Roll Call: Iraqi Bloggers Sound Off On The Constitution And Voting

Iraqi Bloggers Central ^ | Sunday, October 16, 2005 | Mister Ghost

[Mister Ghost]

...That's right Folks, Iraq was One Stinking Hellhole. Not a nice place to live or one of the top tourist destinations on the planet to visit. And it still may reek to High Heaven even with a New Constitution.

BUT.

At least with a New Constitution in place, the ability to amend it, and the emergence of a Democratic System, there is some hope for Iraq and the Iraqi People. At the very worst, the country will be broken again, which up until this point, has been the usual state of affairs for the Iraqis.

Thus it's time to check in on the various Iraqi Bloggers for their thoughts on the New Constitution and the reasons for their vote.

Zeyad of Healing Iraq fame returns briefly from his Mysterious Hiatus to tell us he voted No:

I voted against.

Nabil, Zeyad's brother likes the New Constitution:

congratulations Iraq I just want to congratulate the Iraqis for the New document which we will have questionary on it in Friday 15 oct. 2005, I thank God that the Sunni Parties agreed to this constitution because if the didn't we would had more violence, but I think when all the Iraqis approve this document, that will put an end to this severe violence. And about the next elections, as i said before we will go with Allawi because he is the BEST.

Of course everyone's favorite Baathi Broad Riverbend doesn't like the New Constitution:

Most educated Iraqis want to vote against the constitution.

See, it's just those ignorant uneducated masses that will vote for the Constitution, the ones easily led by religous leaders and tribal sheiks:

Iraqis are going to be voting according to religious clerics and, in some areas, tribal sheikhs. They aren't going to be voting according to their convictions or their understanding of what is supposed to be a document that will set the stage for Iraqi laws and regulations

Fie, fie, fie on those Ignorant Iraqis, too stupid to determine things for themselves, thinks Riverbend.

Salam Pax gives the New Charter a Conditional Yes:

After a lot of soul searching and nail biting I have made up my mind about the draft.

I don’t like it. I believe we should have done better. And I am especially angry about the US administration for jumping around and cheering about how great this document is, just stop it.

BUT,

I am also scared of the prospect of having to go through the whole process again, of stopping the ball rolling. Like a cartoon character that has just ran off a cliff I am afraid that if I stop my feet from running and look down I will plunge into an abyss.

I don’t have enough faith in us to say let’s scrap this and start with another transitional government. I feel exhausted.

SO,

If the vote were tomorrow I would vote YES and hope that the next elected National Assembly won’t have as much of a religious majority as the current one. I have opted for the ‘optimistic idiot’ option again; I know I will be disappointed. To read more

[MNJohnnie]

Amazing, they should form the Iraqi Democrat Party, they have the whiny, elitist posturing and maudlin self pity tone down perfectly. They are just destine to be Iraq's part of perpetual losers at the polls.

[RockinRight]

Most educated Iraqis want to vote against the constitution.

Kinda like in America, huh? The (pseudo-educated) elites I mean.