The Constituency Concerned Citizens Forum (CCCF) has called for issue based campaigns in both the Chifubu and Luena parliamentary by-elections.
CCCF Publicity Chairman, Wilbroad Mutoloka told ZANIS on the Copperbelt that political parties engaged in the two by-elections should conduct issue based campaigns and focus on development.
He said Zambians had no time for insults, name calling and character assassination because there were no developmental benefits in them.
Mr Mutoloka said the campaigns must be peaceful and orderly because an election was merely a mechanism of choosing a preferred candidate from among contestants and peace should therefore take a center stage in the political messages and election campaigns that were getting to the people.
He emphasised that there was no need for violence in the by-elections slated for August 5, 2010.
ZANI
How can the campaigns be issue based when the MMD is busy promising people of Chifubu lies and deception. The Vice President busy remembering about the Chifubu electrorate now. Where was MMD all these years. Chifubu people vote for the PACT not MMD. Infact MMD should be beatedn even by Ngondo’s party and UNIP in Chifubu.