Former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has termed new constitution making as the highest priority for reconciliation with minority Tamil groups. Addressing a group of foreign journalists in Colombo last evening, Mrs. Kumaratunga said new constitution will be difficult to get through if other issues like accountability for war crimes and inclusion of foreign judges crop up. She accepted that with existence of hardline Sinhala ethnic groups like Joint opposition and Bodu Bala Sena, the task of new constitution will be tougher than envisaged earlier. <br/><br/>The former President, who heads the Office of National Unity and Reconciliation, said that there is a need to create awareness on constitutional provisions which will begin in coming months.<br/><br/>Mrs. Kumaratunga asserted that the issue of war crimes is not urgent but does not mean that it is not necessary one. She said that her interactions with the people in north reflects that people are much more interested with finding missing persons, development projects, creation of infrastructure and livelihood issues rather than addressal of war crimes. The comments came as Sri Lanka is to ask for more time to act on alleged war crimes and human rights violations at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva.