SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Cheembe has urged the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to be canceling elections when political violence occurs during campaigns. He says it is important that ECZ remains vigilant and provides the right messages whenever there is a danger of political violence taking root. In an interview, Tuesday, Cheembe said SACCORD was concerned with political violence that continued to occur during by-elections. “As SACCORD we remain very concerned with the continued acts of political violence we witnessed during by-elections, not only within and among our political parties but also to critical stakeholders such as journalists. We had thought that the phenomenon of political violence is a thing of the past but clearly what the continued acts show...

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