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ECZ has strong misgivings over parallel Voter tabulation plans

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https://i0.wp.com/www.lusakatimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ecz.jpeg?resize=314%2C231Electoral Commission of Zambia says it has strong misgivings over plans by some organisations to set up a parallel Voter tabulation centre.

Public Relations Manager, Cris Akufuna says this is because a parallel voter tabulation system has a potential to cause anarchy during the elections.

He told ZNBC news in an interview today that organisations that want to set up voter tabulation centres need to abide by the law.

Mr Akufuna said only the Electoral Commission has a mandate to announce election results in Zambia.

Under the parallel voter tabulation concept, some NGO’s place polling agents in all constituencies across the country and announce election results as they come in from their polling agents.

On Friday, the Committee of Citizens alleged that a United States of America-based election monitoring group had skillfully selected pro-opposition non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to implement the parallel vote tabulation system to ensure Patriotic Front leader Michael Sata is declared winner in this year’s elections.

Executive director Gregory Chifire said that National Democratic Institute (NDI) had selected pro-opposition NGOs to deploy monitors in polling stations so that they could announce and declare results and winners before the final results from the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) are known.

“The NGOs that have been selected are Caritas Zambia, Southern African Centre for constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD), Anti-Voter Apathy Project (AVAP), and the Press Freedom Committee of The Post.

“However, the lead monitor will be Caritas Zambia, formerly Catholic Centre for Justice and Peace (CCJP). They will use the CCJP structures in all the parishes and dioceses in Zambia,” Mr Chifire said.

ZNBC

31 COMMENTS

  1. You pumks, this is a clear indication that you rig. If for surely the results at the polling station are the same in the eyes of the stakeholders, where can the difference come from? You cause anarch because alter numbers. Shame on you

  2. Country men and women lets give Mr Michael Chilufya the vote in 2011.Trust me this man will change Zambia. Lusaka will be totally clean, hospitals will have medicines roads will be built and govt stealing will be a thing of the past. Please lets give this TIGER of a man a chance in 2011. Vote SATA!

  3. Mwanya guys. Iwe Cris you and your lot you ran ALC to the ground. ECZ yena tamwaitambe, if you rig look at Libya, it is burning. Zambia will be reduced to rubble bafipe.

  4. The Electeral commission has always faciliated fraud and theft in favour of the ruling [party. Shame onm them. ;Let them allow their system to be tested

  5. So what? What is your problem if you have failed to present the people but your pockets and insatiable for corruption. You will go to Jail if you cause Anarchy your self.

  6. What anarchy are you talking about if the correct figures are announced? I can smell a rat here. Be sure that the figures you changed in shangombo will be presented before you get them this time around. No stone will be left unturned. Even if you vote after the counting has started like what happened in shangombo we will monitor you. Don’t kubeba.

  7. hey,why is ECZ so quick to react to having a parallel voter tabulation system,why don’t they find a way of working with this so that all the suspicions of vote rigging that people have after the elections are laid to rest.I think this presents them with a perfect opportunity to shame all those who think they are not professional.Or are they,unless they have something to hide.viva parallel tabulation system

  8. Why are you scared if you don’t rig the elections? Gregory Chifire,Edwin Lifwekelo,Edward Mumbi and Chanda Chimba,you have few months before you pay for your deeds. Cris Akufuna,this year is different because you wont be allowed to rig again.

  9. i can bet u if mmd wins this yr then they have always been winning coz the measures we ar puting in place…..watch the space…all center will have representation whether akufuna wants it or not. will set up a fast system to let the nation kn wats happening unlike wat happens where elections take three days to be announced …ino yr ni donchi kubeba…

  10. This is nonsense….news media in the U.S. CNN NBC FOX etc in the US do that all the time. They project winners before official results are even announced. The thing is if there is transparency there is no need to fear when people tabulate for themselves. Because honest numbers do not lie whether you take an hour or four days to count the correct count will be the same.

  11. Why is the ECZ so Chicken on facts and figures coming from the same polling booths? Clearly shows that swearing in Irene is just another trip in rigging and thuggery. We must have parallel Voter tabulations because counting anything is NOT reserved by only a few people, we all can count.

  12. ECZ must appreciate an extra hand, and use it as quality control measure. ECZ has never been tested.

    By the way, how did Chris Akufuna survive the stampede at ECZ? I think he’s one of those characters who must go, as he will continue doing Dan Kalale’s bidding.

    PVT must be implemented, and Zambians must fight for it and make sure the right results are announced. Votes belong to the Zambian people and no ECZ, hence, Zambians reserve the right to plan how they want to manage their votes in a manner that commands confidence. Chris SHUT-UP………….

    VIVA PEOPLE POWER 2011………!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO PVT, GO….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  13. Who does not know that ZNBC is an agent of RB and MMD, and u AKUFUNA yours day there at ECZ will soon over……

  14. Gregory no wander you flanked at ZIT ubupuba sana. Ati pro opposition . . . Bull$*#? Iwe ka pro MMD. ECZ should be happy becoz of checks and balances and hence quality control or need for accuracy and correct figures. We shall also have an informed decision if at all Vote Rigging exists. Come on ECZ what are you scared of?

  15. Indeed if this merciless mad doggie party is serious with peace preservation, the parallel system is the best. The issue of who is in charge should not just rest with ECZ, elections are for the people and not a few crooks.

  16. #21 you are right! ECZ what are your fears? No wonder your have lost credibility as an institution! There is nothing to hide about election results.

  17. Election results must be put on power point and then screen them on Tv live. This year na Ka Zacheaus kwishiba fye. No tricks will work for all plunders. This is our year Zambians. We need change. After winning, all these croocks like akufuna who have been surving for stealing votes their none peformer Idles. This year is different. You guys must test poverty like my of us zambians. ECZ, AKUFUNA, MAMBILIMA,MMD, RUPIAH, ZACHEAUS and many other plunders must go to court under different Judges and magistrates!

  18. These chaps simply want to rig 2011 elections again as they always do. Most of the time, rigging takes place in the skies as helicopters go up. They also find it was easier to rig in remotest areas where they carefully manipulate votes. But with the parallel voter tabulation system, they will not be able to do that. Else, why fear!!!!

  19. Chifile is an ***** who has always been a failure:
    1. He failed elections for the positions of MP in Lufwanyama in 2003
    2. The chap failed exams at CBU more than four times before the dons of CBU declared in as an “Untrainable”
    3. He now supports MMD bcoz his sister is an MP for MMD

  20. Fellow bloggers who funds these organisations such as Committee of Citizens and the Forum for Leadership Search? Who do these two NGO leaders Gregory Chifire and Edwin Lufwekelo speak for?

  21. If the Auditor General is going to be checked by independent auditors ,ECZ also need to be checked if they are giving us correct information when we vote that is true democracy . RESULTS SHOULD BE GIVEN THE SAME DAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT and this time when we vote we shall not leave the poling station we shall camp there until the results are compiled at the respective polling station. NO NORE VOTE STEALING.

  22. when are we implement z pvt system and how effectv wl it b in rural areas where therez no communication apart from using z heliptor?

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