Donors demand free, fair elections

SIX Embassies and High Commissions accredited to Zambia say as the campaign period begins, all political parties and candidates should be afforded equal rights and protections. In a joint statement, Wednesday, the Embassies and High Commissions of the United Kingdom, United States of America, Australia, Canada, Japan and Switzerland, said they looked forward to an election process that would further strengthen and consolidate Zambia’s parliamentary democracy. “As the election campaign begins, we encourage an electoral process that is free, fair, and absent of violence. All parties and candidates should be afforded equal rights and protections. The Zambian people have the right to express their will through freely cast ballots. As fellow members of the global community of democracies, we stand…...