No country in the world can draft their constitution in three months. They themselves took 10 years. Why do they wish to impose a silly constitution on us?

They postponed the date because they want to agree upon everything, so the whole constitution is delayed. Practically, it is probably not enough time, but we hope everybody works hard to achieve it.

I believe that there are some groups that have taken more than they deserved and want to pass the constitution quickly.

The longest constitution-drafting convention in any country in the world,

The fundamental problem is this is not a consensus constitution, and one part of the country has massively rejected it. This was not a joyful vote. It was a pragmatic vote to continue the process.

After years of secularism we're introducing Islam in a new way into the constitution, ... The only other country in which they did this was Iran, and women's rights were thrown out there. It's a tragedy what we're seeing.