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National Assembly Of Iraq [Definition] The Iraqi National Assembly is the unicameral parliament A parliament is a legislative body, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system derived from that of the United Kingdom. As-Said dissolved the assembly shortly thereafter and began to rule by decree Rule by decree is a style of governance allowing quick, unchallenged creation of law by a single person or group, and is used primarily by dictators and absolute monarchs. The Assembly first formed following the establishment of a constitutional monarchy A constitutional monarchy is a form of government established under a constitutional system which acknowledges a hereditary or elected monarch as head of state. www.wikimirror.com /National_Assembly_of_Iraq

Iraqi Interim Government The National Assembly's authority was extremely limited and consisted mainly of ratifying laws and decisions made by the executive. The TAL ensures that all Iraqis are equal in their rights and without regard to gender, nationality, religion, or ethnic origin and they are equal before the law. The National Assembly will be elected under an electoral system designed to achieve representation of women of at least one-quarter of its members, as well as fair representation of all of Iraq's communities. www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/iraq/ig.htm

Rojname.com :: News-Archive :: Talks stall as Iraqi National Assembly debut nears He said the two blocs would continue their effort after the National Assembly convenes if there is still no agreement on the shape and mandate of a government to replace the U.S.-appointed interim Iraqi leadership. A senior Kurdish official in Baghdad said he was alarmed by the prospect that the National Assembly could meet in the absence of a power-sharing deal and launch a freewheeling debate on how to form a government. Iraqis, who risked threatened violence to vote by the millions Jan. 30, have grown impatient with the political wrangling and more fearful for their lives as insurgents resisting the U.S. military occupation exploit a growing security vacuum. www.kurdishdailynews.com /lastnews/cache-archive/40349

Iraqi In America: November 2004 Iraqi National Unity Council led by Rabee'a Mohammed Habeeb. They say Americans are deliberately killing Iraqis, which is the new rumor some Iraqis put in their heads and has become a fact for them. Assembly of Grandsons of Twenties Revolution led by Abd Al-Hussein Al-Yasiri. fayrouz.blogspot.com /2004_11_01_fayrouz_archive.html

Iraqi Pro-Democracy Party Press Release - Iraq the Model Press Release We believe that we represent an important segment of the Iraqi people that was never organized before under any category as a result of the oppression of the past regime. The bloggers are running under the banner of the Iraqi Pro-Democracy Party. The bloggers, who are brothers, have been writing their popular weblog www.IraqTheModel.com since November of 2003. english.iraqdemparty.org /about_pr.shtml

BBC NEWS Middle East Q&A: Iraqi election The assembly's other main role will be to write a draft constitution by 15 August and submit this to referendum by 15 October. If the constitution is rejected, there will be a new assembly election by 15 December, and a further year is then allowed for the whole process. Voters had to prove Iraqi citizenship and be born before 31 December 1986. news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/3971635.stm

The Command Post - Iraq - Entire Text of Iraqi Constitution The president of the National Assembly shall be the individual who receives the greatest number of votes for that office; the first deputy president the next highest; and the second deputy president the next. A member may not be placed under arrest during a session of the National Assembly, unless the member is accused of a crime and the National Assembly agrees to lift his immunity or if he is caught in flagrante delicto in the commission of a felony. (A) Members of the National Assembly; the Presidency Council; the Council of Ministers, including the Prime Minister; and judges and justices of the courts may not be appointed to any other position in or out of government. www.command-post.org /2_archives/010794.html

Jubilee Iraq News The Paris Club statement said: "The Iraqi delegation described the challenging economic and financial situation faced by its country and presented the main measures for recovery included in the program of the Iraqi Government and supported by the Emergency Post Conflict Assistance approved by the Board of the International Monetary Fund on September 29, 2004. Iraqis feel that he Paris Club is deeply biased in favour of the creditors interests and reject the economic conditionalities which will be a condition of partial debt relief through the Paris Club. One Iraqi exile, working as a senior economist for a Western government, wrote to Jubilee Iraq today in response to the Paris Club deal, which is conditional on IMF policies: "I agree with your analysis about debt reduction that the [creditors] have plans to keep Iraq on a leash. www.jubileeiraq.org /blog/2004_11.html

AllRefer.com - Iraq - The National Assembly in Iraq Iraqi Information Resource During the few weeks each year that the National Assembly is in session, it carries out its legislative duties in tandem with the RCC. According to the law, the National Assembly consists of 250 members elected by secret ballot every four years. Although the assembly has served as a forum for limited public discussion of issues, its actual powers were restricted and ultimate decision-making authority pertaining to legislation continued to reside with the RCC in 1988. reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/iraq/iraq68.html

Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly Information Pass the Law of Administrations of Municipalities, in which the Assembly approved the principle of the election of the heads of Municipalities and their councils. The assembly is elected for a four-year term. Presidium Body, comprising the President, Vice President and the Secretary of the Assembly. kurdistan-parliament.org /info.htm

Iraqi legislative election, 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Elections to the Kurdistan National Assembly, the 111-member legislature of the Kurdish Autonomous Region, were held on the same day as the federal legislative elections. The members of the National Assembly have been selected from 196 candidate lists, chosen by proportional representation using the Hare quota and the largest remainder method with a threshold of one quota. One challenge to the legitimacy of the election was the low Sunni turnout, which was as low as 2 percent in Anbar province. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iraqi_National_Assembly_election,_2005

BBC NEWS World Middle East Iraqi national assembly approved Delegates at a conference to select an interim Iraqi national assembly have approved a government-backed list of 81 candidates without holding a vote. The BBC's Alastair Leithead in Baghdad says that although the Iraqi national conference has done what it was meant to do, it was not the epitome of democracy and action that it was supposed to be. The new assembly, known as the National Council, will be able to: news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/3578166.stm

Distribution of seats in new Iraqi national assembly - Irna The total number of voters was 8,456,266, meaning that 30,750 votes are necessary for each seat in the 275-seat National Assembly. Political lists represented in Iraq's 275-seat National Assembly following the announcement of final results from the January 30 election will have seats as follows: The Iraqi election system is one of proportional representation with the whole country being treated as one constituency. www.irna.ir /irnewtest/en/news/view/menu-236/0502130967184953.htm

January 2005 Iraqi Elections According to the interim Iraqi elections law the percentage of women's representation in the National Assembly must not be less than 25 percent. The independent Iraqi satellite television station, al-Sharqiyya was also instrumental in encouraging the Iraqis to vote featuring both commercials and interviews among average Iraqis that stress the importance of voting, as well as features with prominent figures involved in the elections. The writer emphasizes that U.S. interference in the elections is likely because, "The United States and the West in general work solely for their own interests, disregarding other peoples' interests." He argues that the Bush administration will push ahead the elections to prove the invasion of Iraq was a success. meria.idc.ac.il /news/2005/05news1.html

IEDs - Iraq Election Discussions The members of the 275-seat newly elected National Assembly walked quietly into the heavily fortified convention center on the west bank of the Tigris River, with little pomp but with a solemnity indicating they understood the gravity, and the immense difficulty, of their duties. The national assembly’s first order of business will be to elect a speaker and vote on a presidential council, including a president and two deputies, who in turn will choose a prime minister to form the next government. The Shiite alliance won 140 seats in the National Assembly, but needs the Kurds&; 75 seats to assemble the two-thirds majority required to elect a president, who will then nominate the prime minister. iraqelect.com

FREE IRAQ: February 2005 These elections were a great victory in the history of Iraq against the terrorists and shows the unity of Iraqi people in the crisis to defeat the enemy,now we must work hard to treat the wounded Iraq and begin the reconsruction because we have much work to do. The primary task of the Assembly is to draft a constitution. This is in keeping with the provisions of the TAL that says the Assembly shall proceed with this task “by encouraging debate on the constitution through regular general public meetings in all parts of Iraq and through the media, and receiving proposals from the citizens of Iraq as it writes the constitution.” saleemtheiraqi.blogspot.com /2005_02_01_saleemtheiraqi_archive.html

State Department Recaps Details of Iraqi Election - US Department of State By the end of 2005, the Iraqi people are expected to elect a new national government under a new, permanent constitution. In addition to the election of a Transitional National Assembly, the Transitional Administrative Law calls for the election of provincial councils and a Kurdistan National Assembly.  These elections will also be held on January 30. The Transitional National Assembly election will be conducted according to a closed list proportional representation system with the entire country considered as a single electoral district. usinfo.state.gov /dhr/Archive/2005/Jan/06-756030.html?chanlid=democracy

CNN.com - How the Iraqi election will work - Jan 27, 2005 If elections proceed on schedule, a boycott by powerful Sunni groups and violence in Sunni-dominated areas of the country likely will keep many Sunnis away from the polls and decrease their level of representation in the National Assembly. The National Assembly also will serve as the parliament of Iraq, with the power to make laws and to elect a president and two deputies from among its members. Iraqi expatriates also are eligible to vote, with the largest group in Iran. www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/meast/01/27/q.and.a

deseretnews.com Iraqi commission certifies election results, allocates assembly seats BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's electoral commission Thursday certified the results of the Jan. 30 elections and allocated 140 National Assembly seats to the United Iraqi Alliance, giving the Shiite-dominated party a majority in the new parliament. Also, gunmen opened fire on patrolling Iraqi National Guardsmen in Hillah, 60 miles south of the capital, sparking a shootout that killed two suspected insurgents and wounded three Guardsmen, Maj. Fatik Iyd said. The assembly's first order of business will be to elect a president and two vice presidents to largely ceremonial positions. deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600112814,00.html

Iraqi Elections: Human Rights Concerns (Human Rights Watch, January 23, 2005) On January 30, 2005, Iraqis will vote in three elections: for a Transitional National Assembly, eighteen district councils and, for voters in the three semi-autonomous Kurdish provinces in the north, an Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly. The slates will win seats in the assembly based on the percentage of the national vote they receive, and candidates on the slates will be appointed based on their position on the lists. The two non-voting members are the chief electoral officer, an Iraqi, and an international expert appointed by the United Nations (U.N.). www.hrw.org /english/docs/2005/01/21/iraq10058_txt.htm

Jalal Talabani - Art History Online Reference and Guide Following the Iraqi elections on 30 January, 2005, Talabani was named President of Iraq under the Iraqi Transitional Government by the transitional National Assembly on 6 April. The KDP-PUK joint election slate, the Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan, swept the Kurdish National Assembly election, 2005 as well as 77 seats in the Iraqi National Assembly election, 2005. Jalal Talabani (born 1933 in Kelkan) is a prominent Iraqi Kurdish politician, who was named the President of Iraq on April 6, 2005. www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Jalal_Talabani

IRAQI ELECTIONS: January 30, 2005 The Iraqi people will participate in democratic elections on January 30 for the first time in more than 30 years to elect a Transitional National Assembly, provincial councils for each of Iraq's provinces, and a Kurdistan Regional Government. There are 256 political entities composed of nearly 19,000 candidates who are running for the National Assembly, the provincial councils, and the Kurdistan National Assembly. Iraqis living abroad will be able to register and vote in 14 other countries. www.state.gov /r/pa/scp/2005/41206.htm

The __earthinc Moreover, the National Assembly will act as a transitional government, replacing the interim government. It is imperative nevertheless for Iraqi to vote and not cave in to the threat. Very soon, in less than 24 hours, the Iraqis will be able to decide the future of their country. www-personal.umich.edu /~mnoorsha/2005/01/499-of-iraqi-national-assembly.html

Online NewsHour: Iraqi National Assembly Elects Kurdish Leader Jalal Talabani as New President -- April 6, 2005 The Iraqi National Assembly on Wednesday elected Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani as the new president and Adel Abdul-Mahdi, a Shiite, and Ghazi al-Yawer, a Sunni Arab, as vice presidents. Talabani spoke shortly after the vote, addressing the elected Iraqi national assembly that gave him the job of head of state. And the speaker of the national assembly, elected Sunday night is a Sunni, Hajim al-Hassani. www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june05/iraq_4-06.html

James S. Robbins on Iraqi Election on National Review Online Seats in the national assembly are then allocated based on the percentage of the vote gained by each party. Sunni voters who participate in the Diyala local elections may also decide to cast votes for the national assembly. S unday's election in Iraq was mandated in the " Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period." It will establish the Iraqi transitional government, which will replace the existing Iraqi interim government, and begin phase two of the transition period. www.nationalreview.com /robbins/robbins200501280818.asp

BBC NEWS Middle East Q&A: Iraqi election The assembly's other main role will be to write a draft constitution by 15 August and submit this to referendum by 15 October. If the constitution is rejected, there will be a new assembly election by 15 December, and a further year is then allowed for the whole process. Iraq's landmark election was held on 30 January 2005. news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/3971635.stm

Latest reports on National Assembly Election in Iraq - Irna Concerning the predicted public turnout in the ongoing National Assembly Election, he told IRNA that it is not easy to foresee the number of voters but that it is hoped that public turnout will be satisfactory. Latest reports on National Assembly Election in Iraq Iraqi election, popular move to establish national sovereignty www.irna.ir /en/news/view/menu-236/0501300770154112.htm

Iraqi Transitional National Assembly Session Baghdad, Iraq, May 31, 2005: Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari addresses members of the Iraqi Transitional National Assembly (TNA) during an assembly session. This site is managed by the Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State. www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/pix/b/nea/iraq/47634.htm

Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly This is the Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly (IKNA) web site and it includes all information about Kurdish Parliament in Iraqi Kurdistan... www.kurdistan-parliament.org

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