A coalition of eight civil society organizations, have agreed to work together to monitor the forthcoming general elections.

The coalition known as the civil society election coalition 2011(CSEC 2011) represents various civil society and faith based groups who have joined together to promote free and fair elections in the country.

The organizations include the Anti-Voter Apathy Project AVAP, Caritas Zambia, the Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) and the Operation Young Vote (OYV).

Others are the Southern African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD), Transparency International Zambia (TIZ), Young Women in Action (YWA), and the Zambia national women’s lobby (ZNWL).

The coalition seeks to promote transparency and accountability in the electoral process, to encourage citizen participation in the democratic process and to help ensure that the outcomes of the countries elections accurately reflect the will of Zambian citizens.

With an aim to provide a neutral and non partisan platform for assessing the quality of the electoral process, the coalition will be launched on Wednesday, 15th June, 2011.

[ QFM ]

11 COMMENTS

fide June 14, 2011 At 2:34 pm

Go for it make sure RB doesn’t steal the votes. We want a majority leader to lead the nation.
Mrs Pretty June 14, 2011 At 2:47 pm

And that young energetic majority leader…..HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
frisky June 14, 2011 At 2:48 pm

that is why FODEP must get rid of those bad apples so they can effectively monitor these elections so that there will be no rigging of elections and MMD must go!!!
kwaanza June 14, 2011 At 3:12 pm

I hope this coalition will have no conflict of interest in as “chewing is concerned”.
pf government June 14, 2011 At 3:13 pm

if you want to win the elections the only formula is to market yourselves on a platform of truth and give credible alternatives to mmd policies. short of that, you get zero marks from the electors. oh, by the way, pf branches masquerading as ngo or cso’s will not sway the electors in your favour. do some work for a change.
Pulamasaka June 14, 2011 At 4:27 pm

most of these NGOs are PF babies..
independent analyst June 14, 2011 At 4:41 pm

they are going to monitor elections will pre-conceived ideas and belief that PF will win. No we dont want such NGOs they are like Chifine’s ngo which is for mmd. we want independent and credible
Sly June 14, 2011 At 5:19 pm

No women for change”? What has happened to amai Sikazwe
Mrs Pretty June 14, 2011 At 5:53 pm

@ 8 they are changed women for change, they know where their bread is buttered!
Moowamasani June 14, 2011 At 7:58 pm

So where do these self-appointed judges and jury get their legitimacy from?
Pepecho Suffering June 14, 2011 At 9:31 pm

I miss Mushota. Can you please blog