Golden Jubilee For Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference with an explanation there was an appreciation of how good the constitution is. Last year again when the election results were challenged a lot of people opened the constitution to read what it said. The ideal situation according to the office would be, for people to know this document (constitution) and act accordingly or be guided accordingly all the time and not to wait until something will have happened. This is a proactive approach, an approach that is approved the world over l believe. With the rising interests of the knowledge of the constitution being shown the number of times the office is called to share the knowledge of the constitution is becoming high and the office is finding it difficult to cope. It is hoped that the program on the constitution is going to be concentrated on 4 dioceses this year with the EU funding. e. Role of MPs in Constituencies. The work of MPs in their constituencies is paramount to the work of the CPLO (Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office) of the church. It is the wish of the church that MPs bring change to the people who voted them into office. The CPLO's role in this regard is to bring awareness to both the MP of an area and the people who voted the MP into power. In order for the people to realise the role of the MP in their area the office has organised through Diocesan CCJP offices to assist the ordinary people to now ask relevant questions after every election that will have taken place in the country. This does not need any money except for the transport of the CPLO to different constituencies and in some instances to some dioceses with coordinators who will be having a challenge in the area of governance.. The main objective of the project is to engage policy makers with the church and ensure that the church is fully participating in policy formulation. Basically, peace must be the underlying factor in the work, the reason why the office had to be proactive by formulating a shadow National Peace and Reconciliation Bill and presented it to Parliament last year. f. Mass in Parliament Since 2010, every last Wednesday of the month, the office meets with the legislature from 12.00 noon to 1.45 pm to celebrate mass. The office then facilitates discussions on a given topic or invites someone to facilitate on the subject matter. The number of MPs who attended these meetings grew this year 45

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