Once people have the constitution, the idea is they should be able to engage with it before the referendum.

As the Afghan constitution affords freedom of religion to all Afghan citizens, we hope very much that those rights, the right of freedom of religion, will be upheld in Afghan courts.

It is far more important that (the draft constitution) be hammered out by the Iraqi people than it is for people from the US to try to find a solution,

At some point, people have to realize the Michigan Constitution is not the kitchen sink.

We are preparing to lobby our people against the constitution. We would rather dissolve the National Assembly than pass a constitution that would dissolve Iraq.

This shows there is still a state of emergency in the country; this proves the constitution was not people-driven.