The Anti voter Apathy AVAP has urged the Electoral Commission of Zambia ECZ chairperson Justice Florence Mumba to quickly start the process of Voter Registration before for the 2011 elections.
AVAP Executive Director Bonny Tembo said there was need for Justice Mumba to direct the ministry of finance and national planning to consider putting ECZ on next year’s budget to carry out the voter registration.
Mr Tembo noted that this will ensure that ECZ continues the Voter Registration exercise on time adding that this should also be a continuous process.
He told ZANIS in an interview, Sunday, that the Finance ministry also needs to have a political will that shall lead to ensure that ECZ continues funding the voter registration exercise is successful.
Mr Tembo has also called on ECZ to also implementation of a special voter which is stipulated in the Electoral Act of 200 section No 24 which provides the special vote for people with disabilities , journalist , police office and pregnant women can be allowed to vote any where because they are on duty in place different from were they registered as voters.
The AVAP Director further noted that about 3.9 million people in the current register were sidelined in the just ended presidential elections because the register is out dated.
Mr Tembo pointed out that this so because the electoral Act has been bleached he further urged Chairperson Justice Mumba to ensure that the Electoral Code of conduct should be amended.
He noted that without amending the code of conduct they can not provide for a free and fair election as the electoral Code of conduct always bleached hence the need to strengthen the Act.
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no.1
After u have already meesed up! its common sense.
“The Anti voter Apathy AVAP has urged the Electoral Commission of Zambia ECZ chairperson Justice Florence Mumba to quickly start the process of Voter Registration before for the 2011 elections.”
Great news, but teach them how to vote and what it means to vote and not stay away – apathy.
Lets talk about this in 2011.
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no 5 no muso
The ECZ is so corrupt and such a deceiver that it has lost credibility and respect with most potential voters. Instead of being supported further, the ECZ must be replaced with another agency that commands the trust of the Zambian voters.
Hey Bonie Tembo, ECZ can not Direct Ministry of Finance.Hve you ever worked for GRZ or any of its agencies. You have a point but have a good choiceof words man.
Look into the issue of possible GHOST voters and remove them from the voter’s register if they exist.
The author of the article made to many mistakes. “Bleached”? Eish. Chizungu nacho. I thought it was “breached”. And the “before for” in the first paragraph should have been replaced by “ahead of”.
For that reason, it is possible the writer misquoted Tembo on ECZ directing MoFNP
Anyway, I never did English at tertiary and so may just be too critical but wrong.
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Bonny Tembo, is AVAP personal to holder or what. when do you hold elections in your NGO? lets preach what we teach! Lets be what we teach too.
Starting early voter registration – or continuous voter registration – is important. As things stand now a lot of people where denied their right to vote (cant spell the correct word disenfrasomething) because ECZ only does their thing when they want to. There is need for an almighty overhaul at ECZ if things are ever going to improve before 2011.
#11 Bonny Tembo is a fulltime employee on a contract that is renewable every 5years.
#12 we are totally on the same page.I think ECZ needs to restructure its operations to ensure more voters next time we have elections.
123 liar. who renews it?
12 sorry
Who renews B Tembo’s contract, kaya