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Considering that the Iraqi Constitution will be drafted by those elected this year, this is a big problem.
This is tens of thousands of individuals who weren't able to vote for the most important election that this country will have. This, despite their absolute willingness to perform their civic duty.
This is on top of whatever number were too afraid or disenfranchised from the process (reports of about 8% sunni voting in some areas)
The constitution will be drafted without the input of these people and will be fundamentally flawed because of it. It isn't enough to say they will get involved in future election as the altering of a constitution is much harder than the initial drafting.
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