Chief Electoral Officer Brown Kasaro said the commission is aware of what he described as false and misleading claims suggesting that ECZ officials had travelled to Tanzania.
In a statement issued yesterday, Mr Kasaro clarified that the accusations are untrue, stating that ECZ Commissioner McDonald Chipenzi is currently in Zambia and has not travelled to Tanzania.
“The commission wishes to categorically state that these allegations are completely untrue,” he said.
Mr Kasaro further emphasised that no ECZ official is in Tanzania on any mission and urged members of the public to treat the claims as misinformation intended to mislead and create unnecessary suspicion.
Meanwhile, United Party for National Development (UPND) deputy media director Sikwindi Situla said the party is concerned about what it termed fabricated reports alleging that ECZ officials and members of the defence and security wings undertook a “secret trip” to Tanzania for election benchmarking.
“We wish to categorically state that these allegations are baseless, malicious and intended to mislead the public,” Mr Situla said.
“The ECZ has not undertaken any secret mission, nor has it involved the Zambia Army, Zambia National Service, or other security wings in such activities,” he added.
As if they could say “Yes we went on a secret mission for hints on how to fix an election”