Religious leaders warned Iraqâs top administrator Paul Bremer yesterday against the risk of a crisis should he carry out his threat to veto an Islamic constitution for the country. Clerics reacted angrily to Bremerâs threat to use his veto if the US-appointed Governing Council proposes a basic law that challenges the spirit of Western-style democracy. The Governing Council has been charged with writing the temporary constitution or fundamental law that will govern Iraq until national elections are held. But many observers believe that some council members are pushing to implement Islamist rule in the post-occupation era. Bremer vowed the new law would protect civil liberties in line with the agreement he reached with the Governing Council last November that set June 30 as the final day of the US-led occupation. Yesterday, the Najaf head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) warned against US intervention in the drafting of the countryâs legal code. âI think that if one seeks to impose another solution than what the Iraqi population wants, it would spark a crisis and none of the parties want this to happen,â Sheikh Sadreddin al-Kubbanji said.
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