The Southern African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has urged political parties and their members to develop a culture of conceding defeat when they lose an election.
SACCORD Executive Director Lee Habasonda said political party leaders and their members should learn to accept election results in order to promote peace and harmony after elections.
Mr. Habasonda told ZANIS in a telephone interview in Lusaka today from Kasama that candidates that will lose in the today’s Kasama Central by-elections should accept defeat.
He noted that accepting election results was one way of avoiding violence in the aftermath of elections.
He observed that it would be unfortunate if political parties that would lose will engage in violence instead of accepting the results and defeat.
Mr. Habasonda has since challenged political parties contesting the Kasama Central by-elections to also know and understand the importance of peace, adding that peace is cardinal to the development of the country.
He said it would be sad if any of the political parties that would lose the elections would resort violence that might injure people.
Meanwhile, SACCORD has expressed happiness that the voting process in Kasama opened on a peaceful note.
The Kasama Central parliamentary seat fell vacant after the resignation of the area Member of Parliament, Savior Chishimba, who was a Member of the opposition Patriotic Front (PF).
The candidates contesting the by-election are Movement for Multiparty Democracy’s (MMD) Burton Mugala, Geoffrey Mwamba for the Patriotic Front (PF)-United Party for National Development (UPND) pact, United National Independence Party’s (UNIP) Alexander Chansa while the All People (APC) fielded Maggie Ng’ona.
Christey Ntalasha and Mohammed Hamir are contesting as independents.
ZANIS
Agreed Mr. Habasonda but not at the expense the master-rigger VJ Mwaanga the best export Zambia has ever produced. The writing is on the wall….PF/ UPND will win if they playing ground is very fair.
Mr Habasonde be specific.Sata is the one who will alweays cry foul when he loses.He doesnt know how to concede.
MMD will respect the ballot verdict and salute people’s choice as part of Zambia’s mature democratic process.Can we hear a commitment from PF kaponya please!
This means MMD is going to win….has already won
Am just being updated that MMD by sum one from kasama within th electrola system that MMD is leadin lets wait an see.
#3 Senior fimo fimo, I will be at Illinois State University this Saturday for the Home Coming Game. Meet you there. If you don’t show up we shall conclude of your cowardize and how you have taken it upon yourself to defend RB’s women and child killing govt as an evil and worse Kaponya than those we see on the streets of Lusaka and CB. Please tell your VP to stop inciting violence. He has no mandate. How do you expect RB to accept results when he goes around insulting people. He is so immoral just like you. Check his wife-his daughter, check your wife-Your mother. How old is wife again? Last time I saw her when we’re at Hone she looked to be in her 60’s (1987)
Due to the suffering of people back home becoz of people like you, please accept my taking this as personal, and I will not…
#5 stop hallucinating voting is still on until 28:00hrs when the counting will start.
PF UPND will win this election…..
I meant 18:00HRS
Just got the rumor that VJ is in Kasama right now. Doing what?
You pipo things are bad MMD will not let go power they will use all sorts of means and ways to hang on to power. Apa the only way out is to use the 1991 method which brought UNIP down.
Interesting to note that Chishimba did not field a candidate from his newly formed party for this seat. I would have thought that he would have used this election as a spring-board for his party.
How can mmd win in the heart of tribalism. the tribalists bastards will vote for the big sack of unga, the food suppliers criminal, the un-educated rich grade 2 fool who swears at and runs around with a big stomach and throws weak punches at his cleaners,drivers, lorry boys and messengers. a true bemba man devoid of of civilized manners.
There have been many complaints about electoral malpractices in Kasama which could have an impact on the results so it’s difficult to accept defeat so readily.
MMD takes Kasama Central!
But mailo LT will be nice mawe!
GBM of PF/UPND = 10,642, B. MUGALA of MMD = 4,682, UNIP candidate 183, Hamir INDEPENDENT = 167. New MP for KASAMA CENTRAL is GBM
Number 4 and 15 is dreaming see the results in # 17. I challenge Machungwe, Sinyanwe…..and all the other rebels to resign so that we know who is popular in those areas
Kasama is done next is solwezi vioneni vimasilu vi MMD valuza Onani chi nyamasoya chilila ka CHILUBA koseka
Well done Kasama Voters we salute you with your judgment. Viva Pact 2011 MMD kuya bebele.
Watch out in Solwezi.