Zimbabwe's parliament has been presented with a long- awaited draft constitution, opening the way for a referendum followed by elections this year.
The charter, which would restrict presidential powers, has taken more than three years to produce due to bickering between President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF and rival MDC.
The draft must become law to allow elections to take place under a power-sharing deal between Mr Mugabe's party and rival prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
It was presented to parliament yesterday.
Douglas Mwonzora, a leader of the parliamentary committee that produced the document, said it was not up for debate.
- (Reuters)
