1.   The Council would be responsible for naming nine regional councils, each comprising three members including one opposition member.

2.   Throughout the country, Mugabe supporters have beaten, tortured and murdered opposition members.

3.   He had accused three opposition members of corrupt practices.

4.   The two opposition members of parliament were firmly opposed to what they saw as a further extension of government power.

5.   However, the UK government agreed later in the year to a request from opposition members of the Legislative Council for a review of the Constitution.

6.   Rev. Patelisio Punou-Ki-Hihifo Finau, and opposition members of parliament.

7.   The ceremony adopting the Constitution was boycotted by a number of Union of Democratic Forces and other opposition Assembly members and accompanied by mass protests in Sofia.

8.   Seven opposition members of the Assembly abstained from the vote, claiming that the new status strengthened the powers of the executive at the expense of the judiciary.

9.   He also called on President Ren to demonstrate his commitment to reform by appointing three opposition members to his Cabinet within the next two months.