On the allegation of inciting violence, Mr. Chamisa’s position was that none of his political statements during the campaign rallies amounted to incitement. He suggested that the protests were organised by ZANU PF. Mr. Tendai Biti’s evidence was to the same effect: that the MDC Alliance and its supporters had always been the victims of political violence at the hands of the State. He outlined to the Commission a long history of political violence in Zimbabwe. In respect of the events that took place on the 1st of August 2018, the Commission has based its findings on all of this evidence and all other evidence heard. 3.9. Electoral Law- Declaration of Presidential Election Results As the protests appeared to have been centred on an alleged delay in the announcement of the Presidential results, the Commission therefore considered the electoral law in this regard and noted as follows: a. The law does not provide for electronic transmission of results from polling stations to the National Command Centre; b. Counting of votes takes place at the polling station. In terms of the Electoral Act, counting takes place “immediately after the close of the poll”. Polling takes place between 0700hrs and 1900hrs; c. There are three elections: Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Authority; d. Each polling station has three results: Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Authority; e. Each result is recorded, announced and displayed at the polling station; 21 21