Four months from August 15th or (June 15th 2006 if extention applies), the deadline for the consitution to be drawn up, elections for a parmanent government shall be held

Well, its almost August, lets see if they ask for longer to draw up the constitution on August the 1st, the deadline set by the "Occupying Force". WHY DONT WE TALK ABOUT IT NOW!

The deadline is for completion of this constitution is August 15th, but they may ask for one 6 month extension, no later than August 1st, 2005. This can be extended only ONCE for a period of 6 months, so in other words, by February 15th 2006, the National Assembly will either ratify a constitution or be dissolved under the current constitution. [see Article 61, “Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period,”]

The Constitution must be released to the public by October the 15th, or April 15th 2006 if extension is required. Else their fate is as follows:

Quote Article 61(E) "the National Assembly shall be dissolved".













Article 61.

(A) The National Assembly shall write the draft of the permanent constitution by no later than 15 August 2005.

(B) The draft permanent constitution shall be presented to the Iraqi people for approval in a general referendum to be held no later than 15 October 2005. In the period leading up to the referendum, the draft constitution shall be published and widely distributed to encourage a public debate about it among the people.


(C) The general referendum will be successful and the draft constitution ratified if a majority of the voters in Iraq approve and if two-thirds of the voters in three or more governorates do not reject it.

(D) If the permanent constitution is approved in the referendum, elections for a permanent government shall be held no later than 15 December 2005 and the new government shall assume office no later than 31 December 2005.

(E) If the referendum rejects the draft permanent constitution, the National Assembly shall be dissolved. Elections for a new National Assembly shall be held no later than 15 December 2005. The new National Assembly and new Iraqi Transitional Government shall then assume office no later than 31 December 2005, and shall continue to operate under this Law, except that the final deadlines for preparing a new draft may be changed to make it possible to draft a permanent constitution within a period not to exceed one year. The new National Assembly shall be entrusted with writing another draft permanent constitution.

(F) If necessary, the president of the National Assembly, with the agreement of a majority of the members’ votes, may certify to the Presidency Council no later than 1 August 2005 that there is a need for additional time to complete the writing of the draft constitution. The Presidency Council shall then extend the deadline for writing the draft constitution for only six months. This deadline may not be extended again.

(G) If the National Assembly does not complete writing the draft permanent constitution by 15 August 2005 and does not request extension of the deadline in Article 61(D) above, the provisions of Article 61(E), above, shall be applied.

[snip] here Is another bit I think you should all see! [/snip]


Article 12.

All Iraqis are equal in their rights without regard to gender, sect, opinion, belief, nationality, religion, or origin, and they are equal before the law. Discrimination against an Iraqi citizen on the basis of his gender, nationality, religion, or origin is prohibited. Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the security of his person. No one may be deprived of his life or liberty, except in accordance with legal procedures. All are equal before the courts.



Article 15.

(A) No civil law shall have retroactive effect unless the law so stipulates. There shall be neither a crime, nor punishment, except by law in effect at the time the crime is committed.

(B) Police, investigators, or other governmental authorities may not violate the sanctity of private residences, whether these authorities belong to the federal or regional governments, governorates, municipalities, or local administrations, unless a judge or investigating magistrate has issued a search warrant in accordance with applicable law on the basis of information provided by a sworn individual who knew that bearing false witness would render him liable to punishment. Extreme exigent circumstances, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, may justify a warrantless search, but such exigencies shall be narrowly construed. In the event that a warrantless search is carried out in the absence of an extreme exigent circumstance, the evidence so seized, and any other evidence found derivatively from such search, shall be inadmissible in connection with a criminal charge, unless the court determines that the person who carried out the warrantless search believed reasonably and in good faith that the search was in accordance with the law.

[olivebranch] AND FOR THOSE READING ABOUT KHALID, AND THOSE HOLDING HIM, GUESS WHAT!!!! THE WORLD KNOWS WHAT YOU ARE UP TO, LOOK AT ARTICLE 15(C) OF YOUR VERY OWN CONSTITUTION[/olivebranch]


(C) No one may be unlawfully arrested or detained, and no one may be detained by reason of political or religious beliefs.