The National Restoration Party (NAREP) has called on the judiciary in the country to play an active role in ensuring free and fair elections later this year.
NAREP Secretary General John Phiri told Qfm that the fact the judiciary has been at the center of controversy in the elections aftermath calls for urgent improvement in the way they handle election related cases.
Mr. Phiri said as the final institution for conflict resolution, the judiciary should strive to ensure that any disputes that may arise after the forthcoming elections are dealt with in a manner that does not arouse discontent among political players.
And Mr. Phiri has called on the Electoral Commission of Zambia chairperson justice Irene Mambilima to put the ECZ’s house in order to avoid complaints of foul play after the polls.
The opposition party leader adds that Justice Mambilima has enough experience after being at the helm of the country’s electoral body in the 2006 general elections.
He says this time around Zambians expect an improved and more transparent electoral commission ahead of the polls.
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Lets ECZ ban campaigns going on now by all parties. Rupiah should be bold enough and announce election date for so the playing field should be smooth
The advise is timely and should be headed. RB should dissolve cabinet and parliament so that the political playing field is levelled. Currently, you have a situation where MP’s and Ministers are using public resources for party campaigns; this is unacceptable-period!
More pressure people, more pressure! RB should announce the election date.
Yahhh….free and fair!!!!! Thats wat we need.
NAREP? Chipimo Jr & co. are a bunch of delusional, naive and idealistic chaps. They should have joined PF, MMD or UPND instead of wasting our time with a silly 1 man show! Same applies to Magande, Milupi, Nawakwi and Miyanda; all a bunch of time wasters.
As long as she is MMD, forget about cleaning the bone rotten ECZ. She has no moral fibre left in her as she trots and dances to the kumawa tunes of Rhythm and Blues. Just look at Florence Mumba, she resigned on the premise that she single sourced the auditing firm KPMG, while the same deputy chief justice, ECZ chairperson Ireen Mambilima goes on to clear Dora over the same case. Bushe chamano?
Free and fair elections can only be attained if the OP was their to protect the independency of citizens a and not only the incumbent president
As long as her appointment is from MMD she will alawys favour RB. We know the out come of Elections!
what a wise call, peace is what everyone is looking for and the ECZ can help ensure that we enjoy the peace. The president can also tone down the anxiety by declaring the election day early and level the playing field for all to campaign.
We honestly now need to know elections day if we are voting this year.Everyone needs to know and plan well.
As long as the retarded barstard clown Rubbish Bin keeps abusing state resources, your comments will remain a dream John Phiri. The baboon-monkey-ape face president has failed to dissolve parliament because he knows that 1. MPs will defect to the opposition and 2. The government resources will be difficult to abuse to selfishly further the MMD agenda. That’s why we say in LOUD unison: TO HELL with RB and his rotten grabage minions. Let them buy black daffodils because there party is a dead organs, pigs!
NAREP sit down!
Well said Mr S.G,Mr Big Pipe is in the minority with his opinion which i respect,that said i do hope the malpractices are brought to a minimum by ECZ and please BA NAREP continue campaigning i would be sad if a group possessing your potential and conviction end up like our beloved General Miyanda……so much potential but never actually fulfilled