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New Constitution-making process - Index of articles
Taking the constitutional debate to the people - Murehwa
Crisis
in Zimbabwe Coalition
March 10, 2010
Murehwa
With the objective
of ensuring that the people effectively participate in the Constitution
Making Process, Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition held a community outreach
meeting in Murehwa at Rhodes Shopping Centre on the 4th of March
2010.
The Coalition
team was informed that ZANU-PF supporters were misinforming people
that only people selected by the Chief and those trained are supposed
to participate during the Constitutional Outreach meetings.
The
following issues were raised:
Founding
Principles of the Constitution
- The Constitution
should be the Supreme Law of the Nation
Separation of
Powers
- Parliament
should be given the power to impeach the President
- The Executive
organs of the State should operate independently and ensure checks
and balances
Executive Organs
of the State
- Two term
limits for the President
- There should
be one President and one Vice-President only
- The Cabinet
should be a maximum of 15 people
- The Senate
should be abolished
- Governors
should be reduced
Citizenship
and Bill of Rights
- There should
be accessible and free maternal health
- There should
be free education up to secondary level
- The elderly
and differently able should be given security allowances
- Dual Citizenship
should be allowed
Religion
- Religious
practices should not infringe in Human Rights
Women and Gender
Issues
- Women should
be given equal opportunities as men
- Both parents
should be able to acquire birth registrations and passports with
or without the other
Youth, Land, Natural Resources and Empowerment
- Government
should create employment opportunities
- There should
be a Land audit and the Constitution should ensure single farm
ownership
- Youth camps
should be vocational centres
Labour
- Workers'
salaries should be above the poverty datum line
Public Finance
- Management
of Public Finance should be transparent
- Public Finance
should be used to buy antiretroviral drugs to develop communities
Elections
- Contesting
parties should be given equal airtime in the print and electronic
media
Freedom Fighters
- Freedom
fighters should be respected and acknowledged
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