Sokwanele is today launching an online Constitution survey that aims to gather views from Zimbabweans everywhere, including the millions of Zimbabweans who live in the Diaspora and who have been largely excluded from the constitution-making process.
The survey can be found online at www.sokwanele.com/zimbabweconstitution/survey. Please help us to spread the word about the availability of the constitution survey either by forwarding this mailing, or by saving and emailing the attached e-card to everyone you know.
The constitution survey features a mix of questions. Some questions directly address content usually included in a constitution, while others seek to survey opinions on issues of concern to Zimbabweans. These issues, and Zimbabwean opinions on them, should guide those who are tasked to draft the new document and our views should be honoured in the detail making up a new constitution.
Taking the Survey:
1. NONE of the questions in our survey are compulsory
2. Most are quick multiple-choice style answers!
3. The survey takes approximately 30 minutes to complete
4. We have MS Word versions available for those who do not have access to the internet (see end of mailing for details)
5. Please note that we Do NOT ask for any information that could identify you
We hope you will answer as many questions as possible because this will provide us with a rich body of opinion and a real insight into the issues that concern Zimbabweans.
Zimbabwe is in the final stages of nation-wide outreach programme canvassing public views on what the new Zimbabwean Constitution should look. When this draws to a close, we will have to prepare ourselves to vote in a referendum. It’s a daunting task: the constitution is an immensely important document, but for those of us who are not lawyers or politicians, it can also feel very complicated. Zimbabwe’s new constitution will be the document that shapes and guides all future laws in Zimbabwe, so it is important we all feel we understand enough to make an informed decision during the referendum.
It is impossible to include everything in a survey, especially when considering a topic as complex and detailed as a nation’s constitution. We have instead sought to cover a wide enough range of topics to provoke further thought and debate as we move forwards.
We hope that the survey will offer readers a deeper insight into how wide-ranging the constitution document is, and we hope it will encourage readers to seek more information on areas they feel uncertain about.
Responses to our survey will be collated into a report with information circulated to our mailing list subscribers and published on our website and blog. We will also forward details of your feedback to COPAC!
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