Dar es Salaam, Feb. 1 -- ZANZIBAR: AS the final registration of new voters for this years General Election begins today, the Zanzibar government has reaffirmed its commitment to taking strict legal action against anyone who disrupts the process or causes disturbances at registration centres.

Speaking at a press conference on updating the Permanent Voters Register (PVR) ahead of the much-anticipated election, Minister of State in the Office of the Second Vice President (Policy, Coordination and House of Representatives Affairs), Mr Hamza Hassan Juma, said that the government is fully prepared to maintain law and order during the second and final phase of voter registration, scheduled to run from February 1 to March 17 this year.

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