"The breakdown of a key Iraqi parliament meeting has raised fears of a delay in drawing up a permanent constitution because of the failure of Kurds, Shiites and Sunnis to agree on a government."
 
"Unable to decide on a cabinet or parliament speaker, questions abounded whether the country’s volatile communal mix could write a permanent legal charter by mid-August, the deadline set in the interim constitution (TAL)."

"The TAL calls for the permanent constitution to be completed by mid-August and put to a national referendum in October, but allows an extra half-year for drafting the document if the sides cannot reach agreement."

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