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IGC approves Iraqi interim constitution

The interim Iraqi Governing Council(IGC) unanimously approved early Monday morning the Iraqi interim constitution, said Al Sabah newspaper.


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The interim Iraqi Governing Council(IGC) unanimously approved early Monday morning the Iraqi interim constitution, said Al Sabah newspaper.

The approval came after prolonged discussions that continued for nine days, which sometimes extended till dawn, said the local newspaper which is very close to the coalition authority. The official announcement of the constitution would be postponed till Wednesday, the newspaper said.

The constitution approved that Islamic jurisprudence is an essential source for legislation, ruling in Iraq would be federal, and federation would be based on geographic standards remote from nationalism and sectarianism, keeping the borders of the governorates as they used to be before March 19, 2003, reported the newspaper.

The constitution emphasized the vital role of the Iraqi women during the reconstruction period of the new Iraq and the necessity of their participation with no less than 25 percent in the Iraqi political processes, a percentage that could be increased. It also approved the form of the presidency by one president and two vice presidents, who would form the presidential body of the state of Iraq, which would in turn choose a Prime Minister with his deputies.

Approving the interim constitution ended a critical period of disagreement and paved the way for power transfer to Iraqis and to end the occupation on June 30, according to the Nov. 15 agreement signed between the coalition authority and the IGC. 


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