By NATION REPORTERTHE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) should disqualify UPND Parliamentary Candidate for Kanyama Constituency for perpetuating violence, Democracy and Motherland Defenders Coalition (DMDC) has said. DMDC spokesperson Andrew Ntewewe called on the ECZ to stop violence by disqualifying candidates whose supporters were behind the vice. He was reacting to the murder of two Patriotic Front (PF) members by thugs believed to be UPND cadres in Lusaka’s Kanyama compound. “We call on ECZ to disqualify candidates where violence is taking place. It is sad that ECZ would just ban campaigns in Nkeyema and Sioma without any appropriate action being taken. So we call on ECZ directly to disqualify the Kanyama UPND candidate. We cannot sit back and talk about violence and simply condemn violence without any action,” Mr Ntwewe said.Mr Ntewewe also said that criminals behind the said murders, including their sponsors must be brought to book without further delay. He said ECZ cannot sit back and simply ban campaigns and watch while citizens are being killed in cold blood.“But for us we want […]
Disqualify UPND candidate, ECZ told
