Zambian opposition accuses UN of helping to rig 2016 polls

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Zambian opposition accuses UN of helping to rig 2016 polls

5:22 CAT | 11 Apr 2018

File: Zambia’s opposition United Party for National Development has accused the UN's resident coordinator of working with the Electoral Commission of Zambia and the ruling party to rig 2016 polls.

Zambia’s opposition United Party for National Development’s (UPND) deputy secretary general Patrick Mucheleka, has accused United Nations resident coordinator Janet Rogan of working with the Electoral Commission of Zambia (EZC) and the ruling party Patriotic Front leaders to rig the 2016 elections.

The Zambian Observer reported that while appearing on a Diamond Television show on Sunday night, Mucheleka not only accused Rogan of having participated in the rigging of elections in 2016 but also of avoiding interaction with opposition political parties in the country.

Muchuleka said that Rogan and the UN’s support for the printing of 2016’s ballot papers in Dubai, against the wishes and advice of the UPND, had caused all sorts of problems because of disputes arising from disputed ballot papers.

He further questioned why a report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on the issue had not been released.

“Why is she [Rogan] still sitting on it? Why hasn’t she released it to the public? We want to see because there are serious issues which have been highlighted in that report,” said Muchuleka.

However, he failed to offer evidence of how Rogan had been directly involved in spoiling the ballot papers.

Source: African News Agency