Management Committee then met in May, June and July 2012 to deliberate on the First Draft
Constitution and the parked issues. The Management Committee discussions resulted in the
COPAC Draft of the 18th of July 2012. The Select Committee formally adopted this Draft
Constitution on the 21st of July 2012. This is the Draft Constitution that was then taken to the
second All Stakeholders Conference in October 2012.
18. The Second All Stakeholders Conference
The Select Committee convened the Second All Stakeholders Conference at the Harare
International Conference centre from the 21st to the 23rd of October 2012. The conference
which was attended by 1 400 delegates had the following terms of reference:
a) To receive the Report on the Constitution making process up to the time of the
Conference.
b) To receive the Draft Constitution from the Select Committee.
c) To receive comments and recommendations on the Draft Constitution from the
Stakeholders.
d) The Select Committee to take note of the comments and recommendations.
e) The Select Committee to compile a report for its own use.
The Opening Session of the Second All Stakeholders’ Conference was officially opened by
His Excellency, The President R. G. Mugabe, The Right Hon. Prime Minister M. R.
Tsvangirayi and Deputy Prime Minister A. G. O. Mutambara.
The Conference report outlined the following:
a) Areas where no changes were recommended to the Draft
b) Areas where recommendations for change to the Draft were made (and not indicated
whether agreed or disagreed )
c) Areas where recommendations or changes to the Draft were recommended and
disagreed
Under item (b), the Select Committee agreed on taking some recommendations proposed as
well as dismissing others considered inappropriate. It is on areas covered under (c) as detailed
in the report of the conference that challenges on how to proceed arose.
19. The Committee of Seven
Noting the impasse that had arisen on how to proceed with the areas that had not been agreed
upon during the Conference, the Principals to the Global Political Agreement established a
Committee of Seven on the 25th of November 2012 to try to unlock the deadlock. The
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