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With the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) in­ter­nal elec­tions set for to­day, ten­sion is mount­ing as mem­bers have for­mal­ly ex­pressed con­cern over the in­tegri­ty of the vot­ing process.

The slate, led by prospec­tive chair­man can­di­date Farai Hove Ma­sai­sai, has writ­ten to the par­ty’s Elec­tions Su­per­vi­so­ry Com­mit­tee, call­ing for ur­gent clar­i­fi­ca­tion on key pro­ce­dur­al is­sues.

Dur­ing a press con­fer­ence yes­ter­day to un­veil the slate’s man­i­festo, prospec­tive Labour Re­la­tions can­di­date St Clair O’Neil stat­ed that mem­bers were still await­ing a re­sponse from the com­mit­tee af­ter for­mal­ly flag­ging is­sues re­lat­ing to the in­tegri­ty of the one man, one vote process.