An alliance of Zambia's main opposition parties on Sunday called on President Edgar Lungu to concede as early election results showed their candidate leading the tightly-fought poll.
LUSAKA - An alliance of Zambia's main opposition parties on Sunday called on President Edgar Lungu to concede as early election results showed their candidate leading the tightly-fought poll.
"We ask you for once to act in a statesman-like manner by quickly conceding to your brother Hakainde Hichilema so that the process of handover and reconciliation of this nation can begin," Charles Milupi, chairman of the UPND Alliance told reporters. But Lungu had on Saturday the election declared the polls neither free nor fair, citing incidents of violence that occurred in UPND strongholds."The mere fact that ordinary voters... reacted against your ... officials trying to do wrong things, does not constitute an illegality," said Milupi.
Security forces blocked Hichilema from campaigning in several parts of the country, including the strategic Copperbelt Province, citing breaches of coronavirus measures and a public order act.
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