Thursday, September 29, 2005
Iraqi RhetIraq: Sunni Spokesmen
Who: Hussein al-Falluji (Sunni Constitution Negotiator) & Abdul Salam Al-Kubaisi (of Muslim Clerics' Association)
Source: Reuters
Quotes:
"The constitution issue is dead until the referendum," said Sunni negotiator Hussein al-Falluji on Thursday. "We will vote 'No' and we will not accept the American policy of aggression to get what they want. There is no way we will support it."
"We think that the U.S considers that the constitution is part of its plans of war so they believe they are going to win the constitution game after all," said Abdul Salam Al-Kubaisi of the Muslim Clerics' Association, a leading Sunni Muslim group.
"We all reject the constitution and we will say 'No' to it no matter what happens. We weren't informed about these new suggestions and whether the U.S ambassador carried them to the Kurds or not. We stay firm and hold our terms."
The chief Sunni negotiator, Saleh Mutlak, said his team still insists that federalism be dropped from the draft.
"If these demands are met or modified then we will change our position and we will call for people to vote 'Yes' in the referendum," he said.
Judging by previous negotiations, that is highly unlikely.
Source: Reuters
Quotes:
"The constitution issue is dead until the referendum," said Sunni negotiator Hussein al-Falluji on Thursday. "We will vote 'No' and we will not accept the American policy of aggression to get what they want. There is no way we will support it."
"We think that the U.S considers that the constitution is part of its plans of war so they believe they are going to win the constitution game after all," said Abdul Salam Al-Kubaisi of the Muslim Clerics' Association, a leading Sunni Muslim group.
"We all reject the constitution and we will say 'No' to it no matter what happens. We weren't informed about these new suggestions and whether the U.S ambassador carried them to the Kurds or not. We stay firm and hold our terms."
The chief Sunni negotiator, Saleh Mutlak, said his team still insists that federalism be dropped from the draft.
"If these demands are met or modified then we will change our position and we will call for people to vote 'Yes' in the referendum," he said.
Judging by previous negotiations, that is highly unlikely.
