national results center should also be reviewed to speed up the release of election results to maintain credibility. 3. Women participation in elections The Mission acknowledges the great development attributed in the increased involvement of women as voters, police officers, party agents and polling officials in most polling stations. However, women participation as candidates in elections needs to be increased. The ZEC and political parties should put in place measures to increase participation of women in elections. 4. Biometric identification The Mission commends ZEC for the adoption of the Biometric Voter Registration which limits the possibilities of multiple registrations. The new system by ZEC of limiting voters per polling station to 1000, and narrowing voters to being polling stationed based has contributed immensely to smooth management of the voting process. However, Biometric identification could be used in future to speed up the identification process during voting. 5. Party Agents Party agents could benefit from more training on their role as some did not seem to understand what was required of them. However, the Mission expresses concern towards expressions of intimidation targeted at party agents in the rural areas as the counting process was about to commence. 6. Physically challenged More polling stations should be made easily accessible for the physically challenged. The ESN-SA urges the people of Zimbabwe to maintain peace and calm as the declaration of the final election results by the ZEC is awaited. The improvements that have been achieved in the 2018 Harmonised Elections should not be marred by violence and disunity. For more information on the mission, please contact us on 10 Rochester Crescent Belgravia, Harare 791443/ 791803 Email: zesn2011@zesn.net Page 42