What is the process for drafting Iraqs constitution?
Writing a permanent constitution is the main task facing Iraq’s 275-member transitional National Assembly. A general outline and timeline for the drafting process is spelled out in the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL), Iraq’s interim constitution enacted under U.S. occupation in March 2004. The TAL states that a draft should be ready by October 15, 2005, but legislators can ask for more time. Iraq’s lawmakers also will have wide latitude in determining who will compose the document and how inclusive the process will be. Who will write the draft? On May 10, Iraqis formed a constitutional committee composed of 55 members of the National Assembly. The United Iraqi Alliance (UIA), the predominately Shiite coalition of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, has 28 spots on the committee, giving it a one-seat majority. The Kurdish alliance, composed of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), has 15 seats. Former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi’s secular Sunni
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