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Zambia's presidential and
parliamentary elections will be held on 11 August under a new
constitution, a government spokesman said, Reuters news agency reports.
BBC Africa Live report continues:
"The
new constitution has a fixed election date and that will take effect as soon as
the president signs," Amos Chanda said.
President Edgar
Lungu is expected to sign the constitutional amendments into law on
Tuesday.
The
elections are expected to be tight contest between Mr Lungu's
governing Patriotic Front (PF) party and Hakainde Hichilema's opposition
United Party for National Development (UPND).
Other
amendments include a clause requiring a winning presidential candidate to get
more than 50% of the votes cast, Mr Chanda said.
Mr Lungu took office a year
ago in elections held after the death of then-President Michael Sata.
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