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03-09-2006, 09:23 AM
Zambian president believes he deserves better poll outcome
UPDATED: September 04, 2006
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa Saturday rejected the latest opinion polls which indicated he could win this year's elections with 33 percent of support if they were held on Friday, a result less than the 45 percent showed by an earlier poll conducted by another firm.
Before leaving Lusaka for the Western province to continue his countrywide campaign, Mwanawasa said his ruling party the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) deserves better poll results which should be more than 35 percent because it has done so much recently.
Due to such efforts, Mwanawasa said he can not accept that his party and he experienced a dip in popularity.
" The poll is inaccurate , I don't accept that we have gone down, we have done so much," he said, adding that his proportion should have been over 55 percent.
Mwanawasa said such opinion polls should be stopped because they are interfering into democracy.
The opinion poll conducted by Steadman Research Services International, displayed on Friday that Mwanawasa is still the most favorite candidate with 33 percent of support. His ruling party was the most popular party with the backing of 35 percent. The result is different from the earlier poll by Pangolin Consulting Firm in June.
The Steadman poll put Patriotic Front leader Michael Sata in the second position with 24 percent. The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) President Hakainde Hichilema was the third with 15 percent.
About 20 percent of the sampled respondents have not decided on their preferred candidate in the September 28 elections.
Source: Xinhua
UPDATED: September 04, 2006
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa Saturday rejected the latest opinion polls which indicated he could win this year's elections with 33 percent of support if they were held on Friday, a result less than the 45 percent showed by an earlier poll conducted by another firm.
Before leaving Lusaka for the Western province to continue his countrywide campaign, Mwanawasa said his ruling party the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) deserves better poll results which should be more than 35 percent because it has done so much recently.
Due to such efforts, Mwanawasa said he can not accept that his party and he experienced a dip in popularity.
" The poll is inaccurate , I don't accept that we have gone down, we have done so much," he said, adding that his proportion should have been over 55 percent.
Mwanawasa said such opinion polls should be stopped because they are interfering into democracy.
The opinion poll conducted by Steadman Research Services International, displayed on Friday that Mwanawasa is still the most favorite candidate with 33 percent of support. His ruling party was the most popular party with the backing of 35 percent. The result is different from the earlier poll by Pangolin Consulting Firm in June.
The Steadman poll put Patriotic Front leader Michael Sata in the second position with 24 percent. The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) President Hakainde Hichilema was the third with 15 percent.
About 20 percent of the sampled respondents have not decided on their preferred candidate in the September 28 elections.
Source: Xinhua