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Constitution Select Committee  logo , courtesy of Newsday paper 22/05/12 Fresh fights have erupted in Constitution making process COPAC, amid the revelations  that ZANU-PF is pushing for the removal of the constitutional  court,devolution while seeking the absolute powers for the President in the new charter. Reports by the Newsday paper suggests that ZANU-PF spoke person ,Rugare Gumbo confirmed that they had came up with a new proposal to the court and which the two MDC formations could not agree on.The party instead proposed that the constitution should be replaced by a Supreme court division . In its 29 page  proposal on the draft of the new governance charter to COPAC,ZANU-PF is also seeking to two vice-presidents allegedly to balance its politics ethics .Such outstanding issues had drawn back the constitution process which will see it taking time to accomplish irregardless of the pending elections.
GNU 2008 .Picture courtesy of Google images GNU on cards.It is thought that elections are the best way to achieve democracy.In Zimbabwe? certainly not .Another Government of National Unity is thought to be on cards  following the pending announcement  scheduled any time this year by President Mugabe ,in spite of the daunting  constitution making process,hence compromised democracy.It is for this reason that the elections as means to democracy is  meaning less and a fruitless effort which brings about undemocratic practices.
Theodore Roosevelt .Photo wikipedia vol 1 The pen is something mightier than words.The first investigative journalists were known as Muckrakers. Writers whose exposés of corruption in business and government aroused public opinion and helped spur Progressive-Era reforms. Theodore Roosevelt popularized the term in a 14 April 1906 speech, in which he compared them to the Man with the Muck-rake in Banyan's Pilgrim's Progress, who remained so intent on raking the filth at his feet that he failed to look up and behold the celestial crown. Likewise, Roosevelt argued, the muckrakers remained so focused on the evils in society they failed to reaffirm the vision of America's promise. The usage stuck, and henceforth the term was applied to all those engaged in. It may be a "cliché" in Zimbabwe as  the investigative enterprise might bring a cost-cost out comes .The journalist might be arrested or left exposed to dangers while the culprit is left scot free,there