THE Christian Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG) claims that ECZ’s call for civil society organisations to be active in electoral processes is only meant to validate elections, rather than addressing concerns identified by observers. CCMG Programme Director Peter Mwanangombe says the organisation has observed more than 100 by-elections between 2021 and 2025, and has repeatedly made recommendations to enforce the Electoral Process Act, but ECZ has not acted on them. Recently, ECZ Commissioner McDonald Chipenzi expressed disappointment over the absence of civil society organisations and churches in last week’s ward by-elections, saying their participation is important in ensuring credible elections. Reacting to this in an interview, Wednesday, Mwanangombe said the Commission had a responsibility to engage CSOs on their findings and...