10.12. The reasonable fear that the Electoral Commission thus held, is that once an electronic copy of the voters’ roll containing voters’ pictures is issued to the public, the potential for decryption of that voters’ roll as to render it editable, (as has occurred with the voters’ roll that is currently being provided), is high. Once that voters’ roll is editable, it is possible for the information thereon to be used for purposes other than what the voters’ roll has been issued for. This may include identity theft and the removal or addition of names onto the voters’ roll among other forms of manipulation of the voters’ roll. 10.13. Already the hacking of the electronic voters’ roll that the Electoral Commission affords to the public, (as averred above), has resulted in a denting of the credibility of the voters’ roll, (I reaffirm that the country’s voters’ roll is indeed credible, but facts seldom trump opinion in these matters). For instance, the July 12, 2018 edition of the NewsDay newspaper carried an article titled ‘Zec beefs up voters’ roll’. One of the issues reported in that article were the allegations, (already addressed herein above), that the Electoral Commission had afforded confidential information on the voters’ roll, (cell phone numbers), to a political party contesting the election. The allegation is false but the damage to credibility is real and arises not from any failure by the Electoral Commission but by acts that are extrinsic to the Electoral Commission. The article also quotes the Minister for Information Technology and Cyber Security weighing in on the issue of hacking of the electronic copy of the voters’ roll afforded to members of the public in the context of a website established whereon a decrypted electronic voters’ roll appears. For clarity, the Electoral Commission’s own database has not