The new basic law, would limit presidential terms to 10 years and strip away presidential immunity.
But it is not retroactive and so would grant Mugabe — who turns 89 in February — the right to run again in presidential polls.
The draft constitution, which now needs to be voted on by parliament and Zimbabweans, forms the main pillar of reforms needed to hold a new vote after deadly 2008 elections.
“The draft constitution will go to parliament early February and it will go to a referendum,” Constitutional Affairs Minister Eric Matinenga said.
Zimbabwe’s unity government of long-ruling Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai agreed to the text two weeks ago after disagreements and violence delayed the constitutional process in the last two years.
