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COPAC excludes civil society from the 2nd All Stakeholders'
Conference
Crisis
in Zimbabwe Coalition (SA Regional Office)
September 21, 2012
From our engagement
it has now emerged that the three main political parties in the
GPA have decided
to exclude civil society from the 2nd all stakeholders Conference.
2000 delegates are expected to participate at the 2nd All Stakeholders'
Conference. According to the current arrangement each political
party in the inclusive
government will second 600 delegates while the remaining 200
will be reserved for Members of Parliament.
We are concerned
that the three main political parties have once again decided to
make this important process, a political parties event while excluding
the voice of the people. In our initial engagement with political
parties, it had been agreed that civil society would second 70%
of delegates to the 2nd All Stakeholders' Conference with
political parties occupying the remainder.
We feel that
the new arrangement is a negation of the initial agreement which
will deprive the majority of Zimbabweans an opportunity to actively
and effectively participate at the 2nd All Stakeholders Conference.
We are convinced that the 2nd All Stakeholders' Conference
is a space for ordinary people and hence must not be hijacked by
political players who have been active in the constitution
making process for the past three and half years.
We want to assure
you that we will continue to engage the political parties in order
to find a lasting solution to this new turn of events. We will keep
you posted on any developments.
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