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Sunnis not on board
Shiites and Kurds have agreed on the issue of federalism -- the degree of power held by provinces versus that held by a centralized government -- while the Sunnis haven't come on board, Shiite member Jalal al-Din al-Sagheer said before the deadline. "The majority [of the committee] is for federalism," al-Sagheer said. "As for the Sunnis, some got to acceptance; some accept federalism with conditions; and some rejected it."Sunni members of the committee rejected the move, with negotiator Saleh Mutlag saying the draft would be a losing proposition."This constitution does not include the Sunni voice," Mutlag said. "It doesn't include other voices in Iraq."But al-Sagheer said that time constraints required action.Al-Sagheer said that the draft writers could not wait until the Sunnis reach a consensus among themselves.Jawad al-Maliki, also a Shiite member of the committee, said that "consensus does not mean that every slice has to be approved by consensus."Calling federalism "the mother issue of contention," committee member Sa'adoon Zubaidy strongly disagreed, saying full consensus was necessary.(Zubaidy declined to identify himself as a Sunni but didn't participate in the January elections for the transitional assembly. Many Sunnis boycotted that vote.)"If two or more groups decide to go to issue a document in isolation of the view of the other group, then of course the principle of consensus will have been violated," he said. "And I don't think that would be an acceptable way of running business."Having the Sunnis' support is seen as key to the success of the constitution and Iraq's new government. Sunnis hold majorities in enough provinces to nix the constitution under the country's transitional law.
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I think it's a little early to be calling this a success, but we will see
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Sunnis not on board
Shiites and Kurds have agreed on the issue of federalism -- the degree of power held by provinces versus that held by a centralized government -- while the Sunnis haven't come on board, Shiite member Jalal al-Din al-Sagheer said before the deadline. "The majority [of the committee] is for federalism," al-Sagheer said. "As for the Sunnis, some got to acceptance; some accept federalism with conditions; and some rejected it."Sunni members of the committee rejected the move, with negotiator Saleh Mutlag saying the draft would be a losing proposition."This constitution does not include the Sunni voice," Mutlag said. "It doesn't include other voices in Iraq."But al-Sagheer said that time constraints required action.Al-Sagheer said that the draft writers could not wait until the Sunnis reach a consensus among themselves.Jawad al-Maliki, also a Shiite member of the committee, said that "consensus does not mean that every slice has to be approved by consensus."Calling federalism "the mother issue of contention," committee member Sa'adoon Zubaidy strongly disagreed, saying full consensus was necessary.(Zubaidy declined to identify himself as a Sunni but didn't participate in the January elections for the transitional assembly. Many Sunnis boycotted that vote.)"If two or more groups decide to go to issue a document in isolation of the view of the other group, then of course the principle of consensus will have been violated," he said. "And I don't think that would be an acceptable way of running business."Having the Sunnis' support is seen as key to the success of the constitution and Iraq's new government. Sunnis hold majorities in enough provinces to nix the constitution under the country's transitional law.
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I think it's a little early to be calling this a success, but we will see
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