SOME Zambians who followed politics around four decades ago will remember a very bizarre story of a Republican President who went to the extent of modifying the law to make motor vehicle theft a non-bailable offence in order to target one particular resident who had been giving him sleepless nights. A story is told that this unfortunate fellow had developed some intimate interest in one particular member of the First Family, something which the President did not like. In the process, the law remained in force even after the targeted individual had already been dealt with. Until just recently, motor vehicle theft in Zambia was a non-bailable offence. This is what comes to mind when we hear the Electoral Commission...