Kunda accuses The Post, Caritas and SACCORD of fanning chaos

Kunda accuses The Post, Caritas and SACCORD of fanning chaos
By Ernest Chanda
Sat 19 Mar. 2011, 04:00 CAT

VICE-PRESIDENT George Kunda has accused The Post, Caritas and SACCORD of trying to bring chaos in the country by advocating the parallel vote tabulation (PVT) system in this year's general election.

Responding to a question from Lukashya member of parliament Elfridah Mwamba during the Vice-President's question time in Parliament, Vice-President Kunda said he knew what the three organisations were up to.

Mwamba wanted to know why the government was jittery about the PVT system.

“We have got information about it PVT. It's about announcing results based on sample results. When you look at The Post newspaper, Caritas and SACCORD Southern Africa Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, they are all birds of the same feather. We know what they are going to say,” Vice-President Kunda said.

“And as a responsible government, we are not going to allow such organisations to cause chaos in the country; we can't allow illegality.”

And responding to a question from Zambezi West member of parliament Charles Kakoma on whether the government would have the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) audited by the Auditor General's office, Vice-President Kunda answered in the affirmative.

He said the institution was subject to audit since its funds were appropriated by Parliament.

Asked by Lusaka Central parliamentaraian Guy Scott if Zambia would contribute planes to countries fighting the Libyan government now that the United Nations had declared Libya a ‘no fly zone’, Vice-President Kunda said he would not engage in what he termed as speculation.