Dubai company completes printing ballot papers

Printing of Ballot Papers for the August 11th General elections has been completed by AL Ghurair Printing and Publishing Company in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, reports Jeff Banda of ZNBC.

Printing Company General Manger Lakshmanan Ganapathy has told the Zambian delegation witnessing the printing of Ballot papers in Dubai that packaging for the Presidential, National Assembly, Referendum and Mayoral has been completed and only local government.

Mr. Ganapathy says his company will complete all the packaging by Saturday in readiness to take the ballot papers to the airport.

And the Electoral Commission of Zambia -ECZ- says it is happy with the way the printer has worked and the manner in which all the party representatives have worked in Dubai.

ECZ Commissioner David Matongo thanked the representatives for their cooperation.

Mr. Matongo also said there is need for political leaders to be magnanimous when they win an election and also accept defeat.

He said ECZ on its part is doing everything possible to ensure that the playing field is even.