Golden Jubilee For Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Commission T he commission opened its doors on the 1st of August, 2006 with a specific mandate to lobby, advocate and guide parliamentarians to be of service to those who elected them into office. In short, the parliament is assisted by the office to enact pro-poor laws and policies. In order to be able to achieve these aims and objectives, the commission embarked on many activities which are; Know your parliament, Constitution making, Mass in Parliament, Translation of the Constitution into all officially recognized languages (sec. 7(a), Fr. Edward Ndete Printing and Dissemination of the CPLO National Coordinator Constitution, Sharing of Pastoral Letters with Parliamentarians, Participation in the formulation of the laws, aligning of existing laws to the Constitution, Monitoring of elections, Spiritual guidance of the members of the three arms of the State etc the list is too long. 1. Preparation of the Report What is contained here is the work that was done in the last 13 years under the guidance of the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Coordinator, Fr. Edward Ndete. On a monthly basis the Conference receives reports from commissions. Reports on the work that will have been done during the course of the month under review are tabled for all national coordinators to contribute. This assists commissions to work together and identify areas of cooperation in order to work as a network of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference. The minutes on the work done by a commission is sent and reviewed by the Bishops' Conference on a quarterly basis we are told and in certain instances recommendations are given to a particular commission as to how the work can be improved or how a commission will have overstepped on its mandate. The reports are also shared to improve efficiency, transparency and accountability on all commissions. 41