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| Massoum agrees Iraq constitution change |
| 2015-08-27 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Iraqi President Fouad Massoum on Wednesday endorsed amending the constitution, responding to protesters' demands to reform a system of government mired in corruption and mismanagement. "We agree for the need to amend the constitution but we must not differ on the value and importance of the document which the people voted for," Massoum said. He did not mention specific amendments. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who launched a major reform campaign this month, has also said he might seek to revise the constitution. Abadi, in a statement on his website, said "the reforms voted on by the cabinet and the parliament are constitutional and legal and I will not back down on them." Amid a heatwave that has seen temperatures top 50 degrees Celsius, protesters have railed against the poor quality of services, especially power outages that leave just a few hours of government-supplied electricity per day. |
| Posted by:Fred |