KABWATA SEAT PETITIONED – PeP cites violence and other forms of malpractices

THE Kabwata Parliamentary seat has been petitioned.Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) president Sean Tembo has cited violence and other forms of malpractices as the reason for taking such an action.Mr Tembo said they decided to file in the petition after consulting their lawyers concerning the violence and the issue of vote stealing by the ruling UPND.He said the issue was that power was cut at the totaling centre which would have enabled people to tamper with votes because security was compromised.He said the other reason that prompted them to petition was the discrepancies involving the Democratic Party candidate, Mr Fred Mubanga.Mr Tembo said the fact that the DP candidate was given zero votes despite him voting for himself was fertile ground to file in their petition. He said the ruling UPND engaged in violence and actually attacked his supporters at St Patrick Basic School which was actually the totaling centre for the by-election.Mr Tembo said he […]