Iraqi Constitution

"The story of the birth of Iraq’s second ‘democratic’ Constitution

The main tasks of the elected National Assembly following the Iraqi elections of January 2005 were to form a new government and then draft a constitution by August 15th to be presented to the Iraqi people through a referendum by October 15th.

The government was formed after about three months of horse-trading and political haggling. It was a bad government by any standard; corruption, incompetence and ineffectiveness to an unprecedented level. It failed miserably… and continues to fail.

The Assembly’s next task was drafting the constitution."
Iraqi Letters