ELECTIONS RESULTS ACCURATE - MULAFULAFU

The Civil Society Election Coalition (CSEC) says that the Presidential election’s results as announced by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) are an accurate reflection of the ballots cast on September 20 by the electorate.

Coalition Chairperson Samuel Mulafulafu said as ECZ was mandated to give official elections results, CESEC was also monitoring and observed the collation process in order to provide independent verification of the accuracy of the official results.

Mr. Mulafulafu told a media briefing in Lusaka today, that CESEC used the Rapid response Project (RRP) and ensure that separate vote tabulation was consistent with the results of the ECZ.

He explained that this was done in compliance with the provision of the laws of Zambia and the knowledge of the ECZ.

He noted that the project involved deploying trained accredited 985 monitors to a representative random sample of 710 polling stations.

This was aimed at collecting data on the conduct of the voting and counting process and the recording of the official vote count and the transmission of information to a national data centre.

He added that sample contained polling stations in all 150 constituencies of the country’s nine provinces.

Mr. Mulafulafu stated that RRP reports were sent from sampled polling stations to the data centre where they were entered in CSEC system.

“On Wednesday morning of 21^st September, the coalition had received 99 percent of the     reports from the samples, “ he said.

He further added that thus the findings of the RRP were consistent with the official results as announced by ECZ.

He said based on their findings the election process was generally smooth and peaceful hence the need for Zambians and all political parties to act responsibly and in the interest of the nation.

Mr. Mulafulafu charged that for long time Zambia has been able to demonstrate a good example for Africa for democratic elections and peaceful transitions of power.