Negotiators from SADC and Zimbabwe's three main parties adopted a first draft on June 2nd.

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Some of the main issues opponents of the draft constitution have are the presidential versus parliamentary powers.

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Most of the main Shia parties now endorse the draft, as does the most influential Shia religious leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, though a radical preacher, Muqtada al-Sadr, has offered no clear guidance.

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