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Iraqi parliament delays constitution vote
(AP)
Updated: 2005-08-23 08:25

In another dramatic last-minute standoff, Iraqi leaders put off a vote on a draft constitution Monday, adjourning parliament at a midnight deadline in a bid for three more days to win over the Sunni Arab minority whose support is key to stopping the insurgency.

The Shiite-Kurdish bloc that submitted the draft constitution expressed optimism that a deal was still possible. But top Sunni Arab leaders said flatly that compromise was far off, reported AP.

U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said the three major issues blocking a deal were federalism, purging Saddam Hussein's Baath Party and whether some of the officers of the assembly should be elected by a majority or two-thirds vote.

The Shiite-Kurdish draft would fundamentally transform Iraq from the highly centralized state under Saddam into a loose federation of Kurds, Shiites and Sunni Arabs. The Sunnis — who dominated Iraqi society under Saddam — oppose that decentralization, fearing it would cut them out of the country's oil wealth and leave them powerless.

An Iraqi woman walks next to posters promoting women's rights in the new constitution, in the southern city of Basra, Iraq Monday, Aug. 22, 2005.
An Iraqi woman walks next to posters promoting women's rights in the new constitution, in the southern city of Basra, Iraq Monday, Aug. 22, 2005. [AP]
Saleh al-Mutlaq, one of four top Sunni Arab negotiators, said more than 20 issues still divide the sides. Apart from federalism and power-sharing, he cited how the constitution spoke of Iraq's national identity as "part of the Islamic world" rather than the Arab world — a concession to the non-Arab Kurds.

"This constitution is full of land mines that would explode on Iraqis. This constitution will divide the country," al-Mutlaq said.

The numerous remaining issues referred to by al-Mutlaq cast doubt on whether the Iraqis would be able to finish the document within a few days since the various groups have widely differing positions. Repeated delays are a deep embarrassment for the Bush administration at a time of growing misgivings within the United States over the mission in Iraq.

The U.S. military said two U.S. soldiers from Task Force Liberty were killed Monday by a roadside bomb during a combat patrol north of Baghdad, and two more soldiers died Sunday when their vehicle overturned during a military operation near Tal Afar. At least 1,870 U.S. troops have died since the Iraq war started in 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

US President Bush defended the war Monday, asserting that "a policy of retreat and isolation will not bring us safety" from terrorism.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised the efforts of the drafting committee, noting that "step by step, the Iraqi people are charting their own path toward a shared future of freedom."

Washington had applied enormous pressure on the Iraqis to meet the original Aug. 15 deadline but parliament instead had to grant a week's extension, which they again failed to meet.

In a concession to secular-minded Iraqis, the draft declares that Islam is "a main source" of legislation, not "the" main one as initially pushed by religious parties. The charter states that no law may contradict Islamic and democratic standards or "the essential rights and freedoms mentioned in this constitution."

The proposed constitution "guarantees the Islamic identity of the Iraqi people" but also "guarantees all religious rights" and states that all Iraqis "are free within their ideology and the practice of their ideological practices."

Khalilzad, who previously served as the top American envoy to Afghanistan, told CNN that the banning of any laws that are against the provisions of Islam is "what the constitution of Afghanistan stated and ... many progressive Islamic countries state."

The text also declares both Arabic and Kurdish as official languages, bringing Kurdish to an equal status nationwide.

The Shiite-Kurdish faction finished the draft on Monday and formally submitted it to parliament as the lawmakers convened minutes before a midnight deadline. But the negotiators quickly deferred a vote on the draft because of the fierce Sunni Arab resistance.

The 15 Sunni Arab members of the drafting committee issued a statement early Tuesday saying they had rejected the constitution because the government and the committee did not abide by an agreement for consensus.

"We reject the draft constitution that was submitted because we did not have an accord on it," said Sunni delegate Nasser al-Janabi.

Although the statement was issued after parliament had deferred a decision, it was significant because it indicates the Sunnis may try to block any accord, if they do not agree with it entirely. That could severely complicate negotiations in coming days.

One Shiite negotiator cautioned it was "not possible to please everyone." But the negotiator, Humam Hammoudi, Shiite chairman of the 71-member committee that struggled for weeks to try to complete the draft, said "many things have been achieved in this constitution and we hope it will be a real step toward stability."

Parliament speaker Hajim al-Hassani, a Sunni Arab, said there was strong interest in reaching unanimity on the draft "so that the constitution pleases everyone." He said consultations would last for three days.

"All these groups in the coming three days will try, God willing, to reach accord on some points that are still disagreements," he told lawmakers. "The draft constitution has been received, and we will work on solving the remaining problems."

The lawmakers were able to keep the parliament from having to disband by formally submitting the draft by the midnight deadline — although they then withdrew it.

Shiites and Kurds have enough seats in parliament to win approval for a draft without the Sunni Arabs. But the Sunni minority could scuttle the constitution when voters decide whether to ratify it in the Oct. 15 referendum. Under current rules, the constitution would be defeated if it is opposed by two-thirds of the voters in three of Iraq's 18 provinces. Sunni Arabs form the majority in at least four.

In addition, an attempt by Shiites and Kurds to win parliamentary agreement without the Sunnis could risk a backlash within the community that is at the forefront of the insurgency and undercut U.S. hopes to begin withdrawing troops next year.

The Kurds demand federalism to protect their self-rule in three northern provinces. Sunni Arabs have accepted Kurdish self-rule but oppose any extension of federalism as proposed by the biggest Shiite party, fearing that would also lead to the disintegration of Iraq.


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