Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday called for the speedy conclusion of remaining stages in the constitution ahead of the southern African country's elections set for next year.

The president urged the Constitution Parliamentary Select Committee (COPAC) spearheading the writing of the new constitution to expeditiously produce a report on the Second All-stakeholders Conference held last week for perusal by principals in the inclusive government.

He said once they had the report, the principals would take the necessary steps to build consensus on the way forward.

"The Select Committee of COPAC should work frantically to produce a report of the conference summarizing the views expressed by the stakeholders, in particular the divergent views and submit the report to the principals in government," Mugabe said while opening the fifth session of the seventh parliament.

Mugabe's Zanu-PF and the two MDC factions have opposing views on several issues in the draft constitution and it is hoped Mugabe and his inclusive government partners Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Industry and Commerce Minister Welshman Ncube will have the final say on the contentious issues.

Once there was consensus, the draft would then be tabled in parliament before being put to the people in a referendum.

Mugabe has said he wants elections to replace the current inclusive government to be held in March next year.