hold such office. When the team contacted the Provincial District Administrator (PDA) he gave assurances that a list of polling centres as well as contact details of all District Chairpersons would be provided in due course. The P.D.A however reported that consensus had been reached in several areas. 4.5. Issuance of national identification documents 4.5.1. The Registrar General’s Office, Manicaland was being accused by MDC-T supporters of selectively slowing down or denying issuance of identification documents to known or suspected MDC-T supporters/sympathisers. The ZHRC advised the complainants to file a complaint at its offices with the requisite evidence. 4.6. Engagement with the Zimbabwe Republic Police 4.6.1. In Mashonaland Central, Murehwa, Mudzi, Mutoko and Uzumba-MarambaPfungwe, Bulawayo, Chipinge, Chimanimani, Chivi, Masvingo urban and Bikita, the police had not received any reports of politically motivated violence or any reports relating to human rights abuses. However, the police advised that they had not been informed of the MDC-T primary elections. The ZRP Masvingo indicated that the lack of communication from the Party was in violation of Section 25 of the Public Order and Security Act (POSA) [Chapter 11:17]. In Mashonaland East, the ZRP Provincial Police Officer was not aware of the MDC-T primary elections but did not seem concerned about not being notified. The District Police Officer (DisPol) Murehwa informed the team that she planned to engage all the political parties after the primaries so that the ZRP dialogues with the candidates. This is due to the fact that political parties with the exception of those in the current Parliament seemed to only resurface at election time. 4.6.2. The Officer Commanding Province Harare (PROPOL) was informed of the role of the ZHRC to monitor elections before, during and after the elections. He highlighted that as the ZRP they did not play any role in primary elections and hence were not aware of when the MDC-T primaries would be held. He also highlighted that political parties do not have to notify the police of their internal meetings which include primary elections if it is an in-house activity. However, he advised that if the event was to be in the open and there were chances of the public being involved there was need to notify the police in terms of the POSA. He indicated that the police were now geared for the Page 9 of 16