Propagation: Seeds & scions (3)

3 ideas sprouting »

1. I tought the “the three-person Presidency council” was a temporary instution for one legislative term, and Talabani is president-without-footnote now?

   Seed planted by Bancki — 26 November 2010 @ 10:45

2. I have not seen any indication that the Presidential Council has ceased to exist. It was created by a Transitional Act incorporated into the constitution of 2005 (specifically, Article 135). This Act, which redefined the presidency as a three-person body, does not appear to indicate a date for its expiration. So I assume it is still in effect, unless the constitution was amended in the last five years.

   I hope someone reading this can clarify. I have seen no reference to any amendments (which is not the same as saying such amendments have not happened).

   I would add that the media have never been very clear on this, as most references over the past five years have referred to Talabani as if he were the sole president, rather than the chairman of the Council.

   Seed planted by MSS — 26 November 2010 @ 17:49

3. Reidar Visser to the rescue:

   Perhaps unsurprisingly, it was the main victor in the 10 November political agreement that would be first to publicly point out the deeper significance of parliament’s vote on Jalal Talabani on 11 November: The powerful presidency council is now dead.

   Of course, everyone who has read the Iraqi constitution will have been aware of this for many months or maybe even years. The tripartite presidency with veto powers was a one-off transitional arrangements stipulated to last for the first parliamentary cycle from 2005 to 2010 only, to be superseded by the more ceremonial “ordinary” presidency, without veto power.

   The entry quoted was posted on 28 November.

   Apparently it is not true that anyone reading the constitution would be aware of this, as I read it–including upon seeing Bancki’s comment above–and did not find the reference to the council’s sunsetting. Probably an issue of the translation that I have.

   Seed planted by MSS — 28 November 2010 @ 18:53

RSS feed for comments on this post.

TrackBacks

To graft a scion to this planting, please use the following URL:
http://fruitsandvotes.com/blog/wp-trackback.php?p=4571
(Non-MT bloggers click here to send pings.)

Grafted scions that are not compatible with this planting's stock will die or be pruned out by the Orchardist.

Please note that the name you enter below and the first several words of your comment will appear on the right sidebar of the blog's front page, under "Propagation." New propagators might want to look at the comment policy.

Please do not enter long URLs into the seedbed. Either mark them up using html hyperlinks or convert them to a "tiny URL." Thank you!

Seedbed

The soil is ready for planting: