Ezra Chiloba explains looming battle with NASA over presidential elections results.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission ( IEBC ) CEO Ezra Chiloba has said the move to appeal the court ruling giving returning officers the power to declare presidential results at constituency and polling station levels is motivated by the need to have clarity and minimise confusion in managing general elections.

The electoral agency has termed the ruling by the High Court as an error while NASA wants it upheld and effected. Mr Chiloba said the court has failed to make critical considerations in delivering the judgement and the commission had found avenues to appeal for retraction of the ruling within elections laws stipulated in the constitution. "The court did not make some consideration in making the judgement and we appealed so that there is clarity in the management of elections," said Chiloba in a call on a TV interview on Tuesday night.