EU ELECTION OBSERVER MISSION FINAL REPORT ON ZAMBIA’S AUGUST 2026 ELECTION Here is the final EU Observer Mission Report released today, 3rd November 2026 on the link below: https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eom-zambia-2026/european-union-election-observation-mission-zambia-2026-final-report_en Recommendations The EU EOM offers 13 recommendations for improving the way elections are organised, managed, and conducted in Zambia. Of these, eight are priority recommendations: 1. […]

EU ELECTION OBSERVER MISSION FINAL REPORT ON ZAMBIA’S AUGUST 2026 ELECTION

Here is the final EU Observer Mission Report released today, 3rd November 2026 on the link below:

https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eom-zambia-2026/european-union-election-observation-mission-zambia-2026-final-report_en

Recommendations

The EU EOM offers 13 recommendations for improving the way elections are organised,
managed, and conducted in Zambia. Of these, eight are priority recommendations:

1. Revise the electoral legal framework well before elections, through an inclusive,
consultative, and expert-driven process, to remove gaps and inconsistencies, enhance
transparency and legal predictability, and to better align with international commitments.

2. Ensure transparency throughout the electoral process in line with international standards
in decision-making and access to key information of public interest for all stakeholders. This would include publication of all relevant regulatory instruments.

3. Protect freedom of assembly and equal campaign opportunities for all contestants by discontinuing the role of the ECZ in issuing campaign timetables, ensuring that the pre-eminent role of regulating campaign schedules lies with contestants.

4. Disengage state-owned media from direct government control and convert ZNBC into a genuine public service broadcaster with editorial independence and balanced programming.

5. Align the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Acts with international commitments on freedom of expression and privacy of communication.

6. Promote the public accountability of electoral authorities by guaranteeing the right of unhindered access of observers to all aspects of the electoral process, underpinned by a timely, transparent and less burdensome accreditation process.

7. Guarantee effective access to due process in electoral matters. Measures would include realistic timelines for petitions in all court jurisdictions, including access and filing by alternate means, consistency in rights of appeal before and after elections, and adopting appropriate evidentiary standards.

8. Protect the will of the voter and the integrity of elections by ensuring consistent arrangements for maintaining transparency during the results tabulation, such as projection of data entry and prompt online posting of complete, PS-disaggregated preliminary and final results, in an easily usable format.