NCA commentary on the Kariba draft

I. INTRODUCTION
This report analyzes the Kariba Draft Constitution, a document negotiated in secret in September 2007 and referenced in Article 6 of the Global Political Agreement between Zimbabwe’s three primary political parties. The report briefly considers the process that ledto the creation of the Kariba Draft and then explores the content of that document. The substance of the Kariba Draft is compared to that of the current Constitution and the Constitutional Commission Proposal which was rejected in a national referendum in February 2000.

The National Constitutional Assembly sincerely conveys its message of condolence to the Right Honorable Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, the people of Zimbabwe and the Movement for Democratic Change for the passing on of Amai Susan Tsvangirai.

The Late Amai Susan Tsvangirai (L) and Prime Minister Tsvangirai (R)

We civil society organisations in Zimbabwe, meeting at the "All stakeholders Constitutional Conference, in Harare on the 6^th of February 2009;

Recalling the processes that lead to the creation of the Peoples' Convention and subsequent drafting and adopting of the Peoples' Charter;