Constitution Watch

CONSTITUTION WATCH 2012

[4th October 2012]

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How will the New Constitution Impact on the Coming Elections?

Part I

CONSTITUTION WATCH 2012

[26th September 2012]

Second All Stakeholders Conference to be held later in October

Management Committee Reschedules Second All Stakeholders Conference

CONSTITUTION WATCH 2012

[20th September 2012]

Is the Constitution-Making Deadlock Loosening?

The Deadlock

CONSTITUTION WATCH 2012

[3rd September 2012]

What is the Future of the COPAC Draft Constitution?

CONSTITUTION WATCH 2012

[24th August 2012]

Draft Constitution Incorporating Approved ZANU-PF Amendments

Veritas  has had permission to distribute it

 

Veritas has sent out the COPAC Draft Constitution and is now sending it out with the amendments that ZANU-PF want to include.

 

CONSTITUTION WATCH 2012

[4th August 2012]

“Final” Draft Challenged by ZANU-PF

CONSTITUTION WATCH 2012

[18th July 2012]

Negotiators Reach Agreement on Second Draft

Questions About Second All-Stakeholders Conference

Push by Management Committee

CONSTITUTION WATCH 2012

[16th June 2012]

After SADC Summit Constitution-Making Process Speeded Up

CONSTITUTION WATCH 2011

[14th June 2011]

Changes to Thematic Committee Membership

CONSTITUTION WATCH 2012

[1st June 2012]

Select Committee Preparing for Second Draft

● Compliance “Audit” of the first draft completed ● Lead drafters vindicated ● Consideration of political party comments underway

● SADC urges completion of Constitution

CONSTITUTION WATCH 2012

[19th May 2012]

Preparation of Second Draft Halted by Party Differences

Latest Setback

CONSTITUTION WATCH 2012

[3rd May 2012]

Latest Draft Constitution Published

CONSTITUTION WATCH 2012

[26th April 2012]

COPAC Directed by GPA Principals to Deliver Second Draft of Constitution Next Week

Lead Drafters have Finished their Work on Second Draft

CONSTITUTION WATCH 2012

[31st March 2012]

Will the Constitution be Ready Before Elections?

COPAC: Latest Predictions for the Path Ahead

Speaking earlier this week about the recall of the lead drafters [see Constitution Watch of 30th March 2012], COPAC co-chair Douglas Mwonzora, ever optimistic, ventured that COPAC should now be able to achieve:

CONSTITUTION WATCH 2012

[15th August 2012]

ZANU-PF Politburo Continues to Stall Constitution

CONSTITUTION WATCH 2012

[13th March 2012]

Progress on COPAC’s Review of the First Draft

Work on First Draft Speeds Up

COPAC co-chairs complete their review of first draft

CONSTITUTION WATCH 2012

[29th February 2012]

Draft Constitution still being Reviewed

A week ago a COPAC co-chair said that COPAC had completed reviewing six of the eighteen chapters of the draft constitution.  That left twelve chapters still to be reviewed.

CONSTITUTION WATCH 2011

[10th December 2011]

Warning about New Constitution at the ZANU-PF Conference

CONSTITUTION WATCH 2011

[3rd December 2011]

Final Preparations for Drafting

CONSTITUTION WATCH 2011

[30th November 2011]

Constitution Drafting to Start Soon

The constitution-making process is nearing the point at which the three principal drafters will start their task of drafting the new constitution.  The process has taken so long that we are sending out a synopsis of the various stages that have already been completed together with the original timeframe laid down in the GPA.

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