' We have nothing to say about the process' in Zimbabwe at the moment - British Ambassador

The British Ambassador to Zimbabwe Deborah Bronnert yesterday said her country would not judge the census and constitution-making processes that it is partly funding, but would wait for the end results, the NewsDay reports.

In an interview with NewsDay on the sidelines of the launch of the Olympic and Paralympic Legacy Project at King George VI Centre, Bronnert said her country hoped that the parties to the Global Political Agreement (GPA) would honour the agreement.

"I am not going to talk about the merits or demerits of the draft constitution," she said.

"We note that all the parties that have signed up to the GPA said they are committed on that (new constitution). We want to encourage the parties to implement the GPA and we look forward to free and fair elections where Zimbabwean people will choose leadership of their choice. We will work with any party that emerges the winner out of the free and fair elections."

The constitution-making process was early this week thrown into a crisis after Zanu PF gave the principals an edited version of the Copac draft that sought to remove devolution of power and dual citizenship, among other changes.

The MDCs have said they will not give in to Zanu PF changes, creating a stand-off that threatens to derail the process.

Bronnert said her country had nothing to do with the content of the new constitution, "but supported the process."

"A lot of these processes, the judgement will come at the end, as in whether they result on free and fair elections or not," she said.

"We have monitoring mechanisms in place through United Nations (UN) agencies. We received reports that the money has been well spent."

However, the test is the outcome. We have nothing to say about the process at the moment."