From: Ina Iankulova (iiankulova@sorosny.org)
Date: Mon Apr 28 2003 - 09:39:43 EDT
AFGHAN OFFICIAL SAYS OPINION POLL WILL BE CONDUCTED ON DRAFT CONSTITUTION
Faruk Wardak, the secretary for the Constitutional Drafting Commission (CDC), has said that the draft of the future Afghan constitution, which has been prepared but not yet distributed to the public, will be the subject of a seminar to be held soon by the Constitutional Commission, which is to take over the work of the CDC, Iranian state radio's Mashhad-based Dari service reported on 22 April. According to Wardak, the new commission will inform the Afghan people of the importance of their opinions in the drafting process. Asked why the draft has not been made public (for a preview of the document, see "RFE/RL Afghanistan Report," 24 April 2003), Wardak said the current document is a preliminary draft and does not "include the opinions of a broad number of Afghans," and it will only be "defined as complete" after the Constitutional Commission approves it. According to the CDC's schedule (see "RFE/RL Afghanistan Report," 10 April 2003), the public will get the chance to debate the new draft from the beginning of May until the end of June. AT
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