IRAQI CONSTITUTION: A FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC HEAVEN OR HELL?

Abstract

In accordance with the “Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period,” simply referred to as TAL articles 2 and 61 the Iraqi Transitional Government and the National Assembly had drawn up a permanent Constitution for Iraq by August 2005, though tinkering with it continued into early October 2005 and could only be stopped with US and UN interventions . Finally, the Iraqi people participated in the constitutional referendum on October 15, 2005. Now that Iraq has a nationally accepted constitution, a brief analysis of the political characteristics and prospects of it is warranted.