By KETRA KALUNGA POSTPONEMENT of the polls is what has caused the low voter turnout in the Kabwata by-election, the civil society organisations (CSOs) have said as they call for the amendment of article 52 (6) of the constitution.The CSOs said the law on by-elections should be changed and come up with a solid cause for postponing an election such as death and sickness which no one has control of.Anti-Voter Apathy (AVAP) and Operation Young Vote (OYV) said the article needed to be amended in a way that promotes the country’s democracyAnd OYV executive director, Guess Nyirenda said the low turnout was a threat to the country’s democratic dispensation.AVAP executive director, Richwell Mulwani said in an interview that the country should come up with laws that inspire people to go and vote not laws that cannot be justifiedMr. Mulwani said it was worrying that only about 27, 000 out of the 108, 000 registered voters took […]
Postponements cause of voter apathy, says CSOs
