Delegates from various governmental and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) will today converge at Mulungushi International Conference Centre (MICC) in Lusaka for three days to discuss the draft Constitution.
The sector groups convention will comprise professionals and experts, invested to discuss and analyze the different articles in the first draft constitution.
The objective of the sector groups’ convention is to provide a platform for stakeholders in order for them to provide their professional views on the proposals made in the First Draft Constitution.
The delegates would be assigned into various sector groups comprising professionals and experts who would discuss and analyse different articles in the first draft Constitution compiled by the Technical Committee on Drafting the Zambian Constitution.
The proposals drawn from these sector groups would feed into the National Convention scheduled for April 10 to April 17, 2013.
A total of 10 sector groups have been drawn and these would discuss among others citizenship, civil and political rights, and economic, social and cultural rights.
Others include representation of people, public finance and accountability, good governance and traditional leadership.
long over due
There has to be a referendum for the constitution to be viewed as people driven and for it to stand the test of time
There is no any other way about this
WE ALL PROPOSE FOR AND SUPPORT A REFERENDUM FOR THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION TO BE OWNED BY ALL ZAMBIANS.