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Fifteen
conditions for a Free and Fair Election
Movement for
Democratic Change (MDC)
March 27, 2004
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- The establishment
of a genuinely independent electoral commission that will be responsible
for running the entire election and the entire electoral process.
- The exclusion of
partisan officials such as the present Registrar General of Elections
and members of the military from being involved in the running of the
elections.
- A completely fresh
voter registration exercise done by the Independent Electoral Commission
with the assistance of the United Nations.
- The supply of
an electronic (computer data base) copy of the voters' roll to all political
parties and interested persons.
- The repeal of
those aspects of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy
Act (AIPPA) that curtail media freedoms.
- The repeal of
those aspects of the Public Order and Security Act (POSA) that curtail
the freedom of political parties to campaign.
- The amendment
of the Electoral Act to bring it into conformity with those aspects
of the SADC Parliamentary Forum's Electoral Standard and Norms not referred
to specifically elsewhere in this document.
- The reversal of
administrative decisions that have resulted in the closure of the Daily
News and the removal of all obstacles preventing theDaily News and other
newspapers from operating freely.
- The liberalization
of the broadcasting media and the opening up of state media to carry
equal amounts of coverage of all parties' electoral messages pro rata
to the percentage of votes they secured in the last general Parliamentary
election.
- The complete disbanding
of the Youth Militia.
- The use of translucent
plastic ballot boxes of secure, single-piece construction
- That all voting
should be done and completed in one day; to ensure this sufficient numbers
of polling stations be established.
- Unhindered access
to the entire electoral process by international, regional and domestic
election observer missions
- That all counting
of ballots take place at polling stations in the mandatory presence
of polling agents and observers.
- The use of visible
indelible ink to identify those who have voted.
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