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Most of Iraq's new constitution finalized |
2005-06-26 |
Iraq said sub-committees drawing up the country's new constitution have completed 80 percent of the draft and would meet its August deadline. The head of the constitution drafting commission, Hammam Hammoudi, said an arbitration committee was formed to bring together differing views on what he said were "complicated issues." Among the disputed issues is whether to use the word "federation," or to return to the old "Iraqi Republic" before the former Saddam Hussein regime changed it to the "Republic of Iraq" in the mid-90s. Hamman said the new constitution was being written according to the "basis of consensus among the Iraqi sectors," adding he expected the final draft to be finalized by August 15 for a national referendum vote. The commission is made up of 55 members dominated by Shiites and Kurds, while 15 of them are Arab Sunnis. |
Posted by:Anonymoose |
#5 better than debating whether to have the caliph go out and meet hulegu khan--they've come a long way baby |
Posted by: SON OF TOLUI 2005-06-26 16:02 |
#4 I doubt this will be a paean to the individual but more a power sharing arrangement among the Kurds, Sunnis and Shias. We lost the individual thing when an oil trust fund like Alaska's was not set up to distribute the proceeds to individual Iraqi's. My greatest fear for Iraq is the experience of every other country whose economy is dominated by oil extraction. Think Venezuela, Mexico, Arabia, Iran, Indonesia. Thuggocracies all. The only exceptions are countries that were previously civilized, Norway. |
Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-06-26 08:33 |
#3 But the MSM was telling us agreement by the end of August deadline would be impossible. |
Posted by: phil_b 2005-06-26 05:24 |
#2 If the other hotly disputed issues are as meaningful as arguing over the use of the word federation or Iraqi Republic - that woulc be a very hopeful sign. |
Posted by: 2b 2005-06-26 05:19 |
#1 Without reading what they have written, it's impossible to say more than I'm hopeful they left the BS out and stuck to principles of freedom, equality, and individualism. Here's hoping. |
Posted by: .com 2005-06-26 01:48 |