8.3 Zimbabwe Defence Forces 8.3.1 The army should refrain from use of live ammunition on civilians during demonstrations. 8.3.2 Support the implementation of Section 210 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe. 8.4 Parliament of Zimbabwe 8.4.1 The ZHRC maintains that Section 40K of the Amended Electoral Act giving the Commission an observation and not monitoring role in elections is unconstitutional and must be repealed. Parliament must therefore work to ensure that this provision is repealed in order to guarantee that the ZHRC is able to effectively implement its constitutional mandate during elections. 8.4.2 Parliament is urged to promulgate a law which operationalises section 210 of the Constitution, which provides for enactment of mechanisms to enable the public to make complaints against members of the security services, and to provide remedy. 8.5 Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare and Grain Marketing Board 8.5.1 The Ministry and GMB should have transparent systems for distribution of food aid and Presidential Farming Inputs that do not advance certain political agendas. 8.5.2 Food distribution towards elections should be suspended to avoid political manipulation of the process, with the establishment of a mechanism which ensures that beneficiaries receive adequate allocations in advance of the election period. Page 52 of 55