A note from Congressman Boehner:
As of this writing, the Iraqis are preparing to unveil their Constitution on Monday, August 15th. A recent survey by the International Republican Institute (IRI) found that a majority of Iraqis are confident in the Iraqi National Assembly (INA) and the constitutional committee. More than 70 percent of Iraqis strongly or somewhat approve of the performance of the INA and a little more than 65 percent strongly or somewhat approve of the constitutional committee. Iraqis are also confident, by a 3:1 margin, that basic human rights and fair representation for all will be protected in a new constitution.
That IRI
poll is interesting:
An International Republican Institute (IRI) poll conducted July 9-14, 2005, found that a majority of Iraqis are confident in the Iraqi National Assembly (INA) and the constitutional committee. More than 70 percent of Iraqis strongly or somewhat approve of the performance of the INA and a little more than 65 percent strongly or somewhat approve of the constitutional committee. Iraqis are also confident basic human rights and fair representation for all will be protected in a new constitution with a little more than 72 percent responding they are very confident or somewhat confident.
As the deadline for a draft constitution nears, debate among Iraqis over the role of religion and federalism continues. Iraqis are split on Sharia law. However, more than 80 percent of all Iraqis polled support the enshrinement of women's rights in a new Iraqi constitution.
It will be interesting to see how closely the Iraqi Constitution matches what the public supports.
