ALL political parties must adhere to the Covid-19 prevention guidelines as they conduct campaigns because careless interactions can serve as a conduit for the spread of the deadly virus.Already, there are strong signs that some political parties will likely contravene the guidelines and the Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) against Covid-19, which the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has developed.Evidently, some political parties went against the guidelines when their respective presidents went to file their nomination papers at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka.Thousands of political cadres gathered around the conference centre ad later streamed into other areas of the capital city.Political leaders, therefore, ought to remind their members about the need to observe physical distance.In good faith, the ECZ came up with the technical committee to work on mainstreaming Covid-19 prevention mechanisms and developed the SoPs for the electoral process.The technical committee drew membership from the ministries of Information and Broadcasting Services and General […]
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