Iraqi leaders were well aware of the decreased participation in the election by a significant portion of Iraq’s multi-ethnic and multi-confessional mosaic, particularly the Sunni community. Accordingly, they sought out those who were under-represented in the Assembly, but whose sense of participation in and ownership of the process was essential, not merely to the constitutional exercise, but to binding the nation’s wounds.
伊拉克领导人清楚地知道，伊拉克多种族和多教派中重要的一部分、特别是逊尼派在大选中的参与大幅下降。因此，他们广邀在国民会议中未得充分代表的那一部分国民。他们在宪法进程当家作主的意识不仅对于实施宪法、而且对于弥合民族伤口而言都是十分重要的。这一举动不仅仅是一个姿态而已。