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ZESN Election Update No.3
Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN)
March 11, 2005

As there are only 20 days to go the next election on the 31st of March 2005, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has established a national multi-party political liaison committee that will deal with conflict resolution among the contesting parties in this year's parliamentarian elections. The commission will also adjudicate on disputes and is entrusted with the responsibility for conciliation and mediation upon conflict management panels.

In Southern Africa such countries as South Africa, Mozambique and Botswana have already established their liaison committees. This has resulted in more conflicts related to elections being resolved faster before being taken to the Electoral Courts especially for those that are complex and difficulty to resolve.

This committee is comprised of 5 members of all the participating parties and seventeen independent candidates. ZESN as a civic organization involved in the electoral process welcomes and commends this move by ZEC and we hope that this committee will also be established at local and regional levels.

ZESN has welcomed this move and hopes that it will enhance the integrity of the election process and prevent conflicts as all the political parties are involved and are contributing to the decisions of the committee.

The commission will also adjudicate on disputes and is entrusted with the responsibility for conciliation and mediation upon conflict management panels.

It is hoped that this move by political parties to interact with each other and solve their disputes own their own and will promote a culture of tolerance among the political parties their supporters.

We the establishment of Electoral Court, hope election disputes will be dealt with expeditiously.

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