Saturday, February 05, 2005
Iraq Sunnis Offer to Help on Constitution
Did you see this news story?
Even more important, did you catch this part:
In a bid to avoid marginalization, a group of Sunni Arab parties that refused to participate in the election said Saturday they want to take part in the drafting of a permanent constitution — a chief task of the new National Assembly.
So, let me see if I have this right.
They boycotted the election, and urged their supporters, and all other Sunnis, to boycott, as well. Meaning they didn't run, and urged their supporters not to vote.
The election is for the National Assembly, or Congress. The primary job of this congress is to write an actual constitution for the country.
Now, these guys that didn't run, and whose supporters didn't vote, are "volunteering" to help with the writing of the constitution. The reason being that Sunni's were not sufficiently represented by the election.
Either these guys just don't get it, or they get it all too well, and are trying to hold the political process in this country hostage.
Even more important, did you catch this part:
In a bid to avoid marginalization, a group of Sunni Arab parties that refused to participate in the election said Saturday they want to take part in the drafting of a permanent constitution — a chief task of the new National Assembly.
So, let me see if I have this right.
They boycotted the election, and urged their supporters, and all other Sunnis, to boycott, as well. Meaning they didn't run, and urged their supporters not to vote.
The election is for the National Assembly, or Congress. The primary job of this congress is to write an actual constitution for the country.
Now, these guys that didn't run, and whose supporters didn't vote, are "volunteering" to help with the writing of the constitution. The reason being that Sunni's were not sufficiently represented by the election.
Either these guys just don't get it, or they get it all too well, and are trying to hold the political process in this country hostage.
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Am I just too naive/dense to understand the same points you brought up? WHO would NOT want to pick your own leader? Who would NOT want to have a say in the way your government is run?
I just don't understand.
I just don't understand.
It's a basic powerplay.
By getting Sunnis to not vote, they can say they are not represented in the government. That way they can get representation in the process of writing the new constitution that is out of proportion to what they would have had by more legitimate means.
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By getting Sunnis to not vote, they can say they are not represented in the government. That way they can get representation in the process of writing the new constitution that is out of proportion to what they would have had by more legitimate means.
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