Zambia’s opposition New Republican Party (NRP) presidential candidate Brian Mundubile makes competing public claims after Thursday’s presidential election, while official results have not been released. In earlier statements, he says his party’s Parallel Voter Tabulation (PVT) shows he won and he calls on the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to announce him as president.
Subsequent reporting describes rising tension, including reports that Mundubile faces arrest and is detained by the Zambia Army and interrogated over comments made after the vote. Deutsche Welle adds that Mundubile’s party seeks to overturn the election outcome in court. DW also reports allegations of shots fired during a raid of Mundubile’s home on election night, and that the UN high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, urges Zambia to stop arresting people arbitrarily.
One outlet reports Mundubile later appears to concede defeat in an interview, despite the ECZ still not announcing a final result. The sources differ on the timing and direction of his public stance, but they consistently describe a dispute over the election’s outcome and actions taken against Mundubile after his statements.
