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Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF is not happy with drafters of the constitution for diverting from the views expressed by the people during the outreach programme, party national chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo has said.

In separate meetings with Indonesian and Angolan diplomats Eddy Poerwana and Pedro Hendrik Vaal Neto respectively , Cde Khaya Moyo said the MDC formations were employing delaying tactics so that elections would not be held this year.
"We are shocked the drafters are starting to do their own thing which is not what the people said during the outreach programme," he told Ambassador Poerwana.
"What they are doing is certainly not acceptable because it ceases to be a people's constitution because it's now being dictated from some capitals."
Cde Khaya Moyo said Zanu-PF was determined to have elections this year.
He told Ambassador Neto that if the delays continued, the party would consult Sadc with a view to have elections held under the Lancaster House constitution.
"The challenge we have with our collegues who are delaying this constitution is because they have assessed on the ground and realised that Zanu-PF has a huge following, thus they are worried that they will have to start looking for jobs after elections.
"The constitution should be concluded and it must be in line with the views expressed by the people during the outreach," he said. Read Zimbabwe's draft Constitution here