Election Guidelines 1. 2. 3. Complaints regarding pre-election, Election Day and post-election violence shall be accepted and investigated in terms of Article 12 of the Constitution,which declares that"all persons are equal before the law and are entitled to the equal protection of the law" Electoral Officers/all Security Forces/Police Officialswill be held liable for violations of fundamental rights and for any inaction or omission with regard to entertaining such complaints. lnvestigation regarding complaints shall be conducted in a strictly impartial manner.lnaction due to political influences or any other unacceptable reason will amount to a breach of Article 1 2 of the Constitution. The law which relates to election propaganda shall be applied equally.All political parties and groups shall be treated equally according to Article 12(2) of the Constitution, which declares "No citizen shall be discriminated against on the grounds of race, religion, language, cast sex, political opinion, and place of birth or on any one of such grounds'lAny unequal treatment or discrimination, especially on political opinion, will be an express violation of Article 12 of the Constitution. 4. lssuing permits to use loudspeakers and for election meeting shall be in accordance to the law, especially in terms of section 68(2) of the Parliamentary Elections Act No. 1 of 1981.The non-fulfillment of this obligation will result in violation of Article 1 2 of the Constitution. 5. Parades during the election period shall be permitted according to the law. lssuing permits for parades shall be according to Articles 1 2 and 14 of the Constitution. Article 14(1) guarantee among others, freedom of speech, assembly, association, occupation and of movement.