There are fears the Copac Thematic Committee stage might take longer to complete after a new template was introduced last week to help solve squabbles that had arisen at the beginning of the process.
MDC –T spokesperson Douglas Mwonzora did not rule out a possible delay but said the sacrifice was worthwhile.
“One of the prices to pay for pursuit of perfection is that speed is obviously affected, but what is important is that the political parties are happy with the template,” said Mwonzora.
His Zanu PF counterpart, Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana, also expressed satisfaction saying all political parties were comfortable with the new template and was confident it would enable the Thematic Committee stage to proceed without disagreements.
“We are happy with it because we have always wanted the template to be transparent and the new system will be able to divide popular views at ward, district, and provincial levels,” said Mangwana.
Mwonzora also sang from the same hymn book. “The new template seeks to include all qualitative aspects and to identify what people said during outreach meetings, as well as spell out the atmosphere or circumstances under which people spoke.
It would tell us whether the people were free or forced when making their contributions,” said Mwonzora.
He said the new template would achieve more fairness as multiple rural meetings would be collapsed into one as there were more meetings in rural than urban areas.
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The Thematic Committee stage nearly collapsed when Zanu PF insisted on a quantitative method to be applied. This entailed using the number of times an issue was raised as the basis to show its importance.
The two MDCs objected, saying the former ruling party was bussing and forcing people to give their views. Instead they preferred a qualitative method where the significance of an issue would be used.
