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Mugabe Lays Down Line On New Constitution 'Base On Kariba Draft'
28 June 2009
Herald, Harare — PRESIDENT Mugabe has reiterated that the new constitution must be anchored on the Kariba Draft that was agreed on by Zanu-PF and the two MDC formations on September 30, 2007.
Addressing the Zanu-PF National Consultative Assembly at the party's headquarters in Harare yesterday, President Mugabe said the Parliamentary Select Committee on the constitution-making process should not deviate from that agreement.
He also added that he would sit down and talk to Prime Minister Tsvangirai about the negative attitude of the Western countries that the Premier has been touring as part of a Presidential and Cabinet brief to lobby for the removal of economic sanctions and extension of financial assistance.
"Nyaya iri kuitwa iyi yokuti kune committee yeParliament . . . tiri kuti isu zvirege kusiyana neDraft Constitution yekuKariba nekuti takabvumirana tichisayinirana page-by-page saka hapana imwe constitution yatinoda isiri yeKariba," he said.
The President added: "VeMDC vanobvumirana nayo kana tichitaura nezvayo asi vari kuvhundutswa nana-Madhuku vachiti it must be people-driven."
He said in any constitution-making process, a draft was taken to the people to get their views on it and not the other way round.
"Finally, the decision of the people is sought through a referendum and then vanhu vovhota as in an election. Everybody must vote.
"Our people have got to be very careful and take precautions not to be derailed, not to be led away from the Kariba Draft. We will make the draft available," he said.
Consultative hearings on a new constitution began on Wednesday with officials explaining the constitutional review process to the public.
The hearings will culminate in an all-stakeholders national conference on July 10, where thematic committees will be selected to collate the public's views on what they want included in the constitution.
President Mugabe took a swipe at Amnesty International secretary-general Ms Irene Khan who visited Zimbabwe recently and produced a damning report on the country's human rights situation.
"I do not know where she got her information from. She was just being hypocritical," he said.
President Mugabe said Zimbabwe did not need interference in its internal affairs by "little fellows like Irene Khan".
"Hameno kuti kakabva nekupi iko kamudzimai aka, kupopotapopota ndikati ah, kakaroyiwa here? Iyo nyika yedu yangova nyika yokuti wada anongouya kutaura tsvina yakadaro?
"Let the people talk about the unjust measures imposed on us".
President Mugabe said Western countries visited by PM Tsvangirai vowed not to remove the illegal sanctions they imposed on Zimbabwe because they wanted nothing short of regime change.
"They wanted Zanu-PF and Mugabe to be defeated. We will not lift sanctions, they say. We will not give you money except little pieces of silver.
"Urikutoita zvako ushamwari naye kuenda kuinclusive Government? Ndizvozvatakaronga?" he said.
Added President Mugabe: "So when he (PM Tsvangirai) comes back, I will sit down with him and say: 'Changamire, madziona shamwari dzenyu?'
"Imperialists can never be friends of those countries and people that desire freedom. I fought for freedom. Only a dead imperialist is a good one. Achadya, ane maziso, achifamba, there is nothing good.
"Colonisers can never be friends, so we turn our back on them and face the East."
President Mugabe said the MDC promised billions of dollars if the inclusive Government was formed, but nothing had materialised so far.
"Inclusive Government yedu yakauya tese tine chitarisiro chekuti sezvo tose tichiuya mupartnership, kuchazova nerubatsiro rwunobva kumativi ose.
"Vaye vaiti kana mabatana mari ichazoduruka, asi tiri kuona kuti hapana chaduruka. Kune vanga vakatarisira kumatenzi avo arikuramba," he said.
"Kurikushaikwa mari yekubhadhara vari kusevenza,
maministers acho, kana President wacho. Saka zvino inclusive Government yacho, inclusive Government yenzara?
"Ndanga ndisati ndambotambira US$100 asi pagore rino ndakatambiriswa US$100 ini. Hakuna kubuda kana cent rimwe chete."
President Mugabe said Zimbabwe was open to those friends in Africa and the Non-Aligned Movement who give assistance without any strings attached.
He castigated the West for intent on lecturing to Zimbabwe on what to do and urged Zimbabweans not to associate themselves with "imperialists and racists".
The President also called for unity in Zanu-PF, while challenging the party to remain committed to the struggle against imperialists and to wake up from its "deep slumber".
"We should not accept defeat. We, who defeated the colonialists yesterday, tozoti takurirwa nekuti pakati pedu hatichisina kubatana? Let the people know who they are in this country, their history and make them fighters for their nation. Who do you want to fight for you?
"Musangano wedu iyezvino unenge wakakotsira hameno kuti takavhundutswa here tikashaya zano rekuzvimutsidzira zvakanaka ne inclusive Government . . . Vanhu vedu ngavamutswe mundangariro, mumoyo mavo vatsigire zvinangwa zvedu," he said.
The President said while the introduction of the multi-currency system had helped reduce inflation, it had also caused untold suffering, particularly for those living in rural areas because they were unable to access either the American dollar or South African rand.
This, he said, had forced rural people to trade their livestock.
"Hatingaite nyika yakadaro, kwete. Tirikuongorora kuzvichinja todzokera kumari yedu.
"Mitengo hongu ingadaro yakadzikira, asi vanhu vanosungirwa kuwana mari. Kana vasina, vanozotenga sei?"
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