[JURIST] Abdul Aziz Hakim [Wikipedia profile], leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq and the country’s most powerful Shiite politician, said Wednesday that a new Iraqi government dominated by religious Shiites elected in the December 15 parliamentary vote [JURIST report] would not “change the essence” of the new Iraqi constitution [JURIST news archive] despite a compromise with Sunni Arabs [JURIST report] before the constitutional referendum in October [JURIST report] that purported to allow revisions. The deal among Sunni, Shiite and Kurd leaders allowed parliament to review constitutional amendments up to four months after the new government ascended. A spokesman for the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution confirmed that while "some points or details" of the constitution may be negotiated, the "main principles … cannot be touched." The Washington Post has more.