the declaration by the Constituency Elections Officer of Dexter Nduna as the duly elected Member of the National Assembly for Chegutu West Constituency and have he himself declared as the duly elected Member of the National Assembly for the constituency. In the case of Canaan Matiashe vs Nokuthula Matsikenyere, the petitioner seeks, as redress, the of setting aside of the election of the latter as the Member of the National Assembly for Chimanimani West constituency, the declaration of the parliamentary seat for the constituency of Chimanimani West as vacant, and that the cost of the petition be borne by the respondent. Human Rights Violations ZESN continues to observe the political environment beyond the Election Day. Over the reporting period, LTOs reported on incidents of human rights violations in their constituencies. However, in most cases, LTOs could not identify the perpetrators of the violations. Where it could be established, ZANU PF supporters and the military were identified as the main perpetrators. Where unofficial curfews1 were reported, LTOs reported that there was general apprehension in their respective constituencies as soldiers were indiscriminately beating up people. For instance, in Dzivarasekwa, Chitungwiza, and Kuwadzana constituencies in Harare Province, there were reports of soldiers going into nightclubs asking patrons to leave and randomly beating up people found on the streets on the nights of 1 and 2 August. LTOs also made efforts to verify social media reports of human rights abuses in their constituencies. Intimidation was reported in 19% of constituencies, although reported incidents dropped to some extent over time. In Maware village, Makonde constituency ward 9 in Mashonaland West province, there were threats of a follow up exercise to determine who voted for the MDC Alliance. Figure 4 below indicates the percentages of constituencies where human rights abuses had been reported by 11 and 19 August 2018. 1 An unofficial curfew as defined by those who interacted with ZESN LTOs is a situation whereby there is no officially announced and gazetted curfew but residents of an area know from experience that walking around in their area beyond some stipulated time (1800hrs in this case) would result in beatings or harassment by State security operatives (from soldiers in this case). 3 POST-ELECTION LONG TERM OBSERVER REPORT © September 2018