Saboi Imboela
ZAMBIA AND ECZ HAVE GONE TO THE PUPPIES
TO all the Political parties that filed in today, I want to know who signed your adoption certificates. After failing to stop us using the fake NDC and its fake leader Sichula who was at the nomination centre, but embarrassed by the REAL NDC, ECZ claimed that the candidate’s adoption certificate was not signed by the SG of our party. Our team had to leave the place to get one signed by the SG. The SG, President, Elections Chairperson, etc, can sign the adoption certificate if mandated to do so by the party. EVEN the NDC Roan MP that we had had his adoption certificate signed by our current SG when he was National Youth Chairman at the time. But today ECZ shocked us by even requesting the person whose signature was on the certificate.
But as God would have it, during the time of getting the other certificate, we heard through the media that the PF were not allowed to file in. Unless the PF are not astute politicians, I expect them to fight this tooth and nail. And if they do, then there will be most likely refiling in of nominations soon.
Filing in of nominations is K15,000 and if anything happens and these nominations are nullified, ECZ doesn’t consider the money you paid but charge another K15,000. So for our two candidates we were looking at the possibility of paying K60,000 just as nomination fees.
So after all the ECZ machinations and them failing to stop us using their preplanned reasons, the truth of the matter is that, for us, it all came down to money. Our party doesn’t have the luxury of wasting such amounts on nominations that may not stick. But if there will be refilling we shall certainly file in. If all legal avenues due to the PF fail, then we shall ensure that we all support one opposition party and help them to go to Parliament. Because the truth is that the UPND is not popular in these two places of Kwacha and Kabushi and wheover the PF back in these two elections, they will win.
Saboi Imboela
President- NDC