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Article: A Q&A about Iraq's upcoming elections.
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- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)
- Article date:
- January 21, 2005
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Byline: Harry Levins
Here, in question-and-answer format, are some of the key points about the elections scheduled for Jan. 30 in Iraq.
Q. Just what will the voters be deciding?
A. At stake are all 275 seats in the National Assembly, Iraq's parliament. Voters will also elect representatives to all 18 provincial assemblies, the equivalent of our state legislatures.
Q. Once the National Assembly is elected, what does it do?
A. It will pick a president and two vice presidents. Together with the National Assembly, those officers will appoint a prime minister.
More important, the National Assembly will draft a constitution ...