The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says any inconsistencies on the nomination details of the running mate will result in “unspecified” consequences for the presidential candidate.
The commission disclosed this during a nomination briefing for presidential candidates and their running mates held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Lusaka this morning.
Speaking at the event, ECZ Chairperson Justice Esau Chulu implored candidates and their supporters to subscribe to the provisions of the Electoral Code of Conduct so as to ensure fair play and a level playing field during campaigns.
And the ECZ says presidential nominations will commence Monday, May 30 and close Friday, June 3, 2016. The two front runners, the Patriotic Front (PF) and the United Party for National Development (UPND) will file in on Thursday and Friday respectively.
The briefing was attended by Republican President Edgar Lungu and his running mate Inonge Wina, FDD candidate Edith Nawakwi, Green Party candidate Peter Sinkamba among others. UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema and his yet to be announced running mate were absent from the gathering.
IF YOU’RE GOOD YOU’RE JUST GOOD NO MATTER WHAT
Mj banda ulimbwa sana.a tribalist.u dont deservr to be a zambian
this is realy the waste managed election ever in zambia,.Ecz,police,zaf and public media ar al 4 pf whn they a supozd 2 b neutral.
Good ,HH dd nt go coz ECZ dd nt adress de issues raised ,eg printing of ballot papers , de assistance thugs get from PF to attack others.
then u call a useless meeting with compromised judges.
That was good. I too can’t stand imposters masquerading as our true leaders. We are watching them close. if they are not careful they will end up at Mukobeko or at the Hague.
Thats why parties have chief executive officers popularly called secretary generals and chairmen of legal affairs, they should be the ones attending such functions by ECZ,after all the last time they called party presidents for a meeting nothing fruitful came out of that meeting.
You wanted the President to meet the ‘KACHASU’ bottle while in that the so called useless ECZ meeting.
As usual HH very rude and stupid
Now that chagwa has named his RM,ecz is forcing HH to equally name his RM too since they are pf synperthizers.
ECZ are just time wasters, trying to call for unnecessary meetings to disadvantage other presidential candidates by taking most of their campaign time with useless meetings, while chagwa has got them, deadnbc, zaf, police on his side campaigning for him.