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“We hope they will meet today (yesterday) to iron out differences as we move closer to the second all-stakeholders’ conference. The outcome of their meeting will be part of our draft,” he said. Some of the outstanding issues include devolution of power, the death penalty and dual citizenship.
Co-chairperson Mr Douglas Mwonzora (MDC-T) said the draft will only be published after all the issues have been resolved.
“We have finished reviewing and there are only a few issues that need consultations,” he said.
“It is our hope that in a few days’ time everything would have been completed so that we move on to the next stage which is the conference.”
Co-chairperson Mr Edward Mkhosi (MDC) added: “Everything is going on well and we will soon call the drafters to come and write the final draft and we hope this will be done by next week.”
The writing of the new Constitution has been stalled on several occasions because of disagreements among political parties driving the process.
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