The constitution empowers legislators, not clerics
Thursday, August 25, 2005 12:01 a.m. EDT
Iraq's first freely elected government continues to vindicate the belief that the Mideast can be transformed, starting with Saddam Hussein's former tyranny. Its draft constitution, which appears headed for parliamentary approval tonight, reflects a remarkable spirit of compromise--and even enlightenment--among the country's political, ethnic and religious factions.
Thursday, August 25, 2005 12:01 a.m. EDT
Iraq's first freely elected government continues to vindicate the belief that the Mideast can be transformed, starting with Saddam Hussein's former tyranny. Its draft constitution, which appears headed for parliamentary approval tonight, reflects a remarkable spirit of compromise--and even enlightenment--among the country's political, ethnic and religious factions.
The woman asked Ben Franklin at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in 1787: "What will it be, Dr. Franklin, a republic or a monarchy?"
Franklin said, "A republic, madam, if you can keep it."
Franklin said, "A republic, madam, if you can keep it."
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