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Commonwealth calls for electoral reform

    NAIROBI

    The British Commonwealth secretariat has reiterated its call for a reformed Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) before the 29 October polling day in order “to ensure that complaints of vote-rigging are avoided in the coming general election”, the ‘Guardian’ newspaper reported on Tuesday. Commonwealth special envoy Moses Anafu was quoted as saying that it was crucial that the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and the opposition Civic United Front (CUF) reach a consensus on such reform. He said the electoral commission should comprise members who were neutral and would not favour any political party in the elections. Anafu said he would meet with the Inter-Party Committee (IPC), comprising Members of the House of Representatives from CUF and CCM, to discuss the political situation in Zanzibar in the run-up to the elections.

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