NQOBANI NDLOVU BULAWAYO — Constitution Select Committee (Copac) co-chairpersons have been gagged from issuing statements to the media on the constitution-making process to avoid conflicting reports on the progression of the process and contents of the draft.
Edward Mkhosi, one of the co-chairpersons told The Standard last week that the Minister of Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs, Eric Matinenga, was now the only official charged with issuing progress reports regarding the constitution-making process.
This was agreed by negotiators from the three parties in the coalition government after a meeting in Nyanga last week, held to iron out sticky issues in the drafting of a new constitution.
“We (Copac chairpersons) are no longer commenting on anything about the constitution-making process. It’s the new position because it was agreed by the management committee that we tended to give conflicting statements regarding the contents of the draft and the whole process,” said Mkhosi.
