Zimbabwe: Flawed Draft Constitution Faces Rejection - Convention

Harare — GOVERNMENT should immediately halt the parliament-led constitution-making process or risk the rejection of a draft constitution resulting from the flawed procedure at a referendum, a National Constitutional Assembly (NCA)-convened second National People's Constitutional Convention recommended this week.

The convention, which was held on Monday at the Aquatic Complex in Chitungwiza and attended by thousands of delegates drawn from the NCA, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), the Zimbabwe National Students Union, Zimbabwe Chamber of the Informal Economy Associations, National Council for Disabled Persons in Zimbabwe, human rights and youth organisations, said there was need for an independent and democratic constitutional reform process.

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