More Copac deadlocks looming

Civil society organisations (CSOs) have predicted more deadlocks as the draft constitution goes to Parliament, adding that the fate of the country’s new governance charter will be determined by the Constitutional Parliamentary Select Committee (Copac) and the Sadc facilitation team.
Khanyile Mlotshwa Staff Reporter

Addressing delegates attending a Bulawayo Agenda-organised civil society conference in Bulawayo on Saturday, Crisis Coalition of Zimbabwe senior programes officer Nixon Nyikadzino said after the numerous deadlocks in thematic committees at the stakeholders’ conference, the draft constitution was headed for more deadlocks in Parliament and subsequent stages.

“We are going to have deadlocks on the constitution as we go ahead which means we might not have the elections in March,” he said.

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