By SIMON MUNTEMBATHE general elections should be postponed to October this year owing to the raging Covid-19 pandemic, New Heritage Party President Chishala Kateka has said.Ms Kateka said in an interview that the rising cases of Covid-19 and deaths should not be ignored because it would affect voter turnout in elections which would be held next month.She said under Article 81 (2), with a mere simple majority, an emergency meeting of the National Assembly could vote to postpone the holding of a general election for not more than 12 months when the Republic is at war.Ms Kateka, who is one of the Presidential candidates, said the country was at war against Covid-19 and there was need to protect the citizens from the pandemic.She expressed concern that the Covid-19 pandemic would make it difficult for the election period to go smoothly.“At this time of the year when it is cold, Covid-19 seems to spread faster than […]
POSTPONE ELECTIONS TO OCTOBER- KATEKA
