Iraqi constitution to have seperation of powers with parliament at the center
Iraq, Politics, 8/4/2005

Member of the Iraqi constitution writing committee, Thamer Ghadban, said that the members agreed that the post of the President of the country to be an honorary one, while the executive committee will be in the hands of the prime minister.

Ghadban, who presides over the third branch committee in charge of discussing the "establishments of the federal government", said he had embarked to implement a general principle for the government, on the ground of making a separation between the legislative, executive and judicial authorities. He added that the committee has chosen the parliamentary system with a parliament hold vast authorities.

On the other hand, Sheikh Nour Eddine al-Safi, chairman of the first branch committee in charge of drawing basic principles for the constitution, said that there are other several issues where view points are different. He indicated that the first matter relates to religion and the second to the official language and on whether Arabic and Kurdish languages or Arabic alone is the official language for the country. Concerning federalism, he said that "all agreed on the principle of "decentralization," and that the only issue left is whether they will be called federations or states, noting that "names are not important."

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