By Jackson MapapayiThe Human Rights Commission has called on the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to give guidelines to political parties on how to carry out their campaigns during this year’s general elections amidst the Covid19 pandemic.Speaking at the end of two day inter party dialogue meeting on the Public Order Act, HRC head of research Silvester Hamuyumbe said the commission has to quickly come on board and guide political parties on how to go about with their campaigns activities.Mr Hamuyumbe said there has been some concerns from opposition political parties that they are being restricted in their campaign activities in the name of Covid19 while the ruling party has been left freely campaigning.We are of a view that the restrictions should be adhered to by all political parties, it shouldn’t be one sided. And that way, we are going to have a very peaceful and violent free elections,” he said.Mr Hamuyumbe assured the political […]
PROVIDE CLEAR GUIDELINES, ECZ URGED
