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Baghdad - A study published in Baghdad has shown
that a great percentage of Iraqis are supporting the
federal regime in the new Iraq.
According to the study, which was prepared by the
"Civil Alliance for Free Elections" organization,
which is a non-governmental organization supported
by the Iraqi National Assembly (Parliament), 78% of
the surveyees preferred the federal system, while
22% preferred a central government.
8.43% of the surveyees believe that the local or
regional governments should be granted wide-scale
competence and authorities, while 2.35 of
participants preferred local or regional governments
with limited competence.
As regards the role of Islam in the state, 65% of
the participants prefer considering Islam as one of
the sources of legislation, while 26% of the
participants were in favor of considering Islam as a
sole source for legislation. On the other hand, 9%
of the participants preferred not to mention Islam
in the constitution.
4.89% of the surveyees expressed their support for
giving a quota for women's participation in the
parliament (whether 25% or higher), while 6.10%
expressed their belief that no quota should be
designated for women in the parliament at all. The
organization that conducted the survey pointed out
that it has established 1017 workshops (seminars),
in which 43 thousand and 303 persons have
participated, to make Iraqi citizens aware of the
constitution and its contents.
It is worth mentioning that last Monday evening, the
Iraqi National Assembly has voted on the amendment
of the state administration code to extend the
deadline for finishing the constitution draft until
the 22nd of this month, due to controversial points.
The federation is one of the suspended issues in the
constitution draft. It is rejected on behalf of the
Arab Sunnis, who consider that it would lead to
dividing Iraq into states.
Al Sharq Al Awsat
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