Recommendations to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission I. The Forum urges ZEC to be true to its mandate in section 239 (a) of the Constitution to be truly independent, professional and transparent. The lack of transparency contributed to the mistrust between ZEC, political parties and all stakeholders. II. The parliament of Zimbabwe must carry out comprehensive electoral reforms. The first priority being the alignment of the Electoral Act with the Constitution so that all Zimbabweans enjoy their political rights in particular the right to vote. III. ZEC must also ensure that for future elections the voter roll is updated and available on time for all electoral purposes. IV. ZEC must ensure transparency in the printing and designing of ballot papers by all stakeholders. Recommendations to political parties I. Political parties must educate their supporters on the effects of political violence and also to urge their supporters to desist from electoral mal practices such as vote buying, defacing of posters hate speech and cyber bulling among other human rights violations. II. Political parties must deploy polling agencies at all polling stations and these polling agents must observe all the processes at the respective polling stations. This is so as to enhance transparency. Recommendations to Parliament I. Parliament must priorities the alignment of all electoral related laws with the Constitution. Recommendations to the Independent Commissions 1. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commissions must comply with its mandate to receive complaints and take such action which is appropriate as provided for in section 239 of the Constitution. 8