Mugabe and Tsvangirai for new laws

Zimbabwe has finally launched the programme to rewrite the country’s constitution but financial constraints, political intimidation and violence threaten the 90 day consultation process. Launching the long delayed programme to replace the constitution adopted at independence from Britain in 1980 on Wednesday, President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara made impassioned pleas for peace.