Electoral commission of Zambia Public Relations Manager Cris Akufuna says the commission has not received any fresh cases of electoral violence in the Mufumbwe by-election campaigns in North-western province
Mr. Akufuna said some commission officials who are currently on the ground in the area have not given flesh cases of electoral violence indicating that the campaigns among political parties are going on smoothly.
He told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka that should the commission receive further cases of electoral violence in Mufumbwe, Members of the public would be informed through the media.
Recently, North Western province Police Commissioner Eugene Sibote also refuted reports that Mufumbwe parliamentary by-election campaigns are marred with violence.
Mr. Sibote said political activities leading to the Mufumbwe parliamentary by-election next month are going on peacefully and that any reports suggesting otherwise are not true.
He told a media briefing in his office that sufficient police manpower has been deployed to prevent any form of political anarchy during the by-election period in the area.
“We have sufficient police officers in Mufumbwe and so far so good in terms of preventing political violence and protecting the residents of Mufumbwe,” he said.
Mr. Sibote said as Provincial Police Commissioner, he was going to shift his office to Mufumbwe to work alongside his officers.
He also disclosed that more police officers from other regions have been brought in to beef up the North Western province police manpower deployed in Mufumbwe.
He said this move must not be misconstrued by anyone for anything else, other than the fact that Zambia Police has a national mandate of protecting the lives of people, and to that effect police officers from other parts of the country can be deployed anywhere it is deemed necessary.
Mr. Sibote has since warned that anyone harbouring plans to cause violence in Mufumbwe will be met with the full force of the law and used as an example to show that it does not pay to break the law.
ZANIS
IF THERE IS PIECE WHY SENDING 168 AND THE 68 ALREADY OFFICERS IN THE SMALL DISTRICT WHICH WILL EVEN OUTNUMBER THE NUMBER OF VOTERS IN SOME WARDS.
THEN DEPLOY THEM WHERE THERE IS THEFT.
DOUBLE STANDARDS.
I have a suggestion,a glance at how MPs are behaving am thinking they forget we the people put them there…not Nevers and HH…so if its us how about we hold them accountable for lying to us in order to get votes..we fight back by reminding them come 2016 we will rather vote for any standing on a PF ticket because then we are assured of budget being passed without a hustle. what do you guys think..?