Iraqi parliament accepts constitution

The Iraqi parliament receives the draft constitution[*1] :

The final draft was read to the parliament, but the assembly did not vote on the constitution, and it is a matter of dispute whether the Transitional Administrative Law – the interim constitution that governs the process – requires it to do so. The 15 Sunni Arabs who sat on the drafting committee said they rejected the document, despite several last-minute changes aimed at winning their support.

Democracy marches on . . .