Zanu PF coaches delegates ahead of constitution indaba

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ZANU PF officials met for the whole day on Saturday to prepare the party’s delegates for Monday’s Copac Second All-Stakeholders Conference.

ZANU PF officials met for the whole day on Saturday to prepare the party’s delegates for Monday’s Copac Second All-Stakeholders Conference.

Report by Our Staff

The meeting at Zanu PF headquarters started in the morning at around 8am and was still on-going by 7pm.

Zanu PF spokesperson, Rugare Gumbo last night said the meeting was progressing on well, indicating that it was not clear when it would end.

“We are preparing our delegates for the conference so that they can articulate the party position well,” he said.

Sources said delegates were being coached on what to say during plenary and thematic sessions.

“Delegates from Zanu PF have been told to bombard the conference with our party positions to ensure that this is captured during the plenary and thematic sessions,” said a senior Zanu PF official.

“They told us that everything that will be captured during the conference will have to be discussed by Copac and later on considered by the three GPA principals at a later date.”

Zanu PF Copac co-chairperson, Paul Mangwana on Friday told The Standard that judging by the history of his party, there was no way that its proposed amendments would not see the light of the day.

National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) chairman Lovemore Madhuku dismissed the indaba as a non-event.

“It’s not about writing a new constitution, but just making comment which will be included in the constitution at a later date.”