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FODEP Acting Executive Director Mweenge Chimfwembe
The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has commended the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) for conducting an independent audit that has revealed irregularities in the provisional voter’s register.
Acting Executive Director Chimfwembe Mweenge says FODEP has observed that the audit was an important undertaking that has come at the right time in the electoral process when there are allegations of irregularities in the voter’s register.
Mr Mweenge says FODEP calls upon all electoral stakeholders to take keen interest and inspect the provisional voter’s register to verify anomalies that have been unearthed by independent auditors from Kenya.
He says FODEP also calls for the quick and thorough finalization of the voter’s register, which must be released for external scrutiny to avoid having insufficient time for resolving issues that may arise from electoral stakeholders.
Mr Mweenge says the revelation by auditors warrants immediate and urgent examination by the ECZ itself and all the electoral stakeholders in order to resolve any conflicts that may arise.
He states that the earlier the final voters register is finalized and released for external examination the better, in order to avoid leaving inadequate time for resolving concerns from stakeholders.
The 2016 voter’s register audit findings have shown that 132,837 voters on the voter’s register are sharing National Registration Card (NRC) numbers while 2,555 people shared NRC numbers, names and dates of birth.