As Andrew recognises and as their own statements make clear the Primates who wanted a covenant are unhappy with the current version. He may not be aware that before formal covenant proposals were committed to writing in the Windsor Process, there was discussion and some drafting by primates of the Global South. Our article is trying to explain why the people who promoted and supported the covenant now have misgivings about it.
In promoting, and indeed initiating the call for a covenant, the Primates were calling for unity, accountability and a basis for discipline where churches were acting contrary to Communion agreements. Why are these same people now uncertain about this draft of the covenant? Because they perceive that prematurely endorsing something inadequate may be worse than the original problem and create more problems.