Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is to lead the African Union Election Observer Mission to Zambia to monitor next week’s general elections.
A statement posted on the AU website said Mr Jonathan would be leading a short term mission to join the continental’s deployment of long term election experts who are already on the ground in Zambia adding that the Chairperson of the African Union Commission approved it.
The statement said the deployment of the African Union Election Observer Mission will take place in two phases adding that the first phase comprises the deployment of long term election observers which took place from July 4 to August 22 2016 and it made up for 10 observers.
“For the first time, the AU long term exerts include election, legal political, media, campaign analysts. The objective is to ensure that the AUEOM approaches its work with added [professionalism and factual analysis of the legal, political, electoral and campaign aspects of the electoral process in Zambia,” the statement said.
“The objective is to ensure that the AUEOM approaches its work with added professionalism and factual analysis of the legal, political, electoral, media and campaign aspects of the electoral process in Zambia. At the second phase of the mission, the long term experts will be joined by Short Term observers from the August 1 to 15 2016. The Short Term Mission will be headed by Goodluck Jonathan, former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
GEJ my hero! Man who decided to cede power and concede when the numbers were against him saying “my political ambition is not worth the blood of any single Nigerian”. Brave and honorable move unlike some. We welcome you to Zambia.
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Lets hope its for the better especially that Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat.
Otherwise it can be a worry if this has “blessings” from Old Dictators of Mugabe & Museveni whilst RB is ululating Wako Ni Wako for Lungu in the background.
Vote wisely for HH & UPND so that Lungu can weep with Jonathan Goodluck at crying PF.
Viva HH forward.
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Too risky, he is RB’s friend. Oil deals.
Somehow it is ok because Jonathan also inherited presidency
We hope Goodluck Jonathan will persuade Chakolwa Lungu to handover power to HH when he loses these elections on 11th August. Lungu must stop scheming on how cook election results and getting ECZ to announce him as a Winner. Given the mood of Zambian people there is no way Lungu can win free,fair and credible elections on 11th August. Goodluck is the right person to persuade Lungu to give up power becoz he did it in Nigeria. Lungu needs to be assured that there is life outside State House.
UPND is simply sickening. Everything you read or see about them is violence, the angry leadership, the angry cadres, the colour red, just about everything is violent.
Good Zambians you are in the overwhelming majority, on 8/11 let’s turn out in huge numbers to send a clear message to this blood letting sucker HH and his red cadres that we know whom we want to lead us, that it is the humble loving and lovable President Edgar Chagwa Lungu.
UPND, just do you think about your violence? Surely you know that it can only bring you a massive loss, don’t you? By being violent you rig yourself to a loss of votes, rigging is not done through stuffing ballot papers.
Jonathan Goodluck…Oh my…This is a very very very good omen. Jonathan Goodluck lost to opposition candidate–the Incumbent Buhari. ECL will also lose to HH. Thanks for coming.