FREE and fair elections are an imperative for any fully functioning democracy. For these elections to be declared free and fair by the election monitors, a number of conditionalities must be fulfilled. Such conditionalities must prevail, before during and after the polls. As a democracy, Zambia, cannot avoid observing all the tenets of free and fair elections. Anything that falls short, would be an indictment on our democracy as a country.With this in mind, we want to point out that the campaign period forms a crucial part of this and it is no wonder that all observers will allude to the campaign period in their election monitoring report.Voter turnout is also a major part of this because an election calls upon all eligible citizens to turn up and vote. When voters decide to stay home and shun an election that is an indicator of something profound having gone wrong. It is incumbent upon leaders, both in […]
NURTURING DEMOCRACY
