With a lot of talk on NPR recently about the proposed Iraqi Constitution, I figured I should have a look at it to see where they failed. At least it isn’t 485 pages like the European monstrousity. I might not kill a tree printing it.
But it doesn’t contain anything constituting an agreement to establish a government. Article 1 is a parenthetical statement, which does nothing to describe the actual shape of the government.
(The Republic of Iraq is a single, independent federal state with full sovereignty. Its system of government is republican, representative Parliamentary and democratic. This Constitution is the guarantor of its unity)
Yes, but what is it? What are its powers? What are its responsibilities? What may it do and not do?
Article 6 is circular.
Transfer of authority shall be made peacefully through democratic means as stipulated in this Constitution.
Fine, but no means are stipulated.
The remainder is no better. If I were an Iraqi, I’d vote against this tripe. The version of the Iraqi Constitution at the New York Times is incomplete. NPR has an analysis and the complete version, which I’ll need to read before forming a sound opinion.