Govt moves on new constitution

We are holding meetings about narrowing the disputes and disagreements in the form and content of the constitutional making process, said Matinenga.
He said the meetings are being held with the civil society organisations and other interests groups.
Matinenga said members of the parliamentary constitutional committee were meeting in Nyanga to map out a constitutional strategy ahead of the all stakeholders constitutional conference scheduled for July.
He said, The parliamentarians are meeting in Nyanga to come up with a strategy towards the all stakeholders constitutional conference.
Meanwhile the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) has embarked on a national outreach programme to educate Zimbabweans on the flaws of a government-led constitutional reform process.
The NCA is opposed to the governments decision to appoint special parliamentary committee to lead the writing of a new governance charter for the country.
The NCA that nine years ago successfully mobilised for the rejection of a proposed a draft constitution sponsored by President Robert Mugabe and his ruling Zanu (PF) party says it has already begun mobilising Zimbabweans to reject any draft constitution produced by the unity government.
Zimbabwe is currently governed under the 1979 Constitution agreed at the Lancaster House talks in London.
The constitution has been amended 19 times since the countrys independence in 1980 and critics say the changes have only helped to entrench Mugabe and Zanu (PF)s stranglehold on power.