The Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (CSAWUZ) in Kasama has advised the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) make sure that the October 30 presidential election is conducted in a transparent manner in order to avoid election petitions after the polls.
And the Union has also urged political parties taking part in the presidential poll to explain in detail their party manifestoes to the electorates.
In a statement issued to ZANIS in Kasama today, Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia Kasama District Chairperson Jean Mulolwa said the ECZ has a task of ensuring that the forthcoming presidential election was credible in order to win public confidence.
Ms. Mulolwa  said ECZ should work hard to prove the ‘prophets of doom’ wrong by conducting free and fair elections on October 30.
She further urged political parties to allow the Electoral Body to put all necessary logistics in place without any interference.
And Ms. Mulolwa has urged political parties fielding presidential aspirants in next week’s election to conduct issue-based campaigns, which would add value to the country’s electoral process unlike concentrating their campaigns on character assassination.
She observed that Zambians expected to hear clearly spelt out policies and programmes from the next republican president and not empty promises.
The union official has since advised political parties to expound their party manifestos for the benefit of the voters in the October 30 election.
Meanwhile, Ms. Mulolwa has asked political parties to desist from advocating for violence during and after the presidential election.
She said Zambia was a peaceful country and as such any acts of violence should not be entertained at all cost.
Ms. Mulolwa further called on the Church to pray for peace and unity as the country prepares to hold its presidential election on Thursday next week.
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well spoken!!!!!
“The union official has since advised political parties to expound their party manifestos for the benefit of the voters in the October 30 election.”
Let ECZ and all serious stake holders encourage ZNBC TV and radio to broadcast a live programme of question to answer session on their party manifestos all the Presidential Candidates at the same time on a particular day. Let ECZ make sure that RBB does not abscond from such a meeting together with all the remaining candidates.
#2. Maestro Hhehhehhehhe – I am starting to doubt if you have a job or anything serious to do with your life. Always shouting praises for HHH. Still wait behind the ear that one.
#3, Boarding Captain, hhehhehhehhe. Hhehhehhehhe, so what do you think I am doing, Boarding Captain, here in the EU? Who else among the four Presidential candidates in the October 30, 2008 elections do you think I can show praises for besides HH, feloow Zambian Citizen?
Good advise by the Union. I agree with #2, are we too behind that we cant even have ZNBC to conduct one debate session?
AS ANTI RIGGING WE ADVISE ALL OF YOU TO VOTE FOR SATA BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NO ELECTIONS TILL HIS DEATH SO HE CAN BE BURRIED LIKE KAMUZU BANDA
# 2 so wat if you are in eu
Sata is an xtra large crook who can never be trusted with the affairs of Zambia, maybe in 2090 if at all he will be there!He lied that he lost a pssport while in UK, what a leader to follow blindly!
Country men & women…..
Do you think that imagine that Rupiya Banda formed a new part. Do you think that Mulongoti, teta, VJ, Katele & the team can support him. ???????
RB watch you supporters and leave room for disappointment coz voting is secret…
Country men & women
Ichintu chintu umwene bane,elyo ipinda lya chibemba litila ‘akanani kantu kali pa bwali’Twalondolola fyonse ifyo mufwaya ukwishiba pali kateka Sata,kanshi nomba chashalila imwe bamunyina ukusalapo pali bakateka tukwete.All those making noise and ill statements about the incoming president his Excellency Michael Chilufya Sata come home and see who we want here and not just us with access to the net but the entire Zed ala bonse baletilafye Ubwato Ubwato Ubwato,Mwamukolo Mwamukolo Mwamukolo.Viva Sata Viva PF UBWATOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! *************************
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ECZ’s transpancy is questionable?
Sometimes it becomes so difficult for me to understand some of these political commentators. I say so because, they have continued branding all thepresidential aspirants as not being issue based in their campaigns. I have heard and seen HH delivering messages on how his government would improve all the productive sectors of the economy. It is not true that these candidates always talk about irrelevant things as portrayed by some comments. Give credit where these guys have done well(HH,SATA,MIYANDA, RB) in that posible order of election results.
why is it that when one speaks sense people dont want to show support and encouragement? if it was something meaningless from ???
there would have been a million comments by now?
You should also advise the POST to be sincere, fair coverage for all. Anyway even when the POST applies absurd “Agenda Setting” theory,we in-turn will use the “LIMITED EFFECT” theory and then POST and small bwato will sink together.
We DON’T understand why FRED hates the young man HH. I think they are age mates, so jeolous can’t be ruled out.
WE SHALL CONTINUE TALKING UNTIL SOMEONE DOES WHAT WILL BENEFIT ALL ZAMBIANS BECAUSE ZAMBIA BELONGS TO ALL OF US.
VOTE…UMULUMENDO…. VOTE HH HH HH
a tonga can not vote for a bemba and vise versa. Why? because of lack of unity between hh and sata. But tongas are far less than bembas (3:1). So it is obvious who will do better than the other on 30/10/2008. Harsh reality.
The first president was DAVID Kaunda
The second president was JACOB Titus Chiluba
The third was LEVY Mwanawasa
There is some thing similar in their names i.e. their names are found in the Bible.
Therefore among the four aspiring candidates the man who has a name that is found in the bible might be the next president.
If anyone out there can give the bible verse where the following names are found then by all means, vote for them:
Rupiah Banda (Laugh out loud!)
Hakainde Hichilema (maybe the Q’uran)
Godfrey Miyanda (no comment!)
In conclusion, vote MICHEAL (the arch-angel) Chilufya Sata…….and Zambia shall be saved!
siboyi, now that makes too much sense… zambia needs Micheal
Sata and RB represnt the past Vote HH,VIVA HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH