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We hope all Iraqis will vote 'Yes' to the constitution so that the building of Iraq can begin.

Hajim al-Hassani

 Constitution

If we cannot reach an agreement, God forbid, the constitution will be put to the Iraqi people on October 15.

Hajim al-Hassani

 Agreement

We found that time was late and we saw that the matters will need another day in order to reach results that please everyone.

Hajim al-Hassani

 

The main bloc in the National Assembly has agreed to make the necessary amendments in the constitutional draft.

Hajim al-Hassani

 

We hope tomorrow we can finish this matter. The final day will be when we say this is the constitution draft which everybody agreed on.

Hajim al-Hassani

 Constitution

This proves to the world that Iraqis are writing their own constitution. We want to be sure to write something that keeps Iraq intact, in land and in people.

Hajim al-Hassani

 Constitution

If we will not be able to reach agreements in the end, this constitution is going to be presented to the Iraqis in an Oct. 15 referendum. Legally we do not need the parliament to vote on the draft, but we need only a consensus so that all the Iraqis will say yes to the constitution.

Hajim al-Hassani

 Constitution

We'll see how things go in the morning.

Hajim al-Hassani

 Morning

A parliamentary agreement has been reached between the Kurdish coalition and the (Shiite) alliance on accepting the suggestions of the forces that did not take part in the elections (Sunnis) and it will be announced in parliament tomorrow.

Hajim al-Hassani

 Agreement

I think to them, they won the election ... so it is an opportunity to them to get whatever they want. If I was in their camp, I would have been more generous.

Hajim al-Hassani

 Opportunity