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strongly against homosexuals, some elements from MDC-T were battling to have it smuggled into the new constitution under the guise of minority rights.
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai is on record as saying gay rights are human rights and should be protected by the law.
Homosexuality has become so contentious and was referred to President Mugabe and Mr Tsvangirai for intervention last week.
The President is on record describing homosexuals as worse than pigs and dogs.
The Copac leadership had failed to agree on the issue. Highlights of the report will also show that over 84 percent of the people want land and natural resources declared “our heritage”.
Over 73 percent want the land to remain State-owned with 63.90 percent saying the land reform programme embarked on by the Zanu-PF Government in 2000 is irreversible.
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Slightly over 28 percent say the land reform programme, which was designed to address colonial land imbalances, should continue.
Over 71 percent of Zimbabweans want 99-year leases, while two percent are opposed to the idea. The leases provide security of tenure to landholders.
The people are against foreign ownership of land, which they want distributed equitably among Zimbabweans.
While the people have spoken on the issue, the Copac technical committee had a heated argument last week on where to capture the issue of land in the new constitution.
Zanu-PF representatives wanted the land issue captured right from the preamble but MDC-T had other ideas.
MDC-T, while agreeing that the land question should be included in the supreme law, wanted it stashed somewhere deep in the draft document.
During the debate, Mr Innocent Gonese suggested that the land issue “be parked for a while” with others referring it to the select committee for guidance.
Sixty percent of Zimbabweans want an executive president with 30 percent saying he or she should be deputised by two vice presidents.
Only 10 percent want the position of Prime Minister maintained in the new constitution.
Zimbabweans (71 percent) are demanding a unitary system of governance with only 1.74 percent endorsing the federal system.
On religion, 91.62 percent of Zimbabweans wish to have freedom of worship for all religions but 84 percent are against Satanism and “Wapusa Wapusa”.
They are against dual citizenship (52 percent) with only 10 percent agreeing to it.
Almost 100 percent say citizenship should be by birth while 89 percent have no problem with its acquisition by descent and 88 percent are agreed to citizenship by registration.
Zimbabwe is drafting a new constitution that is expected to pave way for general elections.
The polls were initially set for this year but Copac’s failure to speed up the process made it impossible for Zimbabweans to go to the ballot.
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