Who carries out investigation for election-related criminal offenses?
Zimbabwe
- Police
- Special Investigation Committee
Electoral Act
According to the amended Electoral Act, s 133H provides that (1) For the purpose of every general election and by-election, the Commission[er]-General of Police shall, in consultation with the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, appoint a senior police officer for each provincial centre who shall be the special police liaison officer responsible for the expeditious investigation of cases of politically-motivated violence or intimidation within that province ... (2) To assist each special police liaison officer, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission shall, in consultation with the Commission, establish a Special Investigation Committee for each provincial centre...
Further, s 133J: (1) Immediately after an election is called, the Commissioner-General of Police, in consultation with the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, shall establish one or more special police units to investigate cases of politically-motivated violence and intimidation arising from the election. (2) The police officers constituting the special police units established in terms of subsection (1) shall investigate as expeditiously as possible all cases of politically-motivated violence and intimidation
