00:00International observers in the Zambia's election said on Saturday the poll was marred by claims
00:06of intimidations, abductions and an hour's long pause in the vote count.
00:12The mission is now calling for parties to tone down inflammatory statements as the votes
00:16cast on Thursday were tallied and some teams extended their deployment because of the tension.
00:22The 13th of August general elections were a test of Zambia's democratic expectations.
00:28In a sentence these elections were genuinely competitive but they were held in a playing
00:34field that was not level.
00:36Zambians were offered a real choice and the conditions in which candidates competed were
00:41uneven.
00:42The electoral commissions have spent votes counting for around six hours on Friday following
00:47reports of violence and theft of ballot papers.
00:53Let me also say that the mission was not in a position to observe the counting and collation
01:00of results during the period of suspension and to address these processes including the
01:06development, including this development in its final report.
01:11The mission at the moment ages all contestants, their supporters and all stakeholders to remain
01:19calm, to refrain from any act of violence or interference with the electoral officials or materials
01:26and to pursue any grievance through the legal remedies available.
01:31The election commission started releasing constituency results late Friday pledging the final outcome
01:38will be made public by Monday.
01:40So far, the preliminary results pulls in common.
01:43President Hakaende Chilema ahead of his fiercest competitor, Bran Mundibile.
01:47That may not seem...
01:49That may not seem...
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