Zimbabwe: Draft Constitution Through

THE House of Assembly yesterday unanimously passed Constitution Amendment Bill No 20 (Copac draft) with amendments after two days of debate in the Lower House, setting the stage for formal endorsement by the Senate next week before it becomes the new supreme charter.

Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs minister Eric Matinenga was elated after the house passed the bill with the 10 new amendments to the gazetted draft constitution, which include clarifications on the proposed proportional representation electoral system that was introduced in the new governance charter after being repealed in 1990.

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