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544.
Mr Crompton
also pointed out that:
“… it would
be difficult to explain how we could hold full national elections
in
December to
a Constitutional Convention but not in July to the
Transitional
Legislative
Assembly.”
545.
To remedy this
he suggested “slippage of the timetable into 2005”.
546.
On 15
November, the GC unveiled a timetable for transfer of sovereignty
to a
transitional
administration by 30 June 2004, at which point the CPA would
dissolve.301
This became
known as the 15 November Agreement.
547.
The process
involved creating an interim Constitution, known as the
Transitional
Administrative
Law (TAL) or Fundamental Law, a Transitional National Assembly
(TNA)
that would
be chosen by provincial caucuses, and an Interim Government to be
chosen
by the
TNA.
•
drafting
and approval of the Fundamental Law/TAL by 28 February
2004;
•
bilateral
Coalition/GC Security Agreement by end March 2004;
•
election of
a Transitional National Assembly (TNA) by 31 May 2004;
•
election of
the Transitional Administration (subsequently known as Iraqi
Interim
Government
or IIG) by the TNA;
•
Transitional
Administration assumes responsibility from the CPA by
30 June
2004;
•
elections
for a Constitutional Convention by 15 March 2005; and
•
elections
for new government and expiry of Fundamental Law/TAL
by
549.
The agreement
had been drafted by the CPA governance team, working with
the
GC.303
Ambassador
Bremer and Mr Richmond were part of the GC’s final
deliberations,
and signed
the Agreement on behalf of the Coalition. Four Shia members of the
Council
voted
against it, with the 20 other members in favour.
301
Dobbins J,
Jones SG, Runkle B & Mohandas S. Occupying
Iraq: A History of the Coalition Provisional
Authority.
RAND
Corporation, 2009.
302
Minute
Cannon to Prime Minister, 18 November 2003, ‘Iraq: Political
Timetable’.
303
Bremer LP
III & McConnell M. My Year in
Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope.
Threshold,
2006.
295