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This is contained in a press release under availed to Zambian Eye.

TONSE ALLIANCE STATEMENT ON THE RESULTS OF THE KAWAMBWA PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS

Kawambwa, twenty first December 2024

1. The TONSE ALLIANCE has famous the outcomes of the Kawambwa Parliamentary By-Election as introduced by the Electoral Commission of Zambia, through which the Alliance Candidate, Mr. Danstan Mwansa, standing on the New Congress Party (NCP) ticket, is alleged to have scored 3,896 in opposition to the UPND Candidate who’s alleged to have scored 5,519 votes and the SP Candidate who’s alleged to have scored 1,501 votes.

2. The TONSE ALLIANCE wish to categorically state that we reject these ends in their totality, on the premise of the next:
(i) the properly documented violence perpetuated by the ruling UPND get together throughout your entire Constituency, created an environment through which a free and truthful election couldn’t probably happen;

(ii) the biased method through which the Zambia Police Service carried out themselves whereby they did not arrest ruling UPND get together cadres who dedicated numerous offenses, however the place fast to arrest opposition officers like Hon. Jean Chisenga, Lawyer Celestine Mukandila and NCP President Peter Chanda, meant that the Police intentionally unlawfully tilted the election in favor of the ruling UPND get together;

(iii) The chasing of Polling Agents and Election Monitors in Lyanga, Lushiba, Fisaka, Senga, Kala and Luena Wards of Kawambwa Constituency by UPND Cadres, in full view of the Police, meant that the TONSE ALLIANCE was disadvantaged of the chance to substantiate the veracity of the votes forged in these aforementioned Wards;

(iv) The refusal by Presiding Officers in all 59 Polling Stations, apart from Chitondo and Muyembe Primary Schools, to permit Voters who’re illiterate, a chance to select an individual of their very own alternative to help them in casting their votes, in addition to the insistence of the Presiding Officers of Polling Stations that solely them can information the illiterate voters in secret and to the exclusion of Polling Agents and Election Monitors, meant that there was no approach of figuring out that the Presiding Officers fulfilled the desires of those illiterate voters and forged the poll for the candidate desired by the illiterate voters. It is additional value mentioning that the degrees of illiteracy in essentially the most rural wards of Lyanga, Lushiba, Kala and Senga had been as excessive as 60 p.c among the many voters that forged their votes yesterday. It ought to additional be famous that the actions of those Presiding Officers to disclaim illiterate voters a chance to select an individual of their alternative to assist them forged their votes, is in contravention of paragraph 6.1 of the Electoral Process General Regulations and is illegal.

3. In the premises above, the Council of Leaders of the TONSE ALLIANCE shall quickly be convening a gathering to deliberate on the subsequent steps to be taken with a view to right the illegality that passed off in Kawambwa Central Constituency yesterday.

4. The TONSE ALLIANCE wish to take this chance to thank the various members of the Alliance who sacrificed their time, sources and private safety to marketing campaign for the Alliance Candidate on this election. The TONSE ALLIANCE would additionally prefer to thank the nice folks of Kawambwa for giving us their vote, however we wish to apologize for our failure to adequately shield your vote. TILI TONSE 🤝

ISSUED BY:

Sean E. Tembo
PeP President & TONSE ALLIANCE Spokesperson
Kawambwa, Zambia