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“The summit asked the facilitator and South African President Mr Jacob Zuma to come to Zimbabwe to urgently discuss with the principals to the GPA with a view to dealing with whatever issues the parties might have.
“Given the urgency of the matter, we expect the South African President in the country next week or in the next two weeks,” said Mr Charamba.
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He said the South African president and the principals were expected to explore how problem areas could be resolved within a timeframe.
Mr Charamba said it was only after that meeting that the principals could discuss an election roadmap.
“It is entirely up to the Zimbabweans as parties to the Global Political Agreement to decide on the appropriate time for the elections. In the meantime, the parties to the GPA within and amongst themselves should agree on ways of tackling areas of differences,” he said.
Mr Charamba said the summit agreed that all parties to the GPA should commit themselves to the resolution of all issues agreed to in the GPA, including Constitution-making.
“Note that the summit is not talking about a new Constitution. It is talking about concluding the Constitution-making process. The summit could not predetermine or foreclose the outcome of the Constitution. There are two possibilities of the outcome of the Constitution-making process, which are the rejection of the draft or its acceptance.
“There is a difference between concluding the Constitution-making process and agreeing on a new Constitution.
“You can conclude the Constitution-making process by way of a deadlock. We should never consider conclusion as having a new Constitution. During the referendum, a ‘yes’ might not follow,” he said.
Mr Charamba said all parties in the inclusive Government, save for Professor Arthur Mutambara who tried to be academic, agreed that there was need to hold elections as soon as possible.
Mr Charamba said President Mugabe made it clear that there were some issues already in the draft Constitution, among them dual citizenship that Zanu-PF was not going to shift its stance.
He said MDC-T was confusing the people on the outcome of the summit.
“The confusion around the outcome of the summit came from individuals who do not seem to know the difference between debates within the troika and the actual recommendations of the troika and the decisions of the summit.
“The summit then makes the final decision. What matters are the recommendations of the troika to the summit, which ultimately build the decision of the summit,” he said.
The Sadc organ on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation that comprises three members reports to the full Sadc summit that passes final resolutions on issues.
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