The three co-chairs of the Constitutional Select Committee have released a document setting out the 26 constitutional principles guiding the drafting of the country’s new constitution.
The new constitution and a referendum will lead to elections which now appear can only be in 2013 when the current term of parliament ends.
There has already been a lot of speculation on the contents of the new constitution with reports that it bars President Robert Mugabe from standing but experts say this is not the case.
Below are the guiding principles:
List of Constitutional Principles
The following are the constitutional principles guiding the drafting of the new constitution for Zimbabwe:
Signed by Hon MP Mangwana, Co-chair; Hon DT Mwonzora, Co-chair; Hon ET Mkhosi, Co-chair.
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