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Constitution breakthrough confirmed
16 Jul 2012 at 06:27hrs | Views
After three years of wrangling among political parties and up to $50m spent, Zimbabwe has finally made a breakthrough on its new constitution, according to a report in the Sunday Times.
The Select Committee of Parliament on the New Constitution has cleared a series of disputed issues that pushed the process to the brink of collapse many times in recent months.
The new draft constitution is expected to be delivered to the coalition government principals - President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara and Welshman Ncube - any day now, Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Eric Matinenga is quoted as saying.
The report notes constitutional issues that have been agreed upon include presidential term limits, limits of tenure for state security service chiefs, control of the Central Intelligence Organisation by parliament through appropriate legal instruments, dual citizenship, proportional representation, the abolition of the death penalty and two Vice-Presidents.
The Select Committee of Parliament on the New Constitution has cleared a series of disputed issues that pushed the process to the brink of collapse many times in recent months.
The new draft constitution is expected to be delivered to the coalition government principals - President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara and Welshman Ncube - any day now, Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Eric Matinenga is quoted as saying.
The report notes constitutional issues that have been agreed upon include presidential term limits, limits of tenure for state security service chiefs, control of the Central Intelligence Organisation by parliament through appropriate legal instruments, dual citizenship, proportional representation, the abolition of the death penalty and two Vice-Presidents.
Source - legalbrief
