THE battle between Acting Finance Minister Gorden Moyo and state security agents over the control of the upcoming national population census - which is critical to the next elections - has brought to the fore the problematic role of mainly the military in civilian matters, especially concerning political and electoral processes.
Informed sources said security forces want to control the census to determine its outcome in line with Zanu PF's electoral agenda. The census is important to elections because it would show the new population figure and distribution pattern, hence it correlates to the voters' roll, the delimitation of constituency boundaries and the number of rural and urban seats, among other key electoral determinants.
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