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Mundubile Should Not Waste Our Time – 60% vs 38% is Not Petition, It’s a Knockout!

Let’s talk about the truth, no sugar coating. HH beat Mundubile 60% to 38%. That’s not an election you petition, that’s a knockout! 22% gap! More than 900,000 votes! You want to petition what? You want

Mundubile Should Not Waste Our Time – 60% vs 38% is Not Petition, It’s a Knockout!

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By Chadrin Nseemani

Let’s talk about the truth, no sugar coating. HH beat Mundubile 60% to 38%. That’s not an election you petition, that’s a knockout! 22% gap! More than 900,000 votes! You want to petition what? You want to tell the court that 900,000 Zambians were forced to vote? Come on!



The law is very clear. Article 103 says if you go to Concourt, you must prove that without the cheating, you would have won. So tell us, where will Mundubile find 900,000 votes to turn the result? In his house? In his bedroom? There is nowhere!



Even the EU observers, those people who love to criticize African elections did NOT say HH rigged. They just said some officers were slow to write. Slow writing is not rigging! A court cannot cancel HH’s 60% because someone was slow with a pen!



Look at the results. From the first day HH was leading. 105 constituencies HH 58%. 161 constituencies HH 62%. He was leading from start to finish. This was not a close game. This was Zambia saying YES to Bally and NO to confusion.



Mundubile my brother, don’t embarrass yourself. Don’t waste lawyers’ money. 38% is not 50% plus one.

You were beaten clean. Accept and go and prepare for 2031. If you go to court with this 22% gap, judges will laugh at you. Zambians have spoken, left, right and centre. Bally has raised the bar too high.

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