which is attached to Bill 10 when the bill has been roundly rejected by most Zambians and it’s still gathering dust in Lubinda’s cabinet, how President Kambwili trashed the 30 days registration period and how President Silavwe punched holes in the prison vote agenda.
On the other hand, we would like to express our disappointment with ignoble characters like hapless Kabimba and impudent Cozmo. Why should Kabimba talk about a wedding cake in such a serious meeting? What was Cozmo trying to achieve when he raised such an inane point of order? The conduct of these surrogate political party leaders in that meeting was that of hangers-on and it made our hairs stand on end.
We therefore wish to advise the ECZ to be very careful with the way they are handling concerns from stakeholders as playing goose berry in this process may push Zambia in a furnace.
We are saying this because Zambians have placed an eagle eye on ECZ and are able to connect dots in unclear moves. That collusion and conspiracy where Edgar Lungu and Esau Chulu just wore haggard looks frightened us.
In conclusion, we want to remind Esau Chulu and Nshindano Patrick to leave the eloctoral commission because Zambians don’t want to see a repeat of the 2016 nerve racking incidences where 18 Ugandan nationals accessed ECZ strong rooms, ghost constituencies where created and senior ECZ officers got slapped for reminding Esau Chulu that he was announcing wrong results.
Issued by:
Chrispine Chambwa
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Chilanga Deputy IPS – Media – 0970-523-750
UPND MEDIA TEAM