Civil society demands people driven constitution

HARARE - In a communiqué released by civil society organisations after a stakeholders' conference at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on February 6, the organisations reaffirmed their commitment to five key elements of the Peoples' Charter.


The communiqué stated that Article six of the Global Political
Agreement (GPA) remains inadequate in the process of creating a people
driven constitution, labelling it undemocratic' and subject to party
control.' It also reiterated its commitment to Section three of the
Peoples' Charter which outlines both the content and process of a
people-driven constitutional.

Civil society shall be guided by the principles articulated over the
last 10 years in relation to constitutional reform, both in the
People’s Charter as well as in Resolutions of the People’s
Constitutional Convention of 1999 on the definition of people driven
processes in relation to an All Stakeholders Constitutional Commission,
National Referendum, National Outreach, Compilations and Draft
Constitution, said the communiqué.

They also said that when constitutional reform had been implemented
there should be fresh elections under a new democratic constitution.
Lastly, they called for the views of the general populace to be made
public and their decisions to be unchangeable by law or the Parliament
of Zimbabwe.'

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