Iraq constitution will be ready today: Talabani

[SmoothRide]

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_14-8-2005_pg4_1
Iraq constitution will be ready today: Talabani


Says many of the contentious issues have been resolved

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s president said Saturday the first post-Saddam Hussein constitution was nearly ready, as focus moved to autonomy for the majority Shiites, an issue that could trigger a revolt from the ousted Sunni Arab elite.

President Jalal Talabani said most issues were resolved and the new charter would be ready within the next 24 hours, a day ahead of the Monday deadline.

“God willing, the draft will be ready by tomorrow (Sunday) as many of the contentious issues have already been resolved,” Talabani told reporters after a meeting with the former chief of Sunni waqf, or religious endowment. Talabani said that discussions were now focusing on the role of religion and the question of “federalism for the south”, a region predominated by the country’s majority Shiites.

He was referring to Thursday’s call by leading Shiite politician Abdul Aziz al-Hakim for Kurdish-style autonomous regions in the country’s largely Shiite south and the central region. A constitution panelist told AFP that 14 of the 18 remaining stumbling blocks in the new charter had been resolved, including an agreement that at least 25 percent of parliament seats should be reserved for women. (MORE)

[Chaka]

http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=760212

Head Shiite cleric Ali Al-Sistani called for respecting the result of the referendum on the constitution and for clerics to work towards maintaining Iraq's unity, stressing the importance of guaranteeing the rights of Sunnis as they are the "vital arteries" of the new Iraq.

Sistani said in a statement on Saturday that the role of clerics was to support the Iraqi constitution and to encourage people to review its content, warning against the use of his name or that of clerics in electoral campaigns

[SmoothRide]

http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=760212

Head Shiite cleric Ali Al-Sistani called for respecting the result of the referendum on the constitution and for clerics to work towards maintaining Iraq's unity, stressing the importance of guaranteeing the rights of Sunnis as they are the "vital arteries" of the new Iraq.

Sistani said in a statement on Saturday that the role of clerics was to support the Iraqi constitution and to encourage people to review its content, warning against the use of his name or that of clerics in electoral campaigns


Excellent article!!!!

[icarusII]

The Iraqi National Assembly (parliament) on Saturday said it would discuss the draft constitution and the electoral bill during its 52nd meeting scheduled for Sunday.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=760204

Icarus

[SmoothRide]

:happy64: :happy64: Good Stuff!

[dejavu]

oooooh, i wonder what time the meeting is? :)

[BBbucks]

Anytime between 1 am - 9am EST or so-
just in time for George Stephenapolis to announce the news with a big grin on his face. :lmao:

[dejavu]

Anytime between 1 am - 9am EST or so-
just in time for George Stephenapolis to announce the news with a big grin on his face. :lmao:

looks like i'll be pouring some coffee down my throat tonite, haha, i can almost hear your avatar speaking to me....one meeeeeeeliun dollaars.....LOL

[icarusII]

Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish parliamentarian and member of the committee drafting the constitution, said the Shiites and Kurds had reached a number of agreements and were working to persuade the Sunnis to join them.
But, he cautioned, "if the Sunnis refuse to accept the agreements, we will present the draft as it is to the National Assembly."
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050813/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
Icarus

[George Melloan]

Head Shiite cleric Ali Al-Sistani called for respecting the result of the referendum on the constitution and for clerics...


If it wasn't for Sistani the country would be a hell hole. I respecte the man
more and more. He can be considered the founding father of new Iraq.

[H2OLover]

looks like i'll be pouring some coffee down my throat tonite, haha, i can almost hear your avatar speaking to me....one meeeeeeeliun dollaars.....LOL
well lets hope it is early ...as i am in alaska i may be able to get to bed early ( as if )
If anyone catches wind of the time of meeting please pass / post it on

thanks and lets all collectivly think good thoughts

[BBbucks]

i can almost hear your avatar speaking to me....one meeeeeeeliun dollaars.....LOL


yup…I keep hearing that little voice whenever I get the urge buy another three meeeeeeliun DIIIINARS!… :lmao:

[buck74]

Head Shiite cleric Ali Al-Sistani called for respecting the result of the referendum on the constitution and for clerics...


If it wasn't for Sistani the country would be a hell hole. I respecte the man
more and more. He can be considered the founding father of new Iraq.

I like this Al-Sistani, he says that he wants to keep the clerics out of politics. Much different than the mullas in Iran. He also supports a democratic government, and the new constitution, this is very good.

[arh777]

TALABANI: CONSTITUTION TO BE ACHIEVED TODAY

Baghdad, Aug. 14 p1

President Jalal Talbani affirmed that constitution draft would be achieved today.This has come during receiving Dr. Adnan al-Duleimi head of Sunni Conference who probed with all suspended issues in the constitution President Talbani stressed that all factions have to accept close views On the other hand, Salih al-Mutleg said that the political factions agreed on sharing all natural resources according to population of each province

http://www.alsabaah.com/iframe.php?file=http://www.alsabaah.com/English.html

[Dinaress]

Two young Iraqi girls walk past constitutional drafting posters that read 'We will make our future constitution' along a sidewalk.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050814/481/bag11508141214

[arh777]

The word on the street in Baghdad is that the US is putting pressure on Iraqis not to include a provision for direct regional allocations of oil revenue (a key demand of Kurds and Basrans). The reason for this is that they want all the revenue on the books of the central government to guarantee existing debt and enable the IMF to make the maximum new loans.

Seperately Noah Feldman said, in an interview about economic aspects of the constitution a few weeks ago, that "The IMF or the World Bank are in a position to impose certain conditions as a prerequisite for aid...[but] we’ve seen this throughout the world, that various decisions that the government needs to take tend to have more buy-in from the public if they’re perceived as having been made domestically rather imposed by the international organizations that control inflows of capital."

http://www.jubileeiraq.org/blog/2005_08.html#000878

[BBbucks]

The word on the street in Baghdad is that the US is putting pressure on Iraqis not to include a provision for direct regional allocations of oil revenue (a key demand of Kurds and Basrans). The reason for this is that they want all the revenue on the books of the central government to guarantee existing debt and enable the IMF to make the maximum new loans.

Seperately Noah Feldman said, in an interview about economic aspects of the constitution a few weeks ago, that "The IMF or the World Bank are in a position to impose certain conditions as a prerequisite for aid...[but] we’ve seen this throughout the world, that various decisions that the government needs to take tend to have more buy-in from the public if they’re perceived as having been made domestically rather imposed by the international organizations that control inflows of capital."

http://www.jubileeiraq.org/blog/2005_08.html#000878

Yup- it needs to be understood that the decisions are made by Iraqis' not the US. Interesting that the news reports say that the Sunnis are the ones that don't want this to happen don't ya think? That way the Sunnis can be percieved as the ones that made this happen- hopefully- they ill all start to "get along" Boy the PR peeps are pretty busy these days! we can either view these articles one by one & point out the ones that are wrong in our opinion- but fact is-these stories are released for a purpose in order to put a positive spin on things that could easily be turned into a negative. Just wait & see- the good that comes out of this is that when the announcement is made that the Constitution has been signed off on- it WILL be presented by Iraqi's NOT the US -& the Iraqi's will need to take full credit for it-which BTW- IS A GOOD THING FOR IRAQ. Excellent post. Thanks.

[arh777]

Iraqi Leaders Rush to Finish Constitution

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writer 38 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Under strong pressure from the United States, Iraqi leaders met Sunday in a last-ditch bid to reach agreement on a new constitution only one day before the deadline for parliament to approve it. One lawmaker raised the possibility the deadline may have to be postpone

He added that there is a planned session between Sunni politicians and Barzani at noon. In the evening, Kurdish and Shiite leaders will meet at the office of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050814/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[LucyAnne]

POL-LD IRAQ-CONSTITUTION
Iraqi parliament meets Aug. 15 to present constitution

BAGHDAD, Aug 14 (KUNA) -- At a time leaders of Iraq's political forces are negotiating to hammer out a deal on sticky constitutional issues, the parliament announced Sunday it would hold a meeting tomorrow to officially submit the constitution.



http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=760451

Other reports mentioned 6:00 pm Iraq time tomorrow