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Cde Mangwana said Copac threw away several issues that had been made clear by the people during the outreach owing to the negotiation.
Cde Mangwana accused MDC-T co-chair Mr Douglas Mwonzora of refusing the publication of the national report.
He said the MDC formations were rejecting the Zanu-PF draft because they were afraid of facing the truth.
Mr Mwonzora, however, defended the decision by Copac to deviate from the people’s views in certain instances saying there were some inadequacies that could only be dealt with through negotiation.
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“Negotiations were unavoidable. We had to negotiate for a number of reasons, for example, negotiations were as a result of inconclusiveness of the data, the information contained gaps, there was also the need to benchmark the Constitution to suit the world-class constitutions and the contradictory data collected, to mention but a few,” said Mr Mwonzora.
He said it was strange that Zanu-PF sought to discredit the Copac draft, which it had appended its signature to.
Mr Mwonzora said the general standard was that a national report would be produced after the full process.
He, however, added that an interim report could be made available at this stage.
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National Constitutional Assembly chairman Professor Lovemore Madhuku urged the three political parties in the GPA to conclude the constitutional process and allow people to ultimately decide in a referendum.
“This process must come to an end and let the people make the decision at the referendum. Referendum is the best way to end the constitutional debate.
“This country is in a serious state and it is the responsibility of everyone to determine the destiny of this country,” he said.
MDC99 leader Mr Job Sikhala, MDC spokesperson Mr Qhubani Moyo and Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions secretary-general Mr Japhet Moyo were also part of the panel.
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