Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba said political parties will be allowed to observe the printing of ballot papers. She said this is within ZEC’s mandate to allow them to do so.
She however said they will not be allowing political parties to be involved in the procurement of ballot papers as demanded by opposition. Chigumba said opposition parties must take the procurement issue to Parliament so that the law is changed. Said Chigumba:
This is an issue for the legislature to decide. It is not an issue where Zec has a mandate to change the law with regards to a demand made by one political party. It is my considered view that the political party involved must take those views to Parliament and try to get them part of the law. What we have said, as Zec, is that we simply follow the law and guided by the present law.
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