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Gutu says Chamisa is bluffing

(e) to ensure the proper custody and maintenance of voters’ rolls and registers;

(f) to delimit constituencies, wards and other electoral boundaries;

(g) to design, print and distribute ballot papers, approve the form of and procure ballot boxes, and establish and operate polling centres;

(h) to conduct and supervise voter education;

(i) to accredit observers of elections and referendums;

(j) to give instructions to persons in the employment of the State or of a local authority for the purpose of ensuring the efficient, free, fair, proper and transparent conduct of any election or referendum; and

(k) to receive and consider complaints from the public and to take such action in regard to the complaints as it considers appropriate.

The Daily News, which is sympathetic to Chamisa, has warned that a poll boycott by Chamisa at this late hour would be suicidal.

“If the MDC Alliance decides to boycott the poll, this will backfire spectacularly as other political parties will go ahead and contest, hence legitimising the process,” the paper said.

“With 23 presidential candidates throwing their names in the hat, Nelson Chamisa’s withdrawal will be drowned by the participation of 22 other contestants.”

Here are the demands from Chamisa in full

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