Pursuant to the broad principles set out in the follow-up meeting, particularly the need for a victim-centred and participatory process, the Forum proposed to have training and consultative meetings with individuals in selected constituencies to canvass opinions on what the people of Zimbabwe would want to see in a Transitional Justice Process.3 The Forum is convinced that any discussion on Transitional Justice should begin with the people of Zimbabwe. The debate around transitional justice options in Zimbabwean civil society is very well developed but it remains largely confined to a small grouping of non-governmental organisations. The credibility and legitimacy of transitional justice mechanisms is often measured by the extent to which victims and survivors oppose or support them and the degree to which they are able to participate in and benefit from them. This places a premium on communication and consultation, both with what might best be described as 'organised' civil society (i.e. structures and organisations such as NGOs, churches, etc.), as well as the general public and other groupings that are not organised. The Forum is convinced that the normative framework and basis for any groundwork on transitional justice in Zimbabwe has now been set in motion by the signing of the political agreement by ZANU PF and the two MDC formations. Civil society has been discussing issues on transitional justice for over ten years now and it is imperative that these discussions be broadened to include the general public and other groupings. Article 7.1 (c) of the GPA of September 15, 2008 states in no uncertain terms that the new government “shall give consideration to the setting up of a mechanism to properly advise on what measures might be necessary and practicable to achieve national healing, cohesion and unity in respect of victims of pre and post independence political conflict”. In light of these developments, the Forum proposed to conduct a series of public consultative meetings in selected House of Assembly constituencies with the Zimbabwean public at large and formally canvass their views on what they would want to see in any transitional justice process or clauses that will be put into the proposed new constitution. 3 It must be noted here that on previous occasions the Human Rights Forum has used the mandate from its membership, information from its clients, information contained in the various databases operated by the Research Unit and the expertise of its staff members to propagate views on what would need to be done in a transitional justice process. However, since the political conditions have changed it would be prudent that civil society actors reengage Zimbabweans and get their views on what they would want to see in any transitional justice programme that would be rolled out in Zimbabwe. 6