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Article: A constitution for Iraq.(Editorials)(New document raises hopes for future)(Editorial)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- March 11, 2004
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Byline: The Register-Guard
Constitutions are always born on wobbly legs; the framers of the U.S. Constitution harbored doubts that it would last long. Similar doubts greeted Monday's signing of a new interim constitution in Iraq by members of the Iraqi Governing Council. But the fact that the fractious council has agreed upon a new charter is a hopeful sign by any standard.
The very act of asserting the Iraqi people's right to the type of government promised by the constitution sets a new benchmark for public expectations. The Kurdish people, for instance, have for the first time in Iraqi history seen their language proclaimed to be on an equal legal ...