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Zanu PF's bid to scuttle Constitution-making process crumbles
Movement
for Democratic Change
October
19, 2012
The lastest
bid by Zanu PF to stop the Second All Stakeholders' Conference
set for 21-23 October from proceeding hit a snag when Danny Musukuma,
a Zanu PF activist's High Court application seeking to bar
the conference from proceeding was thrown away.
Musukuma this
week filed an urgent court application seeking Copac to publish
a National Statistical Report on the draft
Constitution for people to study it before the start of the conference.
However, in
its response, Copac put it through to the presiding judge, Justice
Ben Hlatshwayo that the report was available on the Copac website
for anyone to have access to it. When this emerged the two parties
agreed to register a mutual consent allowing Copac to avail the
national report on the website and to print hard copies of the report
for distribution to all the Copac provincial administrators.
The National
Statistical Report has over 3 000 pages and it would have cost
US$500 000 for advertising in the local newspapers.
The order, which
allows the conference to proceed as scheduled, comes hot after Copac
again successfully blocked a similar bid by another Zanu PF activist
Goodson Nguni to stop the process in the Supreme Court.
Speaking after
the High Court order, Copac chairperson and MDC national spokesperson,
Hon. Douglas Mwonzora applauded the ruling saying; "it is
a victory of the people of Zimbabwe's quest for a democratic
dispensation."
Musukuma's
request for the print of the national report containing 3000 pages
in the newspapers is not only a thoughtless attempt but the heist
of madness and downright lunacy in Zanu PF rank and file as they
desperately sought to subvert the wishes of the people of Zimbabwe.
It is a futile
attempt and they are bound to always fail as the momentum of the
march to a democratic and free Zimbabwe is so enormous for anyone
to even contemplate stopping.
Since the beginning
of the constitution
making process Zanu PF has been making frantic efforts to jeopardise
the process through different machinations which include bussing
of people to attend outreach meetings and intimidating MDC supporters
from attending same meetings.
Two weeks ago
Zanu PF again used State machinery - the police, to confiscate
1 200 copies of the draft Constitution which were meant for delegates
who were expected to attend the stakeholders' conference earmarked
for the 2nd of October 2012.
Fortunately
the date was pushed forward to 21 October 2012 dealing another blow
to Zanu PF's attempts.
The panic stricken party has not stopped in its efforts as they
are not yet fully registered for the conference up to now in a bid
to create chaos through late registration at the venue.
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