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잠비아 대통령선거 예비후보 17명 난립
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잠비아 대통령선거 예비후보 17명 난립
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  • 승인 2011.08.05 11:59
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Seventeen candidates go for Zambian presidency as poll draws near

[루사카=신화통신/KNS뉴스통신]  2011년 총선이 다가오면서 약 17명의 인사들이 대통령 후보를 예비 경합하고 있다고 잠비아 선거관리위원회가 4일 밝혔다.

대통령 후보로 나설 것으로 기대되는 대통령 예비후보 지망자 명단에 의하면 17명의 후보군이 오는 9월 20일로 예정된 올해의 총선에 참가할 것이라고 지금까지 확실한 의사를 표시했다는 것이다.

(신화통신, 원문)

LUSAKA, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- About 17 candidates are expected to contest Zambia's 2011 elections as presidential candidates, the country's electoral body said here Thursday.

According to a list of aspiring presidential candidates who are expected to lodge their nomination papers, 17 candidates have so far confirmed participating in this year's general elections scheduled for Sept.20.

The lodging in of nomination papers will commence on Sunday, August 7 and end on Friday, August 12 at the Supreme Court before the country's Chief Justice, who is the Returning Officer.

According to a press statement released by Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Public Relations Manager Cris Akufuna, incumbent President Rupiah Banda who is seeking re-lection on the governing Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) ticket will lodge his nomination papers on Wednesday August 10 in the morning while the country's main opposition leader Michael Sata of the Patriotic Front (PF) will lodge his papers on Tuesday. The second largest opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development (UPND) will lodge his papers on Monday.

Other parties expected to field presidential candidates include the former ruling party, UNIP, Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD), Zambians for Empowerment and Development (ZED), National Restoration Party (NAREP), National Movement for Progress (NMP) and National Revolution Party (NRP).

Others are Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD), People' s Redemption Party (PRP), Zambia Direct Democracy Movement (ZDDM),Heritage Party (HP), United Nationalist Party (UNP), Zambia Progressive Party (ZP), Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) and Zambia Conservative Party (ZCP).  

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