The postponement is a bad sign.

The challenges we are facing are not difficult and it is possible to solve them. The basic disagreements have been solved and we've passed the steps that we used to think were almost impossible.

People cannot walk 10 or 12km, but the election commission isn't putting in more polling stations.

I don't know why Mr. Hakim is saying this at this time. It's time for reconciliation, it's time for negotiation, it's time for participation in the political process.

We took every point that we disagreed with and brought it to the point nearest to the Sunni position. They are generally about the most important things in the constitution: the Iraqi identity, federalism, the control of resources and the authorities of the president.

The next government will have a full term of four years, which requires that we have agreement on how to positively run the government and the state. We don't want to end up with a government similar to the current one.