Zimbabwe: Global Political Agreement

The Global Political Agreement, which took effect on February 11, 2009, was approved in September 2008 by the Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and the the two Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) formations. It was designed to resolve Zimbabwe's political and economic crisis and chart a new political direction for the country. Article VI hereof set up the framework for COPAC, the constitutional reform process and the constitutional referendum.