The Zambia Election
Information Center, (ZEIC) a multi stakeholder web based election monitoring
platform has been launched in Lusaka.
Speaking during the launch
yester night, ZEIC Co-Chairperson Boniface Cheembe said the platform is aimed
at improving the quality of electoral processes in Zambia.
ZANIS reports that Mr.
Cheembe said the platform will also help to enhance collaboration among Civil
Society Oganisations (CSO’s) that are working in election issues.
He said the platform will
further leverage the potential of mobile telephone to enable citizens
effectively participate in the electoral process ahead of the August 2016
general elections using the SMS code 2323.
And representative of the
ZEIC Council of Elders Chibesa Kankasa expressed hope that the platform will
provide citizens the means to share information that will lead to corrective
action.
Mama Kankasa however
appealed to all Zambians to embrace peace, love and harmony before, during and
after the August, 11, 2011 general elections.
The launch of the Zambia
Election Information Center was attended by various political party leaders,
diplomats, civic leaders, the media and other stakeholders in the democratic
governance process.
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