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He urged people to carefully study their views in the national report.
“The report as it is truly reflects what people expressed during the outreach programme,” he said.
“We are aware that there are some officials who are now working in cahoots with the MDC-T to try and drop certain critical issues such as the land issue and bring in issues such as dual citizenship.”
There was an attempt to equate citizenship by birth with citizenship by descent and allow whites to have a say in Zimbabwe’s affairs.
“In this regard, I urge people to study their views in the national report and ask Copac if those issues are not included in the final draft constitution.”
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Cde Gumbo challenged the MDC-T to produce the actual Copac national report if they have a different document.
Mr Mkhosi said the report was genuine but could not be used as the basis for crafting the new constitution.
“It is not true to say the report is a Zanu-PF document,” he said.
“That document is only a statistical report showing how many times a certain issue was raised during outreach. It is a Copac report but on its own it makes little sense. It needs a narrative for it to make sense.”
Mr Mwonzora, however, dissociated his party from the report insisting it was a fake document.
He said a Copac document should be signed by all three co-chairpersons and should be published in all the newspapers.
Mr Mwonzora said the published report left out the views of Zimbabweans in the Diaspora and other special interest groups such as the disabled and children.
“From the reading of the report it appears that the information written was obtained in the wards in Zimbabwe,” he said.
“This means that this report does not contain the views from the Diaspora, institutional submissions, people living with disabilities and views from Members of Parliament.
“It is common cause that Copac obtained views from these sources besides the public meetings.
“In so far as it completely omits information from these critical sources it cannot purport to be a Copac document.”
Mr Mwonzora said the report published in The Herald wanted to give the impression that some issues were frequently raised by people and as such they should be used as the basis for the formulation of the new constitution.
He said the report was leaked by a faction in Zanu-PF that was afraid of elections and possible outcome of the constitution-making process.
“No member of the authorised Copac staff submitted any report to The Herald,” he said.
“It is therefore clear that this report is a Zanu-PF document written and submitted by the faction of Zanu-PF that is fighting against the drafters in the constitution making process.
“It appears that this is the work of some individuals who are panicking about the possible outcome of the drafting process.”
Mr Mwonzora said the drafters had not stopped work but they formally informed Copac of a festive season break.
He said they would resume work on January 3 next year.
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