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Electoral agency has a gargantuan task ahead

The term “free and fair election” has become so trite its novelty has worn off among many, yet sustaining a free and fair election is the epicentre of us maintaining a genuine and true civil society.

Every nation that purports to have a functioning democracy almost always has these four words somewhere in a statute or enactment which explicitly addresses their process of choosing public office holders. These words - however overused, cliché or worn out they might sound - are the true parents of democracy; the cradle of freedom.

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