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The war veterans national chairman Cde Jabulani Sibanda said in a statement yesterday that Copac should be immediately disbanded because it has “betrayed the views of the people of Zimbabwe”.
“It is also clear that Copac’s intention is to as much as possible delay the constitution making process so as to avoid the holding of elections this year,” he said.
“Our considered view is that His Excellency, The President in terms of the current constitution must dissolve Parliament and announce a date for elections.”
Cde Sibanda said they were shocked by the preliminary reports indicating the intentions of Copac.
“We, the war veterans of Zimbabwe, having read the preliminary reports of Copac Drafting Committee published in The Herald, hereby express our shock, indignation and displeasure at the total disregard of and departure from what the people of Zimbabwe said they want in their constitution through the outreach programme,” he said. Cde Sibanda said at least 71 percent of the people said they wanted a Unitary State, yet the
Copac drafters wanted to leave the word unitary from the definition article.
“The people demanded that the liberation history of the country be captured under the Founding Principles, but the drafters want to relegate the liberation history to the Preamble only,” said Cde Sibanda.
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