He made the remarks while addressing a media briefing on the new constitution in Harare on Wednesday.
Mwonzora said it was only "logical" that people in the diaspora should be given a chance to defend their interests in the new constitution.
He said Zimbabweans in the diaspora should be given a chance to mark the constitution against the submissions they made in the initial stages of the constitution making process.
He said: “Logically, they must (participate). These are people who have contributed their ideas and they must be given a platform to defend their ideas or to mark the document against their submissions."
"As Copac, it is our desire that people who participated in this process must be allowed to vote. You cannot disenfranchise a person who has contributed to the programme,"" said Mwonzora.
Mwonzora also ruled out any chance of tabling the Zanu (PF) draft for discussion at the Second All-Stakeholders Conference on the new constitution now scheduled for mid-October.
He said: “The Zanu (PF) draft is hard work for nothing. It has no status at the Second All-Stakeholders Conference. What has status are agreed documents compiled by Copac. Officially, we do not have it as part of our documentation,"" said Mwonzora.
He added that the parties in the inclusive government had agreed to bring foreign observers, particularly those from the Sadc region, as well as civil society groups to the conference.
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