Zimbabwe's vice-president has
submitted to parliament a speech that President Robert Mugabe was
supposed to deliver, a day after the 91-year-old leader accidentally
gave the wrong one.
The error has been blamed on a mix-up in the president's office.
It took Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa two hours to submit the correct version because of demands from opposition MPs for an apology.
Wednesday's extraordinary session was called so that Mr Mugabe's speech could be officially recorded.
The state-run Herald newspaper has printed the speech in full.
It says that the government plans to introduce legislation requiring senior public officials to declare assets as part of measures to tackle corruption.
The speech mix-up has prompted questions from the opposition over whether the president remains fit to lead, the BBC's Brian Hungwe reports from the capital, Harare.
After Mr Mugabe began speaking on Tuesday, it was not long before it dawned on those present that they had heard it all before.
When he delivered the speech last month on the economy, he was heckled by opposition MPs. (clued from BBC)
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