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Mugabe cannot reject draft constitution
06 Aug 2012 at 06:46hrs | Views
President Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF have no room to reject the draft constitution crafted by the Constitution Parliamentary Committee (Copac), MDC-T spokesperson and one of the Copac chairpersons, Douglas Mwonzora, said yesterday.
Addressing journalists in Harare, Mwonzora, who was speaking in the company of party secretary-general Tendai Biti, said if Mugabe and Zanu-PF were to reject the proposed governance charter, they would have turned against Zimbabweans and should be prepared to face the consequences.
"If the people of Zimbabwe vote 'yes', which I know they will if it is not changed, and Mugabe decides not to sign the draft constitution after the people of Zimbabwe have voted 'yes', then that's his own problem. We are actually waiting to see that kind of scenario," said Mwonzora.
Speaking to journalists, Biti accused Zanu-PF of trying to negotiate the draft constitution to suit Mugabe at the expense of the people of Zimbabwe.
"You don't negotiate a constitution for an individual, the problem with Zanu-PF is they were negotiating for President Mugabe, they negotiate with the mentality that Mugabe will be there forever," Biti said.
"A constitution is a contract among citizens on how they want to be governed or misgoverned. It's a reflection of the political balance sheet of the country."
Addressing journalists in Harare, Mwonzora, who was speaking in the company of party secretary-general Tendai Biti, said if Mugabe and Zanu-PF were to reject the proposed governance charter, they would have turned against Zimbabweans and should be prepared to face the consequences.
"If the people of Zimbabwe vote 'yes', which I know they will if it is not changed, and Mugabe decides not to sign the draft constitution after the people of Zimbabwe have voted 'yes', then that's his own problem. We are actually waiting to see that kind of scenario," said Mwonzora.
Speaking to journalists, Biti accused Zanu-PF of trying to negotiate the draft constitution to suit Mugabe at the expense of the people of Zimbabwe.
"You don't negotiate a constitution for an individual, the problem with Zanu-PF is they were negotiating for President Mugabe, they negotiate with the mentality that Mugabe will be there forever," Biti said.
"A constitution is a contract among citizens on how they want to be governed or misgoverned. It's a reflection of the political balance sheet of the country."
Source - newsday
