Golden Jubilee For Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference The liberation attained has nothing to do with the rule of law. It should be mentioned that the courts' rulings are sometimes disregarded due to the lack of respect of the former famous police force that has lost power in many respects. Conclusions drawn from these achievements are that the office has managed to demystify the role of parliament and bring about the much needed cooperation between the church and the state as is witnessed in the end of every month when most of the catholic parliamentarians come and meet with the priest for mass and confessions. The end of month meeting is well attended and the issues discussed assist the country in a small way to be where it is. The question of capital punishment is one of the topics that continues to be a topical issue and again was tabled and discussed during the period in review and MPs across the political divide were assigned to move the motion on the topic as has been done in every year. Openness between the state and the church is one of the key result areas that the office has worked on and seen to have a mile stone. For a long time churches and political parties had challenges in finding a common ground that they would meet. During the period in review most political parties met at the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Offices to deliberate on how political parties can work together with churches in order to achieve peace in the country. v) Know your Parliament To a great extent the parliament was not known by the people and more still its functions. The office has accompanied many people to visit the institution. Cooperation from the parliament staff has been great. Almost every MP has been challenged by the office to make known to his/her constituency on what is debated in Parliament. As people are told what the MPs will be debating in Parliament many individuals have developed an interest on what the Parliament looks like. This has made many people visit Parliament and have a feel of what takes place in the August house. Although the ordinary people who visit the parliament were happy, this has put the MPs on a spot light for their contribution to parliament has been exposed. 49