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Zanu-PF Politburo endorses proposed draft constitution amendments
26 Aug 2012 at 05:06hrs | Views
Zanu-PF has endorsed all its proposed amendments to the draft constitution that were submitted to principals for consideration.
The Zanu-PF Politburo convened a special meeting at the party's headquarters this Saturday and deliberated on its proposed amendments to the draft constitution which were handed over to the principals last week.
Zanu-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity, Rugare Gumbo told the state controlled ZBC News that the Politburo has approved all the proposed amendments to the draft as final.
Gumbo said the ball is now in the principals' court to take into consideration the proposed amendments.
President Robert Mugabe handed over the amended draft to other Global Political Agreement principals, MDC leader Professor Welshman Ncube, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Professor Arthur Mutambara after Tuesday's cabinet meeting.
The MDC formations, however, said they will not accept the Zanu-PF document.
In the event of a stalemate, the Zanu-PF Politburo has resolved that it will stand by its position, claiming that it serves the best interests of the majority.
The Politburo rejected dual citizenship saying only descendants of parents or grandparents of people who are Zimbabweans by birth can be considered as citizens of this country.
The position that Zanu-PF claims is aimed at protecting Zimbabwe's revolution and its gains and ensuring that the same values that the liberation struggle was fought for are not eroded through the constitution.
Zanu-PF also rejected sections of devolution of power, running mates, removal of the Attorney-General, among other key amendments to the Copac draft constitution.
Source - zbc
