Edgar Lungu steals election – HH

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A stolen election does not reflect the will of the people and is not going to deliver.

As you know we’ve yet to hear the final few constituencies announced by the Electoral Commission of Zambia, however it is with deep regret that we now already know the predetermined result.

They intend to announce victory for PF candidate, Edgar Lungu,

The United Party for National Development will always respect the views of the people we seek to serve, and our party is built upon upholding our country’s key democratic values and transparency.

However, what we have seen unfold over the last few days could not have been further away from the democratic process we aspire to uphold and the results announced do not reflect accurately the voting numbers that occurred on the 20th January 2015.

This has not been a level playing field from the start. We have experienced widespread violence against our supporters and party members throughout the campaign as well as deep irregularities in the counting process.

We know that democracy lies not only in the voting, but in the counting.

We have been open and engaged with the ECZ regarding our concerns at every possible point through official channels. However, despite this, there are many aspects of the election process and results that have continued to be highly irregular and fallen far short of the democratic process Zambians aspire for.

Whilst we want to reinforce the personal high-esteem in which we, the UPND, hold the Chairperson and the commissioners of the ECZ, there are some known individuals within the ECZ who have acted with utter impunity, corruption and total disregard for a democratic process by manipulating the election results.

Let me provide you with a few examples of how the process fell short of the standards expected:

  • Yesterday, the ECZ, realising there had been some discrepancies in the numbers announced so far, allowed members of the UPND and PF to be present for verification at the ECZ for all 150 constituencies. Yet, despite recognising discrepancies, the commission has only provided 32 out of the 150 constituencies for verification promising to provide the balance later. The constituencies involved had many serious irregularities involving the accuracy of the numbers. This is a glaring deliberate omission.
  • Following our meeting yesterday we were also assured by the ECZ that we were going to be provided with the full details for each of the constituencies counted, and yet right now we are still waiting for these despite being guaranteed yesterday.
  • Problems have also arisen from the delays in the provision of full results breakdowns for each constituency from the ECZ to the various parties, even three days after some of the results have been announced. In addition, biased and selective release of results, incorrect displays of figures suggesting that the candidate from PF was leading throughout during television reports and on the ECZ website itself have added to the confusion and undermined our confidence at several points. This was happening while people were still voting in other areas just to create an impression that Patriotic Front was winning the election even when it was clear that the race was still very tight.
  • The ECZ has always been very clear about restricting access to the ballot receiving rooms. There was supposed to be strong controls in place to maintain this and no technology equipment is allowed in, and yet we know unauthorized people were allowed in these rooms with smart phones. ECZ knew about this. Where is the vote protection consistency and reliability here?
  • Our own vote protection efforts at polling stations where voting was extended beyond 20th Jan 2015 to monitor ourselves were severely hampered at last minute and without apparent due reason despite prior granting of permissions for our helicopters to fly, these flight permissions were revoked. ZAF continued to delay in granting clearance with no clear reason as to why. This has understandably raised suspicion and concern when the Minister of Defence is himself a candidate in the election.

Our outstanding concerns, in the context of this election has left us deeply alarmed that the wrong result has been arrived at, which does not reflect the will of our people.

Over the last eight weeks of the campaign we have been all over our country listening to the views and concerns of our people. We made a promise to them that we would give everything we have to serve them, and we will uphold that.

On behalf of the UPND I need to thank my supporters across the country for their efforts throughout the campaign. Your support, energy and dedication has been truly astounding and we thank you. we have been truly humbled by your support.

We wish to thank our alliance partners including members of parliament for your support.

We wish to thank all the Zambian citizens from all walks of life who have come out in support for us.

Regardless of the outcome of this election I have no doubt that this momentum for the UPND will continue to grow.

As we know, this election was brought upon us in unfortunate circumstances following the death of our late President. We have been putting plans into place for the 2016 general election and those plans remain.

Before then though, we firmly believe that the 2016 elections should be held on the platform of a new constitution and Independent Electoral Commission to prevent a repeat of the shambles we have seen over the last few days.

Until then, I, and all citizens working together, will continue to fight for a better Zambia.

Ultimately, this election has been a sham and does not reflect the will of the majority of Zambians. If Edgar Lungu is sworn in as President he will certainly be an illegitimate president going by what we have discovered at the ECZ. Edgar Lungu truly knows that the results that have been given to him by individuals at the ECZ are not from the citizens who voted. Those individuals, who are less than twenty at ECZ, have to bear the burden of over 14 millions Zambians.

We in the UPND, together with our partners and ordinary citizens, will be watching closely and we will be ready to win another election in 20 months time under a new constitution. Despite the fact that the election was stolen from us, I urge all our party members and supporters across our country to remain calm and peaceful for the good of Zambia.

I thank you all.

May God Bless the Republic of Zambia. May God bless you all.

Hakainde Hichilema

48 COMMENTS

  1. take the case to court and let the judge fo the internation criminal court reside over the mata bcoz if its a zambian judge u ‘ll start saying he hs bn bribed.

  2. take the case to court and let the judge fo the internation criminal court reside over the mata bcoz if its a zambian judge u ‘ll start saying he hs bn bribed.

  3. Just shut up you ka HH! Problem mwaice you talk too much for nothing.
    You’ll never rule this nation. You missed your chance. Stop trying us

  4. Just shut up you ka HH! Problem mwaice you talk too much for nothing.
    You’ll never rule this nation. You missed your chance. Stop trying us

  5. Hehehe hh ninshi u got nuh from Ireen mambilima??pride wont take you nywer mahn grow up!ni #KolopaDotCom!#IfintuNiLungu try n steal the fact too

  6. IN DEFENCE OF HON EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU-THE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA
    I write this in my capacity as a concerned citizen of the republic of Zambia. My views have nothing to do with any political or religious affiliation but as a believer in Christ. Whilst I understand all the dissatisfaction from many quarters over the election of Hon Edgar Chagwa Lungu as the president of the Republic of Zambia, I wish to remind all the citizens of this nation that they must not forget the path ahead of this presidential bye elections that the elected president went through. If it was not for God, there was no way he could have ascended to the throne.
    *HIS OWN PARTY MADE THINGS DIFFICULTY FOR HIM!
    *JUST THINK OF TIME WASTED WITH CONFERENCE CONFLICTS, COURT CASES.
    *CONSIDER THAT HE DID NOT EVEN HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO CARRY OUT AN EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN.
    *HE ONLY HAD LIMITED TIME TO CAMPAIGN AS HE STILL HAD TO DO HIS DUTIES AS MINISTER WITH TWO PORTFOLIOS.
    *HIS OWN ACTING PART PRESIDENT DID NOT GIVE HIM ALL THE SUPPORT HE NEEDED TILL WHEN IT WAS TOO LATE.
    *THINK OF HOW HE HAD TO ENDURE OPEN REJECTION FROM HIS COLLEAGUES WHO DISTANCED THEMSELVES FROM HIM.
    *THINK OF THE INSULTS HE SUFFERED IN THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO HATED HIM.
    *IN ALL THESE HE REMAINED HUMBLE AND RECONCIALATORY.
    *LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST-HE NEVER DREAMT THAT ONE DAY HE COULD BE PRESIDENT BUT GOD HAS MADE HIM ONE.
    Surely God has seen all what he went through and decided to reward him with the throne. Let us give him all the support that he needs not as a PF president but as a republican president. May God guide him and give him wisdom.
    Pastor Charles Chanda.

    • U r so right. God uses the pipo u least expect. Who wud v thought that Ba Lungu today wud b president??? NONE am sure nabena didn’t no bt God had his plans. David ws looked down upon by his family bt he ws the chosen one by God. They called him fro caring his sheep just to b annointed as King. Same naba Lungu neva in my life did I tink of him as president. Some of us who had the privilege of knowing even b4 he became a politician v seen the works of God kuti he has his choice.

    • Amen, i conquer with you Pastor you are accurate with your analysis of one Edgar Chagwa Lungu. we need to all support the President Elect so that he delivers, though some people are good at opposing and they will just do that even on good work due to bitterness, thanks Pastor Chanda.

    • GOD MAKES A WAY WERE THERE IS NO WAY, HE MAKES THE IMPOSSIBLE, POSSIBLE AND HE HAS DONE JUST THAT. GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME.

  7. Acceptance is best medicine my brother HH. Swallow ur pride and congratulate ur comrade.

  8. Acceptance is best medicine my brother HH. Swallow ur pride and congratulate ur comrade.

  9. All is not lost there’s another 1 coming in 20 months time. So go flat out campaigning and offering checks and balances and chase all those old job seekers who were uttering tribal remarks they don’t mean good to the party. Zambia is bigger than these election. One zambia one nation and Zambia shall continue belonging to zambians. Nice try though you can still do better.

  10. hh shud grow up…this is da same man u encouraged da luzing side to accept defeat..da same man who claimd he had oredy won da elections n now da elections hav ben stole from him he says…how?coz they wer counting togetha with ecz.

  11. hh shud grow up…this is da same man u encouraged da luzing side to accept defeat..da same man who claimd he had oredy won da elections n now da elections hav ben stole from him he says…how?coz they wer counting togetha with ecz.

  12. Kopalaswaga celebrating. Job well Done. No violence in copala meaning copala accepted results.

  13. Kopalaswaga celebrating. Job well Done. No violence in copala meaning copala accepted results.

  14. That’s ur business ba HH…………..ifwe ni LUNGU chabe!Just continue lookin 4 thoz 4 innocent pipo u call treaterz……hop u find em soon!

  15. That’s ur business ba HH…………..ifwe ni LUNGU chabe!Just continue lookin 4 thoz 4 innocent pipo u call treaterz……hop u find em soon!

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