LUSAKA : A Vote After 17 Years
The people of Zambia, their economy in a shambles, go to the polls Thursday for the country’s first multi-party presidential and parliamentary elections in 17 years.
And diplomats say President Kenneth D. Kaunda’s ruling party could have its 27-year hold on power ended by the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy, a coalition of labor, business, farming and religious leaders led by trade unionist Frederick Chiluba.
The campaign has been intense and bitter, and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is leading an international delegation to monitor the elections.
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