publication of the results of the elections. All these stages require standard operating procedures and policies which must be published and understood by the public and the public must be able to see that these processes are in conformity with the constitution and electoral law. 25. Therefore, the Applicants will move for a declaratory order that in terms of section 3 (2) (g), section 156 (a) section 233 (d) and section 239 (a) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe and section 3 of the Electoral Act the First Respondent has a legal duty to disclose all of its standard operating procedures, processes, policies and internal manuals which relate to the conduct of elections and make them available for public scrutiny at least three months before the election. 26. In addition to the general declaratory order, we will deal separately below with specific disclosures relating the various aspects of the work of the First Respondent which require attention in the interest of electoral transparency. Publication of the names and designations of persons seconded from the Civil Service to the First Respondent during an election 27. The Electoral Act provides in section 10 that the at the request of the First Respondent, the chairpersons of the Public Service 12

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