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Zambia’s Edgar Lungu seeks re-election
Tuesday May 18 2021
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Lusaka,
Zambian President Edgar Lungu filed his nomination Monday seeking re-election after a court petition to block him failed.
His critics still argued he was not eligible to contest the election as that would amount to a “third term.”
The country’s Constitutional Court earlier ruled that he was eligible to run for president again.
Critics had argued that he became head of state following the death of President Michael Sata in the middle of his term in office.
President Sata died in 2014 after three years in power, which necessitated an election in which Lungu was voted in in 2015.
Livestock Minister Nkandu Luo shortly after being declared duly elected Munali MP by the Constitutional Court on November 16, 2018 – Picture by Tenson Mkhala
PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has appointed former Livestock and Fisheries Minister professor Nkandu Luo as his running mate ahead of the August elections. The Head of State arrived at Mulungushi International Conference Centre this morning to file nomination papers in the company of Prof Luo, much to the surprise of journalists and other onlookers present. Professor Luo is immediate past PF member of parliament for Munali Constituency in Lusaka and also served as Higher Education Minister. The duo is scheduled to hold a joint press conference..
Zambia s President Edgar Lungu has picked a microbiologist over his vice-president as running mate in his re-election bid.
Elections are scheduled for 12 August.
President Lungu said his choice of Nkandu Luo as running mate followed reflection and prayerful thought . I have no doubt that we are going to make a great team that will not only give our party the electoral victory, but, ultimately, the progress we desire for our great nation, he said in a Facebook post.
Inonge Wina has been Zambia s vice-president since 2015 and is the first woman in the country to hold the position.
The president will face 18 other challengers including his main opponent Hakainde Hichilema who has unsuccessfully contested the presidential elections five times.
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