52.2. I also attach hereto affidavits by members of the civil service confirming that
the exercise of their right to vote was in fact facilitated by the Electoral
Commission. I mark them Annexure ‘X’.
52.3. Other civil servants seconded to the Electoral Commission were able to
successfully apply for postal voting and thus cast their votes by that method and
were not affected by being on duty with the Electoral Commission on polling day.
52.4. Other civil servants opted to forfeit their vote in preference for being posted
as polling officers. I attach hereto marked Annexure ‘Y’, declarations by
members of the civil service seconded to the Electoral Commission signifying that
they are forfeiting their vote in preference for being posted as polling officers.
52.5. The Electoral Commission thus did not do anything to disenfranchise any
eligible voter on polling day who was seconded to the Electoral Commission from
the civil service.
53. Ad Para 6.5.8
This is denied. It is not clear how the applicant concludes that unidentified members
of the civil service were going to vote for “the opposition” as he avers.
53.1. Firstly, he has failed to establish the disenfranchisement he alleges as he has
placed no evidence before the court on that score. The affidavits of Jokoniah
Mawopa and Obert Masaraure do not take the applicant’s case any further as
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