ACTIONAID Country Director Faides Tembatemba says the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) should have disqualified the UPND from participating in the upcoming elections following the confusion in the adoption process. Tembatemba adds that the amended Electoral Process Act gives the ECZ power to suspend or disqualify a political party or candidate for breach of code of conduct, stating that ECZ would have disqualified the opposition for acting the way UPND acted. The UPND adoption process was characterised by confusion, as the party had issued adoption certificates to more than one person for a similar position in some instances. In an interview, Saturday, Tembatemba said the violence that took place during the adoption process and filing of nominations was unacceptable. “I...

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