COMPLIANCE Establishment of sub-committees and outreach teams: In January 2010, the Constitutional Parliament Committee (COPAC) trained Parliamentarians and the Public Outreach Teams. The three day trainings were meant to provide adequate information on how the outreach programs would be conducted. 70 outreach teams were established in total, which comprise of 10 members each (3 core members – one from each party, 3 rapporteurs, and 4 members from civics35) plus a technician to operate video and voice recorders. COPAC published the names of the 210 rapporteurs in the Sunday Mail of 4 April 2010 and their training took place later that month. The rapporteurs are tasked with recording the people’s views expressed during the consultative outreach meetings. COPAC has also included members of other political parties in the outreach process. Talking points: Technical teams were constituted to draft the talking points for the outreach programs, albeit being seconded from the political parties represented in parliament. Later, the talking points were revised following concerns raised by civic groups that they were too prescriptive. Thus, they have been reduced in number and are much clearer and it is hoped that this will promote more discussion and permit freer input36. COPAC reported at a briefing meeting held on the 28th of July 2010 that participants at outreach meetings are not allowed to read from pre-written scripts so that they allow people to articulate their own views. Widespread national consultations: During the period under review, although delayed, the second stage of the constitution making process which is the outreach stage was launched on the 16th of June 2010 at Harare International Conference Centre by the three principals, breathing confidence into the process and calling for inclusivity and non-violence. The accreditation of the outreach teams was undertaken on 21 June and the induction on 22 June. The nationwide public consultations commenced on 23 June when the outreach teams were deployed to the ten provinces to facilitate and capture the people’s views. In order to mitigate the issues of intimidation and violence COPAC has allowed citizens to submit written views with some form of identification. However disclosure of identification on the written submissions has raised concerns around security of the persons, given the legacy of victimisation which has dogged the country over the last decade. COPAC engagement with civil society and the press: Since the launch of the outreach phase, COPAC has been holding press conferences with journalists and briefing meetings with civic society each Wednesday to engage and give an update on the constitution making process. For example, COPAC held a meeting with civil society leaders on 6 July to regularise monitoring by civics after media reports claimed that COPAC had called for the arrest of monitors, and had called Civic organisations monitoring the process ‘bogus’. Although COPAC was quoted in the media several times threatening to arrest monitors and calling civil society names, it later allowed civics to deploy observers into the  The rapporteurs were however appointed on political party tickets, with each party seconding one person to record events. 35   Veritas,  Constitution  Watch-  6/2010  ëRevised  Outreach  talking  pointsí,  20  May  2010. 36 CIVIL SOCIETY MONITORING MECHANISM (CISOMM) SIX MONTH SHADOW REPORT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INCLUSIVE OF ZIMBABWE 27