Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Iraq constitution delay

The Iraq constitution was set to be finished by midnight on Monday. This deadline was not met, and the Iraqi contitutional government has voted to extend the deadline. Most of the delay is caused by the influence of Islam on the constitution and the government. The Sunni, Shiite, and Kurds all are part of the constitution process and all have different feelings about what should and shouldn't be in the constitution. One demand that the United States has been very worried about is having a self-governing Shiite region of Iraq. This is one of the many parts that the constitution has been stuck on and is said to be resolved hopefully within one week.


  • Detroit Free Press


  • Reuters


  • Everything Alabama


    • (Update: Detroit Free Press, Reuters and Everything Alabama links broken)
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    2 comments:

    Anonymous said...

    If this National Assembly does not have the mindset required to produce a meaningful Iraqi constitution, then it is best to dissolve and re-elect the assembly than settle for a prop. It is more important to get it right, than to get it “right now.”

    As Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari noted, “We should not be hasty regarding the issues and the constitution should not be born crippled.” The constitution must be meaningful – a living, breathing document that can be a foundation for the long road towards a real democracy in a united Iraq.

    6:58 PM
    YoungDemocrat said...

    Thanks for all of the good comments.

    9:12 PM

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