Green Party President Peter Sinkamba has called on President Edgar Lungu to declare 10, 11 and 12th August as constitutional public holidays for smooth voting.
Sinkamba said this is because not everyone resides in areas where they will vote from thus, a very significant number of voters will have to traverse the country to go and vote.
He says this entails that they will need at least one day of traveling to the areas where they registered to vote.
He explains that due to a number of limitations, it will be literally impossible for a significant number of voters to travel on Poll Day to areas where they are registered to vote, cast their votes and get back the same day.
He furthermore explains that not many employers allow their employees to get leave or day-off on Fridays and that for this reason, the nation may have voters shunning to travel to avoid absconding from work on Friday, in the event they fail to find their way back on Poll Day.
The Green Party Leader says the ongoing political violence will make it extremely risk to travel at night when poll results are being announced.
Mr. Sinkamba says it is for this reason that he is calling on President Lungu to declare the three days as Constitutional Public Holidays.
Lol!!!!!! it doesn’t make any sense. We dont have to be lazy like this. Our country is under developed to have such leisure. If your voting town is different from your residing town then you can die for your country and fill in leave so that you can have enough time to travel for voting banee. Am sure all bosses will understand.
It is a proposal worth considering. The election hype will start on 10th, calm down a bit on 11th and pick up again on 12th as results start streaming. Of course 11th is already a public holiday, but I think there will be very little productivity on 10 and 12th August to the point of rendering these two days useless in terms of productivity. However, instead of the matter being constitutional, let it be an executive decision.
Awe! we want on 11,12 and 13. 13 th yakusefya naba president wesu ba ECL nga twawina aba ba freemason. Twawina akale bane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BRAVO INDEED ITS IMPORTANT FOR SOME ONE TO SPEAK OUT UKWALI INSOKE TAKWAFWILE MUNTU