A member of the Kurdistan coalition, who is also a member of the Iraqi permanent constitution drafting committee, stated that any text in the new constitution saying that Iraq is a part of the Arab nation will be rejected by the Kurdish representatives.

Kamaran Khayri Sa'ed told Sharq al_Awsat in an interview: "Iraqi Arabs are a part of the Arab nation and the Kurds are a part of the Kurdish nation, but Iraq does not consist of Arabs only, Kurds, Turkomans, Kildans and Assyrians live in Iraqas well."

He also said: "We as Kurds do not deny that Iraqi Arabs are a part of the Arab nation, but not al of Iraq and the new Iraq must realize that."

In another part of the interview, Kamaran Khayri Sa'ed told the newspaper: "there is dispute in the Constitution drafting committee regarding the nature of the political and federal systems", he also emphasized that those who are against federalism will damage the unity of Iraq because Kurds live in Iraq in a voluntary federalism not in a forced one.