The Technical Committee on Drafting the Zambian Constitution launched the forty-day public consultative process on the Constitution-making process, with the release of the first draft Constitution, on Monday, 30th April, 2012.

The feedback that the Committee has received, from the time the first draft Constitution was made public, indicates that stakeholders, including members of the general public, need more time to study the contents of the first draft Constitution.

In response to the public outcry for more time, the Technical Committee has extended the time-frame for stakeholders and members of the public to comment on the first draft Constitution, from forty to ninety days.

The public is now expected to continue to study the first draft Constitution and make comments, up to 31st July, 2012.