a) Free education and adult basic education. There is also further education which the state should make available.
b) Gender equality specified in many sections and the removal of restrictions by traditional culture.
c) President, cabinet, ministry permanent secretaries and all commissioners limited to two five year terms.
d) A devolved system of government with some form of elected officials and specified resource control.
e) A more transparent sharing of power with the presidential running mates system.
f) A more democratic electoral system and a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission with extended powers.
h) No death penalty for women.
i) Most political leaders in legislature, civic servants, security sector must no longer involve themselves in politics.
j) A National Peace Commission that will deal with transitional justice issues.
k) A National Prosecuting Authority and reduced power for the Attorney General.
l) An independent complaints commission so we can hold security sector accountable.
m) An expanded bill of rights, including social, economic, political and cultural rights.
n) The right to demonstrate and petition and rights to liberty more clearly defined.
o) A non-discrimination clause and 16 official languages.
p) Domestication of international instruments to which Zimbabwe is a signatory.
q) A Constitutional and Electoral Court.
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WOZA has already said they support the new constitution. So are these new demands or just a wish list?
It should be noted that many of the rights listed above are in the present Lancaster House constitution already. We have been denied these rights because Mugabe simply ignore them. What the new constitution should therefore have done – but did not – is have clauses making difficult for government to ignore these rights. Have all the basic rights spelt out is not going to help in this case.