has been seriously deficient in this aspect of its duties as only a few constituencies reported their presence. Only 22% of the constituencies sampled reported voter education taking place, and, in those constituencies where voter education did take place, this was usually done by the political parties, and, to a lesser extent, non-governmental organisations and churches, even though the Electoral Act prohibits them from doing so. The reports concerning the political use of food were also a clear cause for concern. 74% of the constituencies sampled reported the political use of food, with the most common report being the fact that ZanuPF was distributing food to its card carrying members only. The following were recommendations made to the government, political parties, non-governmental organisations and other interested parties. These recommendations were not acted upon, instead the Commissioner of Police responded negatively to the two reports published in February and March, to the extent of attacking the person of the chairperson of the NCA. • THERE MUST BE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO REMOVE ALL PARTISAN FORCES FROM THE EXISTING CONSTITUENCIES. THIS APPLIES PARTICULARLY TO THE WAR VETERANS AND THE YOUTH MILITIA. HERE THE NCA WOULD POINT OUT THAT THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN THESE GROUPS AND SIGNIFICANT IRREGULARITIES ARE SUFFICIENTLY SERIOUS TO WARRANT IMMEDIATE ACTION. There must be immediate steps to set in place an enforceable code of conduct for these elections. Whilst both parties are implicated in electoral irregularities, the balance of the evidence to date suggests that ZanuPF is the major culprit, and the NCA would call upon the Government to take immediate steps both to restrain its supporters and to call for a consultation between all political parties on the setting up of an enforceable code of conduct. In view of the large number of allegations of continued partisan behaviour by the law enforcement and security agencies, there must be immediate and public action by the Government to ensure the compliance with these agencies with the Constitution and the Statute law of Zimbabwe. The NCA calls upon the Government to ensure that all allegations of partisan behaviour on the part of these agencies are quickly investigated and publicly dealt with through the courts. The substantial absence of voter education, especially when these elections are being run under a new dispensation, is a near-fatal flaw, and underlines the reasons for the NCA repudiating these elections. The allegations of partisan access to food remain deeply disturbing, especially in the context of a serious humanitarian crisis. The NCA calls upon the Government to immediately take steps to ensure that no political party has any access to the possibility of providing food relief, and to publicly demonstrate to all that food relief is non-partisan. Our findings were corroborated by other reports in the public domain, and particularly from the periodic reports being issued by the MDC, as well as the February and Monthly Monitoring Reports of the Zimbabwe Peace Project. Further reports may be forthcoming and the data can be examined in greater detail against the data sets emerging in the post-election period. As is common knowledge, and way ahead of the poll, the NCA expressed strong reservations about the constitutional, legal and administrative framework for these elections, and stated publicly that the poll should be boycotted. It is now evident that this was not a posture. The elections are highly disputed, and there is prima facie evidence of many irregularities, the majority of which stem from the exact problems indicated by the NCA in adopting its position on the election. The position of the NCA is also vindicated by its monitoring of the pre-election climate, and, as National Constitutional Assembly: THE 2005 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION. FLAWED, UNFREE AND UNFAIR!