The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has said that there were serious errors in the vote tallying for the presidential election.
In a statement released to the media today and signed by the president Shepherd Chilombe, FODEP said that their monitors reported that cadres of a named political party stormed St Patrick’s Basic School polling station in Kabwata constituency, chased party agents and got away with ballot boxes.
In Kanyama constituency in Lusaka, FODED said that they received reports that 14,000 votes meant for the UPND presidential candidate were stuffed into the bin and had to be retrieved and added to the Kanyama total after intervention from the UPND Lusaka mayoral candidate.
FODEP said that they also observed a serious discrepancy in the totalling of the presidential votes by the ECZ.
Citing Lundazi Central constituency, FODEP said that the results announced by ECZ showed that PF candidate Edgar Lungu obtained 29,979 and UPND candidate Hakainde Hichilema got 4,975 bring the total to 34,954. However, the number of votes cast was 29,741. These kind of errors in computation of results appear to have been widespread.
Below is FODEP full statement
FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS (FODEP)
Post-Election Statement
The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) wishes to congratulate the Zambian people for turning up in large numbers to vote in this years’ general election. The national turnout of 56.4 percent and up to 78 percent in some constituencies shows that citizens took their civic duty seriously. Taking place under a new Constitution and new electoral laws, the election posed daunting challenges to the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) and in some cases to voters as well.
We wish to congratulate all candidates and political parties for participating in the elections and specifically those who were elected to various positions as councillors, mayors or council chairpersons and members of parliament. We also wish to congratulate and thank co-operating partners, monitors and all stakeholders for their contributions to the elections.
Specifically, FODEP wishes to congratulate His Excellency President Edgar Chagwa Lungu for emerging winner in the highly contested election and his running mate Ms Inonge Wina.
We also congratulate the UPND and their candidate Mr Hakainde Hichilema for providing a strong challenge to the PF during the elections.
FODEP joins the nation in wishing the elected officials success in their new responsibilities and hope that they will not betray the trust bestowed on them by the electorate. Elective office calls for accountability and all those elected should know that they will be made to account at the next elections.
FODEP deployed 5,090 monitors on the day of elections, covering 60 percent of all polling stations. We were in all 10 provinces, 74 districts and 96 constituencies. Our broad coverage across space and throughout the election process enabled us to get a comprehensive picture of the electoral environment and the conduct of the poll.
The Election Day was generally peaceful in most parts of the country, with voters turning up early, sometimes as early as 02:00 hours in the morning. On the whole, voters were peaceful, orderly and patiently waited in queues for their turn to cast the votes. There was evident enthusiasm from first time voters, as majority of the voters in queues were young.
The election was held against the backdrop of inter-party violence, intimidation of opposition leaders, lack of professionalism by the police in dealing with public protests and widespread acts of bribery.
Election Day was not without incident. For instance, there were reports of violence on Election Day in Itezhi Tezhi, involving political party supporters. FODEP condemns all acts of electoral violence as they work against participation of citizens in the electoral process. Violence in any form goes against our values and should be condemned by all peace-loving Zambians. We are glad that the Police effectively dealt with such situations.
FODEP notes that while the Election Day was by and large peaceful and voting went on smoothly, there were reported cases of incompetence and inefficiency in many cases by electoral officials, which resulted in the disenfranchisement of voters in a number of polling stations across the country.
We are also concerned at the inefficiency that characterised the result management process, where the vital GEN12 Form caused tension. In some polling stations, the GEN 12 form was not available for endorsement by stakeholders, while in in some cases, it was not signed by monitors.
While we appreciate the scale of the work that had to be done on Voting Day, FODEP is of the view that the ECZ had adequate time to prepare to ensure that voting and counting were handled competently to minimise complaints and ensure credible results. We are aware that recounts were demanded in some polling stations and at totalling centres, suggesting errors by polling staff.
In addition to the broad observations made above, FODEP wishes to note specific incidences including the following;
(a) Late opening of polling stations
Despite long and adequate preparations and training of polling staff by ECZ, several polling stations opened late, ranging from 30 minutes to 9 hours in some polling stations. Some polling stations opened after 10:00 hours and others after 12:00 hours. The main reason for late opening was attributed to either late arrival of poll officials or of election materials. One centre where voting started late is at Kama primary school polling station where voting started at 12:00 hours. Lulambo polling station in Kaoma district opened at 11:00 hours due to late arrival of polling officials and materials arising from the breaking down of the vehicle they were using.
(b) Late voting
In two polling stations, one in Sioma and the other in Katombola constituency of Western and Southern provinces respectively, voters were made to vote late due to late delivery of election materials, including ballot papers. At Kalongola ward in Sioma District voting started at 06:15 but the process went on until 11:45 hours the next day. This was because of inertia and delays by polling staff. In Katombola Constituency, voting started at 15:00 hours. While ECZ extended voting in those two areas, turnout and the security of the vote may have been seriously compromised by voting at night.
(c) Interruption of voting
There were strange incidents involving electoral officials interrupting voting by either closing for lunch or stopping voting because ink pads had run out and were consulting as to what they should do next. Our monitors noted that at Ngwelele Polling in Mandevu Constituency the ECZ delivered poor quality ink stamps that broke down immediately voting started. In Mongu Central at Namauna polling station in Yeta Ward, Western Province, our monitors noted that voters forced themselves into the polling station because of the large number of people who had gathered to cast their votes. The impatience arose because of the slow pace at which the voting process was progressing. The police failed to maintain order for a long period before calm was restored. This may have resulted in vote stuffing in the midst of confusion. In Senga Hill constituency, Northern Province suspected UPND cadres stoned PF candidate Kapembwa Simbao’s vehicle smashing the wind screen.
(d) Turning away voters and disenfranchisement
There were several incidents where female voters were wrongly turned away because they had nail polish. One such incident was reported at Silverest Polling Station, in Chongwe constituency. Some voters found that their names were not in the register or were transferred to another polling station far away, while others were unable to vote because they had been moved from the area to give room to development. For example, most people registered at Kashilu polling station could not vote because they were moved to a far-away place close to the Democratic Republic of Congo border. They were unable to travel back to Kashilu because of distance and high transport costs. In Kabwata Constituency, Lusaka, the polling station at Chilenje Middle Basic School, in Chilenje South was transferred without proper communication to voters. This left scores of voters waiting at the original location before they knew it was transferred, discouraging many from exercising their right to vote.
(e) Inter-party violence
At the close of polling, there were incidents of violence involving rival political parties. For example, UPND and PF supporters clashed at Solwezi Lodge in Solwezi where vehicles were damaged. PF cadres clashed with police at Shimabala Basic School in Chipangali Eastern Province.
(f) The vote count
Our monitors noted some incidences during the ballot counting process, which instigated delays in transmission, collation and release of final results. For instance, the PF local government candidate was declared winner instead of UPND at Lubendwe ward where a named ECZ data entry officer recorded the results erroneously. The Mayoral results for the entire Kanyama constituency went missing and were not collated for that reason.
(g) Late release of results
The ECZ committed itself to release the results for the presidential election in 48 hours, this was only done four days after voting. The delay in releasing results caused anxiety and suspicion from stakeholders. In future, ECZ must set realistic deadlines for itself unlike the previous experience. The Presiding Officer at Zambezi-C ward in Chawama constituency fell ill before he could submit all the reports for parliamentary and local government elections. This forced the polling staff to delay in announcement of results. The presiding officer at Wusakile main totalling centre in Kitwe went home with the G12 form that was not signed off by stakeholders, causing commotion at the collation centre and forcing delays in announcement of results.
(h) Voting tallying of the presidential election
FODEP notes with concern that there were serious errors in the vote tallying for the presidential election. Our monitors reported that cadres of a named political party stormed St Patrick’s Basic School polling station in Kabwata constituency, chased party agents and got away with ballot boxes. In Kanyama constituency in Lusaka, we received reports that 14,000 votes meant for the UPND presidential candidate were stuffed into the bin and had to be retrieved and added to the Kanyama total after intervention from the UPND Lusaka mayoral candidate.
Further, FODEP has observed a serious discrepancy in the totalling of the presidential votes by the ECZ. In Lundazi Central constituency results announced by ECZ show that PF candidate Edgar Lungu obtained 29,979 and UPND candidate Hakainde Hichilema got 4,975 bring the total to 34,954. However, the number of votes cast was 29,741. These kind of errors in computation of results appear to have been widespread.
Conclusion
The 2016 presidential election was marred by irregularities. While we understand that the ECZ worked under adverse conditions and did everything to deliver a credible election, there is still a lot of work to be done to address anomalies and inefficiencies that characterised this election.
But following the declaration of the winner of the presidential election on Monday 15 August, 2016, being the PF candidate, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, FODEP calls on the PF and its leaders to celebrate peacefully and avoid provoking supporters of other parties. The result was close and the winners should respect the losers, who are also quite substantial. Half of the electorate did not vote for the winning candidate. It is therefore important that the winners recognise the right of those who voted for other candidates. Freedom entails respecting the rights of others.
FODEP is saddened by acts of violence by supporters of both the winning and losing parties in Lusaka, Solwezi, Monze, Mongu and other towns which resulted in loss of life and property. We strongly appeal to all Zambians to embrace each other following the elections. Electoral competition should not be turned into war, it is a competition to serve the people. We hope Police and other security agencies will preserve safety of individuals and property during this transition leading to the inauguration of the President-elect.
However, FODEP is mindful that should there be an election petition, transition arrangements as spelt out in the Constitution will be invoked. We hope all those charged with the task of enforcing the law will play their part to ensure that the country is not thrown into a constitutional crisis.
Considering the scale of irregularities and lack of transparency in the transmission, counting, and announcement of results, FODEP is of the view that the just-ended election failed to adhere to the republican Constitution, Electoral Process Act, regional and international standards for a free, fair and credible election.
We appeal to the losers of this election, especially the UPND to exercise maximum restraint. Where they may not be satisfied with the result, we wish to encourage them to follow legal procedures. The Constitution of Zambia, Act number 2 and the Electoral Process Act provides legal avenues that can be used in case of disputes over election results.
The main winners of these elections are the Zambian people whose views and assessment of the contestants was expressed through their vote.
Both winners and losers in this election should look at the results and recognise that the results themselves are an expression of the people’s will.
I thank you.
Shepherd Chilombe
FODEP PRESIDENT
Chilombe you must be a sick man. How are you congratulating ECL, but at the same time claiming votes were stolen? ECL won period.
If you read between the lines this report is finger pointing at PF. Chilombe did you see PF destroy property or it was thugs from the ever losing party. Uyu Chilombe uyu, Kanye unwe na utumensi utwa talala nga cha ku kalipa sana.
FODEP is a sick organization – what about HH interfering with the tallying process at Mulungushi, is that acceptable – the chasing of polling officers and voting by children in Southern Province?
Not sure if it is Fodep or UPND. The two are two sides of the same coin
…”FODEP calls on the PF and its leaders to celebrate peacefully and avoid provoking supporters of other parties”. Only in Zambia is this possible.
Another tonga bull, yapping nonsense.
Zambians bwafya, even slave traders were not interested to take them.
FODEP is believed to be a big organisation.
Thus, it is expected to exhibit integrity, instead it has unashamedly started towing the rope of rumour mongering.
The examples used are not only unverified, but utterly wrong.
That is blowing a false whistle just like social media bloggers.
There NO constituency called LUNDAZI CENTRAL.
And in fact, none of the contituncies in Lundazi had the figures they are talking about.
Lundazi destrict results were as follows:
Chasefu, PF- 17,708 ; UPND- 3,641
Lumzi, PF – 16,155; UPND – 2,952
Lundazi, PF – 21,979; UPND – 4,975.
So, FODEP, where is the 29,979 you are talking about?
I recorded these figures as they were being announced.
FODEP, you risk your crsdibility.
ConCourt, like Tupac said, “All eyez on me (you)”. You have in your hands both a hummer and a nail to either drill the last nail to our democracy or to pluck out the nails drilled by ECZ and PF to our democracy. This is the turning point of Zambia. Your judgement will either decide Zambia forever or send a strong warning to would-be dictators to our democracy. The evidence is there in videos, articles, documents, images, etc. We wont accept shallow excuses of “we dont have conclusive evidence”, bla, bla..
As for international observers, we know what you are up to. You want to push your IMF agenda as quick as possible. Why would you declare these elections free and fair in the midst of all these irregularities? Useless!! Just go back to Europe and USA. We will sort out our issues…
contd..
We will sort out our issues alone. The AU is the worst. Can you believe that they even declared the Zimbabwe and Uganda elections as being free and fair!!! Please leave Zambia. You are not welcome and definitely not needed.
Mr. Intelligent why do you keep saying ”we”? Am not part of that we. sorry!
ECL won yes but still we need clarity on what had happened involving all the mentioned people no one should temper with the decision of the people for their own selfish gain which has been the trend of Zambian politics we are tired of such and we need our democracy back all those who think we are OK as the nation definitely are comfortable but average Zambians are not. If people indeed wanted the ruling government we could have seen the huge margin not a margin of 2% with a lot of stories. involved people rise above the petty issues to do with tribes and look towards the development of the nation we have pending things which need serious attention not people dancing dununa reverse when there are buying meal meal at 80+
Nonsense!! bring forth this evidence if it hold any water. This is what you get when your organization is full of UPND cadres.
another frustrated tonga id.iot like chipenzi . . . .
@sata,i have come to conclude that the word TONGA implies people who voted against pf,from latest election of 2016,it includes lozi,kaounde,lunda,luvales,illa, in short southern,western,NW .seeing the america flag on u and posting kaponya mentality language makes me wonder if their is anything you are learning from here to show that we lived in usa.i kno alot of bembas ku new york office ,mission who i have encourage to focus on school than wasting time,to its pf and who knows 10 years from now it will be a tonga as our president.
Don’t put tribe you imbecille,stinking tribalist
So that was the trend in southern province- if there are any votes to be verified they should start with southern and north western province- the figures from there are puzzling!A candidate cannot be having consistently the same range of figures in almost the whole region- with VJ on upnd”s side, its possible that those figures were manipulated!
It is true that at least half of the electorate did not vote for EL. In fact, FODEP and other citizens have pointed to tangible evidence of mulpractice such as removing cast votes from a candidate. Mind you, all these issues come up in court and the agents who were present when these things were happening will be witnesses and if the courts really operate professionally, PF may not enjoy this victory. Don’t just support for the sake of it. You will not be there in the docks.
@Chikambwili
FODEP has decided to tell lies, I don’t know their agend.
FODEP is believed to be a big organisation.
Thus, it is expected to exhibit integrity, instead it has unashamedly started towing the rope of rumour mongering.
The examples used are not only unverified, but utterly wrong.
That is blowing a false whistle just like social media bloggers.
There is NO constituency called LUNDAZI CENTRAL.
And in fact, none of the contituncies in Lundazi had the figures they are talking about.
Lundazi destrict results were as follows:
Chasefu, PF- 17,708 ; UPND- 3,641
Lumzi, PF – 16,155; UPND – 2,952
Lundazi, PF – 21,979; UPND – 4,975.
So, FODEP, where is the 29,979 you are talking about?
I recorded these figures as they were being announced.
FODEP, you risk your credibility.
Insult him or not we don’t care.We have already decided to chase away these park of wild Dogs.Lions are lions.We shall get back our south western Rhodesia.Just like we left the federation of Nyansaland and southern Rhodesia we shall leave the federation called Zambia because we are not one.We have nothing in common.
The 1diot has blogged.
abana likute minungu yabona
Literally just checked the ECZ website for Lundazi constituency and the tally is 21,979 for ECL & 4,975 for HH giving a total with other candidates of 29,741. It is very careless & irresponsible of FODEP to insinuate non existent errors on the part of ECZ which in turn erodes the credibility of the whole FODEP report. There were also other candidates who got votes in Lundazi & not just ECL & HH. How can an official report from such an entity published for the whole world to see contain such lies? What is in it for FODEP to fuel an already delicate situation? I think this is actually an offence under Zambia’s electoral laws or other laws.
ECZ changed the figures later on their website, check with media who were reporting the figures as ECZ announced them you will find the figures FODEP has mentioned, people need to check if the totals for PF President were adjusted too.
If as you claim ECZ corrected errors after realising, what is point of FODEP issuing report today claiming that election result currently available is erroneous & irregular? That is whole objective intended in conclusion of report. And why is FODEP insisting on tallying votes for only to candidates to find a total when there were 9 candidates altogether? That is extreme irresponsibility not allowed by law. If you’re from FODEP you’ve to be careful with your insistence on this report otherwise you’ll visited by the law for falsely alarming the nation.
@ Hold Politicians Accountable. Those figures were never changed. If they were altered later that would have affected the final figures.
It is incumbent upon every well meaning Zambia to tell the truth and quench the tension in the country. However it seems that all UPND supporters do not want that. War has no discrimination, and definitely no winners. let us be responsible.
The results were never changrd ; I was recording as they were being announced from day one.
FODEP has just decided to tell lies, I don’t know their agend.
FODEP is believed to be a big organisation.
Thus, it is expected to exhibit integrity, instead it has unashamedly started towing the rope of rumour mongering.
The examples used are not only unverified, but utterly wrong.
That is blowing a false whistle just like social media bloggers.
There is NO constituency called LUNDAZI CENTRAL.
And in fact, none of the contituncies in Lundazi had the figures they are talking about.
Lundazi destrict results were as follows:
Chasefu, PF- 17,708 ; UPND- 3,641
Lumzi, PF – 16,155; UPND – 2,952
Lundazi, PF – 21,979; UPND – 4,975.
So, FODEP, where is the 29,979 you are talking about?
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Those who seek justice must came with clean hands: the FODEP cited figures for Lundazi Central are WRONG. The ECZ announced results are 21,979 for EL and 4,975 for HH with a combined total of 26,954 which is indeed less than the total votes cast. This example is proof that the ECZ verification exercise worked. FODEP seem to be speaking about unverified figures. As for the other stuff, kaya!
ECZ changed the figures later on their website, check with media who were reporting the figures as ECZ announced them you will find the figures FODEP has mentioned, people need to check if the totals for PF President were adjusted too.
What if the Media you are referring to made a mistake and I am sure the media was the watchdog.i also have checked my record in Lundazi PF only got the 21k votes not the 29k
Sorry Fodep there is no Shimabala Basic School in Chipangali. It is rather ur article which has serious errors.
The Kanyama 14000 votes were “retrieved and added to the Kanyama total”. The Lundazi Central figures were corrected by the verification exercise. Some instances of disenfranchisement and inter-party violence re regretted. Then we have housekeeping issues (late opening, late closing and interruption of voting) which are purely human mistakes and not systematic. Meanwhile FODED does not mention any outstanding issue on parley elections and others, and no comment on referendum.
The big question is, could these issues WARRANT nullification of the election? Bloggers are invited to debate this question. No insults please!
The Kanyama 14000 ballots discovered by Maureen Mwanawasa should not have been added. How sure were they that she did not enter the center with those pre-marked ballots. Why did she have to go straight to the bin to discover those papers? What kind of instincts did she have?
I think some people think all Zambians are dull people, that is a very wrong view.
How can you say the UPND votes were found in a bin?
Are telling those who have never bitter befire ?
Parties or candidates do not have their separate ballot boxes.
Votes are not kept in separate containers according to candidates.
So how did that batch find itself in the bin, and worse still all belonging to UPND?
Guys please, why do you enjoy telling lies in this way?
When you always want to speak lies, people will lose confidence in you, and when you, by chance, try to tell the truth in future people will not trust you.
I think some people think all Zambians are dull people, that is a very wrong view.
How can you say the UPND votes were found in a bin?
Are telling those who have never voted before ?
Parties or candidates do not have their separate ballot boxes.
Votes are not kept in separate containers according to candidates.
So how did that batch find itself in the bin, and worse still all belonging to UPND?
Guys please, why do you enjoy telling lies in this way?
When you always want to speak lies, people will lose confidence in you, and when you, by chance, try to tell the truth in future people will not trust you.
PLEASE CHECK THE SURNAME OF THAT GUY, YOU WILL KNOW THE PROBLEM!
Fodep need to put their facts right. If i remember correctly the recent lawlessness in choma was upnd cadres fighting the bembas and eastners. So to have the whole fodep coxing stories wont help the situation instead add more fuel to the already fragile situation.
On the other aligations lets leave the concourt to do their work.
This report of FODEP is erroneous reported for Lundazi the results are
Candidate Results for LUNDAZI
These results are for LUNDAZI Constituency ONLY.
Table
Chart
Candidate Name Photo Party Vote
LUNGU, Edgar C Edgar LUNGU PF 21,979
HICHILEMA, Hakainde Hakainde HICHILEMA UPND 4 ,975
KAUNDA, Tilyenji C Tilyenji KAUNDA UNIP 547
BANDA, Andyford M Andyford BANDA PAC 515
NAWAKWI, Edith Z Edith NAWAKWI FDD …
Did this guy send his monitors or agents to Southern province as well to see whether children and dead people voted in those inflated figures.
Who is more credible, FODEP? or EU, AU, Commonwealth, and CCMG? FODEP was Fodep when it was formed under the leadership of Rev Foston Sakala, not this new Fodep of regional leadership.
FODEP’s objectivity is highly impaired because this person hasn’t mentioned what happened in Southern Province where PF monitors were chased and UPND cadres continued campaigning even on voting day…all these are well documented…hence FODEP’s credibility is really doubtful…
Wat can u expect from a upnd cadre purporting to be fodep director? Its all hear say….no facts from fodep…!
True true: FODEP should write “we received reports that 14,000 votes meant for the UPND presidential candidate…”. Surely, FODEP ought to have had monitors in Kanyama out of the purported 5,090.
My conclusion from the FODEP report is that FODEP is agreeing with the ECZ final tallies EXCEPT that there were some errors WHICH were corrected by the verification exercise. True?
Donors should stop funding groups like these..making up reports from internet cafes. How can some one in their right mind publish such rubbish? Wasted resource.
We thought UPND did it’s home work by following all trucks and opening them to check for ballots.
But what was wrong with the lusaka group.
Iam not convinced HH won; look at the number of his mps how many 56. PF 87. How can he form a government with the minority.
Something to think about. Reason fails me.
However PF with the majority would do that with it’s numbers that would hold.
UPND is a joke.
PF has 91 MP`and the tribalists have 44
In this day and age of cell phone cameras if you don’t see a video don’t believe it. They talk of ballots recovered from the trash, do you seriously think they would not have recorded this? Same for the intimidation. The other laughable accusation by their supreme leader is that PF cadres walked into polling stations with ballots in their pockets. But when casting votes, when putting the ballot into the box it is in full view of everyone. Hmmm
You may not have all the details now. Some of these facts end up appearing in court. You will be shocked. I hope you have been in court before, especially High and Supreme Courts. Some evidence is kept for the courts viewing only.
He says he was told. He didn’t go there but was only told .This is not the FODEP we founded.
Who doesn’t know that election was rigged, the whole world knows even a baby would know. Let us move on, they will soon reap what they have sown. Lesa temupina Iyo. Every normal human being has conscious. If ECZ have deprived the majority of their democratic rights, God is not dead. He will deal with them nimalyotola.
How come you are certain that they were rigged when Upnd officials assured us that there had put all mechanisms in place to protect votes. Who is superior between you and your bosses?
Trash report by FODEP,fit only for the sewer tank.If they indeed had agents in all the polling stations why are they saying,”,We received reports that”…..blah blah blah…This all is just hear say.These guys even cooked up figures for their report.This Chilombe and Chipenzi,we know all of you are UPND and from Dundumwezi.Get a life guys!!!
As a matter of fact, load shading is actually already back. we voted wisely……..kekekekekekekekeeeee!!!
We all know that ECZ cheated. There’s no way Lungu could win with all the problems zambians are facing. ..!
The delays in announcing results is what did it. Figures we’re changed by his kaponyas.
ZAMBIA IS BACK TO DARK AGES
As u have been a protector of Democracy, would u please tastify in all these irregularities? And why do u go ahead and congratulate someone u know he won dubiously ?????? Shame , shame, to Fodep. Make sure u do not set our country ablaze bcoz of ur false analysis. If it is true , should u testify tomorrow ????
The delays came about because upnd brought foreigners who hacked into the ECZ system. By God’s grace it was discovered before announcing of results began. So only verified results were announced. Thats why HH won’t petition the results because a lot of UPND evils would be exposed. It may even affect the future of UPND.
UPND is only concentrating on irregularities in & provinces, Does it mean there were irregularities in these three provinces? Let them go to court because they are only looking at Lusaka. PF also have complaints in other areas of chasing people intimidation, campaigning on election day. Let them go the court we meet in the battle field
They say if you leave in a glass house don’t throw stones. Let UPND petition and we will expose the skeletons in Dundumwenzi and rest of southern province closet. Like Frank Bwalya said, bring it!
Former first lady and UPBD mayoral candidate MM discovers ballots papers stashed in a bin, each one of them in favour of HH. She sits and starts counting all by herself: 1, 2, 3, 4………. and discovers that they are all together 14,000. After completing the count she only informs the presiding officer to add them to the results and the presiding officer accepts and off she goes!! What nonsense!!
Question is at what stage were the ballot papers discovered? It can only be at the point when the polling station is closed and agents had the opportunity of separating votes for candidate right? This is the most sensitive stage at the polling station. The next question is how did she gain entry inside when the station was closed to outsiders? What was the size of the bin that accommodates 14,000 ballots? This being Lusaka, where were the UPND agents?. And her being a lawyer, all she cares is take a video of herselfself narrating the incident and neglects to take even a photo of the ballots in a bin let alone report the issue to police? And FODEP decides to make this story part of their report!! Nonsense!!
Fodep what ever you call your self? Otherwise the best name to call you is Foseky. If at all this happened why didn’t under 5 observer’s whistle-blow the syndicate, atase mukwai. By the way ubufi bulabwela nd l will remind u over this nonsensical statement in the near future. God bless mother Zambian.
Guys,
The logical path to follow is the parliamentary voting, if presidential is in question.
I’m hoping that the Constitutional Court will adopt that logic.
Ipso facto, President Lungu is duly elected.
QED
PS: Opposition colleagues, be realistic and oppose on the grounds of accountability, checks and balances and answerability
Fodep has failed to mention the intimidation of PF voters in Southern Province by UPND cadres and reports of ballot boxes with PF votes being dumped by UPND cadres in Kalomo and Mpongwe.
When Fodep says 50 percent of the electorate they are not being accurate- there was a higher voter turn-out in UPND strongholds as oppossed to PF strongholds. As far as I know the word electorate stands for registered voters or people who are eligible to vote (kindly check you dictionaries Fodep).
This report by Fodep is biased but that’s their job, to be biased and to receive a fat cash handout from UPND in one form or another. Since day one Fodep has been against the PF govt! However we still have the EU, Carter Center, AU and SADC and they have said the elections were free and fair!
So…
Fodep has failed to mention the intimidation of PF voters in Southern Province by UPND cadres and reports of ballot boxes with PF votes being dumped by UPND cadres in Kalomo and Mpongwe.
When Fodep says 50 percent of the electorate they are not being accurate- there was a higher voter turn-out in UPND strongholds as oppossed to PF strongholds. As far as I know the word electorate stands for registered voters or people who are eligible to vote (kindly check your dictionaries Fodep).
This report by Fodep is biased but that’s their job, to be biased and to receive a fat cash handout from UPND in one form or another. Since day one Fodep has been against the PF govt! However we still have the EU, Carter Center, AU and SADC and they have said the elections were free and fair!
So…
A divided country (full stop)
The minority tribal group (Bemba led) used extreme violence in Lusaka to manipulate election process.
Luchazi, Kaonde, Mbunda, Tonga, Totela, Lambs, Chokwe, Lunda, Lenje, Sala, We, Twa, Lumbu, Leya, Lozi, Luvale, Soli are ONE.
kikiki FODEP was under Chipezi a a bitter bantustan .and this man talking is a bantustan too so what do u expect from bitter pipo who believe in tribalism?Give us a break bantustan.One Zambia One Nation.loser please just tell HH to yo to stop beating other tribes in southern province period
Is it Kalombe or Chilombe whatever should be the case does not know what he is talking about! Did you report to police the incidence at St. Patrick? For Lusaka Mayoral dont think that Maureen Mwanawasa could have won . The woman is bad news the way she treats orphans that she looks after. What good things do you expect from such a person? Water under the bridge
Bring evidence u dog and stop lying.FODEP the past 3 years has become a upnd branch.
With this kind of lying, Zambians will not trust HH even in 2021.
If UPND have some other people who can inspire confidence in the people to be able give UPND a vote let them replace HH.
If they don’t have any capable alternative let them maintain HH and wait for 2021.
Majority of voters will turn out in numbers to keep HH away from statehouse because he cannot be trusted – mark my words!!!!
HH will now learn a lesson of his entire life. He will look back and regret having gone into politics.
For the behavior HH has exhibited in this election he will be punished in 2021, no doubt – I promise.
FODEP….did you have monitors or you are relying on Watchdog for information? Did your monitors see the papers in Kanyama???? Your Lundazi figure is bogus!! NONSENSEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
When commenting on NATIONAL issues one should be very careful . you should comment with big and strong balls. There is no middle ground . The election are either credible or not. Do not create doubts in peoples mind like what FODEP is doing. This report is rejected and probably should address t to the courts like his UPND counterparts. FODEP should not even waste his time with his joke congratulatory messages to ECL. We have received enough messages from USA,UN, KAUNDA, the Cater Foundation and others too numerous to mention.
Sometimes I really don’t understand Zambians.FODEP has simply given an unbiased report of their election coverage and you accuse them of being UPND sympathizers!!!One does not even need to be a supporter of any opposition party to note that something seriously went wrong with the just ended election.Anyway,further comments reserved. We will hear it all in the constitutional court
FODEP, I have question for you.
If at all you were giving even the slightest thought to what you were being told, how do you think the said 14000 ballots found themselves batched together?
How did those vites decide to gather for UPND?
You know FODEP, you may just find that in your effort to help UPND, you are exposing the same UPND’s efforts to rig the just ended elections.
It is important to be alive to the fact the desperation has the potential to make you look unreasonable to the public like Mishipe, who people acuse of being a lawyer.
I don’t think the accusations made against her that she is a lawyer are true. I think those false allegations – she is not a lawyer.
@Dununa Reverse,
Reporting should be reasonable not unreasonable.
Supposing someone reported that you have died, can you to the media and the nation, saying:
“I have received reports that I have died. According to the reports I was killed by thieves this morning and thieves stole my car before burying and getting with my money.
It has also been reported that the thieves are on the run.
My conclusion is that, in view of the reported killing of me, I condem such killings and I urge the police to investigate the matter to make sure my killers a brought book”
And when asked whether there is sense in what you are saying, your answer is:
“I merely telling the nation according to the news I got”
Ash sure!!!
Please let us at least allow for even the slightest reasonableness in…
@Dununa Reverse
Please let us at least allow for even the slightest reasonableness in our conduct, because even when we are just told about an issue we still have the brains God created us with, to be able to make sense of it.
@Dununa Reverse,
Reporting should be reasonable not unreasonable.
Supposing someone reported that you have died, can you go to the media and tell the nation, saying:
“I have received reports that I have died. According to the reports I was killed by thieves this morning and thieves stole my car before burying me and getting with my money.
It has also been reported that the thieves are on the run.
My conclusion is that, in view of the reported killing of me, I condem such killings and I urge the police to investigate the matter to make sure my killers are brought book”
And when asked whether there is sense in what you are saying, your answer is:
“II am merely telling the nation according to the news I got”
Ash sure!!! Please, please, let us apply reasoning to what hear and…
Ba UPND/FODEP just swallow your pride and accept the will of the people, lets move tuli bantu bomwe.
I am disappointed with FODEP, Lundazi totals are wrongly quoted, what is your agenda FODEP?
All this evidence which FODEP is talking about was planned by UPND before the start of the campaigns. HH told his supporters that elections will be rigged, he won’t accept the results. It is amazing that Maureen would just go to one particular dust bin and pluck out 14,000 votes for UPND, which were planned by them. What is FODEP saying about the 200 voters cards stolen by UPND in EP, UPND cadres in SP forcing voters to vote for HH, chasing of PF monitors in SP, the violence of UPND in Sinazongwe, Namwala, Lusaka, Kasama etc. When HH was telling his supporters that he will not accept the results, he knew that he was going to lose, all these are HH’s machinations to save face. For all we know those ballots could have been printed by UPND. If the courts are going to be fair let them…
Fodep, Ecz and UPND MONITORS YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS CONFUSION GOING ON. Reasons u underlated pf intentions to rig the elections at all costs. In some constituences, monitors signed the G 12 form withiout verifying figures after tallying there by advantaging Pf. The I.T specialists manipulated figures. Eg, figures for luapula province, somewhere in mansa district, 1 constituence Ecl was awarded 1843.
Let us computerize were we can
FODEP played the role of monitors in this election. So they saw what was happening and they will be able to testify in court as witnesses.PF supporters,no need to panic if you know you won this election genuinely.I’m not a supporter of any party but a strong supporter of free,fair and credible elections.
They testify like the woman people say she is a lawyer, Munshimbwe.
She testified that there was a truck with ballot boxes from Luangwa which went to st. Patrics in Lusaka’s Kabwata constutuency.
Upon verification it was found out that the was from one of the polling stations within Kabwata constituency, taking the ballot papers to st. Totaling Centre for the constituency .
Umuntu ni Chagwa akantu ni HH who will NEVER rule Zambia using his Dundumwezi formula!!!
FODEP is no longer credible.
FODEP, you have a cell phone and Lusaka is a stone throw from Police Force Headquarters! Stop your lies please and go away! Someone is behind those counting and he didn’t scream!!! Hazalusa Hagain! Check this space after 5 years!
I thought you also ate watermelons from the guy!
Scared little men. Let the will of the people be heard. This is what the petition is all about.
Very good report. How can we say the election was free, fair and represented the will of the people when their will was trashed into the bin!! Its wonderful to realise that some org like FODEP can still be credited and report things as they happened in this era where even bishops and pastors are biased after receiving 30 pieces of silver.
@59 Mona,
Saying good report does not make it any better.
After all, even a thief commends a fellow thief after staging a successful stealing exercise, saying:
” Man, that was good! What a successful operation”
Therefore, there can never be enough sugar to coat FODEP to restore (if they ever had any) credibility
iI wonder why these guys keeep complaining.maybe it is because some of their constituencies were not counted like,Muvi tv constituency in lusaka.Zambia Watchdog constituency.and The post Zambia constituency.if these were counted Hakalusa could have been zambias pulezidenti.