Baghdad, 14 July (AKI) - A prominent Iraqi Sunni leader has said that Sunni leaders will soon issue a fatwa, or religious edict, urging members of their community to participate in the drafting of Iraq's new constitution. "We've decided to take part in writing up the constitution on the advice of the United Nations," Adnan al-Dulaymi, head of the Sunni Waqf Bureau, told Adnkronos International (AKI).
"Sunni religious leaders will issue fatwas that will allow for the participation in the referendum
and the elections, confirming the fact that we don't represent a minority as some people are trying to depict us," al-Dulaymi said.
The Sunni leader also appealed to Iraq's Higher Independent Election Commission (HIEC), to open "voting centres in the western regions of Iraq so that the inhabitants of those areas will be able to particiapte in the vote."
HIEC vice-president Farid Ayar, responding to al-Dulaymi's appeal, told AKI that preparations were underway to ensure that "the inhabitants of the Sunni areas of Tikrit, al-Anbar, Ninive and other regions will participate in the referendum which will probably be held in October and parliamentary elections scheduled for December."
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