ECZ refuses to accredit Anti-Rigging Zambia Ltd
ECZ refuses to accredit Anti-Rigging Zambia LtdWritten by Florence Bupe
THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has denied Anti-Rigging Zambia Limited accreditation to monitor today’s presidential elections.
In a statement jointly signed by the Anti-Rigging Zambia chairman and legal director, the organisation described the decision by ECZ as irresponsible, malicious and unfair.
“We strongly condemn the Electoral Commission of Zambia’s decision to suspend our accreditation at this late stage. It is our considered opinion that this decision is not only unfair, but also irresponsible, malicious and a gross abuse of the commission’s authority,” they stated.
The organisation stated that the suspension of accreditation by ECZ was a clear indication that the commission was not transparent.
“This is clear testimony that the ECZ is not operating in a transparent and autonomous manner. That we have so far trained over 3,000 monitors in all the constituencies and districts in the country. The monitors were going to maintain a watchful eye on the electoral process at the various polling stations,” the organisation stated. “The decision by ECZ means that this effort has been grossly frustrated, resulting into possible manipulation of the election.”
Anti-Rigging Zambia said the move by ECZ was baseless, explaining that the arrest of individuals of the organisation had no legal effects on the operations of the organisation.
“It is common cause that a limited company is a separate entity from its individual director, officers, shareholders... one cannot punish a corporate company for alleged wrongs of individual officers of such a company. It is unfortunate that the director of ECZ, Dan Kalale, failed to seek legal advice on this basic principle of law from all the legal minds in the commission, and the Ministry of Justice,” they stated.
The organisation further said ECZ was insensitive.
“We further condemn the ECZ for being insensitive to the efforts made by Anti- Rigging Zambia Limited. The company, thus, reserves its right to recover damages for time, effort, service and the huge expense involved against ECZ,” they stated.
However, the organisation has pledged to be alert during and after elections to ensure that there is no vote rigging.
Labels: ANTI-RIGGING ZAMBIA LTD, ECZ
posted by MrK @ 7:02 PM
1 Comments:
This organisation is so partisan that is is difficult for anyone to take it serious. It is driven by well known crooks and romour mongering and lies underpin their operations. They abuse the legal process by taking unwinable causes to court just because they are lawyers. they have faked or rather forged judgements before and they want to appear like they are holy.
maybe personal relationships to Sata who is uncle to their main shareholder and directorand their well known association with PF was not declared. It is impossible for such tuntemba including the Post to convince people that they are independent because thir actions speak louder for themselves.
They should disband and maybe join other credible NGO's.
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