Rupiah Banda
Ever since the death of President Levy Mwanawasa in August, Zambians have had to decide who will be their head of state for the next three years.
The winner of last week’s election is Rupiah Banda, and he has already been officially accepted as the new Zambian President until 2011.
He was a diplomat and also the vice-president of the country during President Mwanawasa’s mandate and he has based his campaign on promises to continue with what his predecessor had started.
Also running for the presidential chair was Mr. Michael Sata, but he came in second, with only 38.1% of the votes.
He was extremely displeased with the result and even wanted to demand an official recount, but the regional electoral monitors assured him the results would stay exactly the same.
Mr. Sata’s supporters have found the results as difficult to accept as their candidate, and there have been reports of violent confrontations between them and the riot police in the country’s capital, Lusaka.
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This post was written by Dana Ciucalau on November 2, 2008
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