PF Pamodzi Alliance Secretary General Celestine Mukandila says ECZ’s meeting with political stakeholders on the campaign timetable was merely meant to rubber-stamp the Commission’s unilateral decision to impose an electoral calendar. Meanwhile, UPND Deputy Chairperson for Legal Affairs Mulambo Haimbe says the ruling party wants to do everything possible to foster free, fair and participatory elections on August 13. On Monday, the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) said all 14 presidential candidates had agreed to develop a campaign timetable to govern the conduct of election campaigns. However, ECZ Chief Electoral Officer Brown Kasaro said during the meeting, it was resolved that the campaign timetable would not assign specific slots to President Hakainde Hichilema. In an interview after the meeting, Mukandila...




