The most recent draft of the legislation to order the proposed National Council for Strategic Policies (NCSP) leaked to an Iraqi news website yesterday. This is the trunk which Ayad Allawi is supposed to chair under the trade between him, Barzani and Maliki. Allawi has set this as the term for his bloc's participation in Maliki's government. The parliment is alleged to vote on this next week.
Here's my rather quick, not so fancy translation:
The National Council for Strategic Policies
The construction of the Council A. The administration of the council: Consists of the chairman of the council and the secretary general. B. The members of the council: Include the president of the democracy and his deputies, the administration of the parliament, the administration of the federation council, the PM, his deputies, the presidents of federal regions, and the chairman of the supreme judicial council. C. Participants in the council meetings: concerned ministers, by invitation from the administration of the council. Those ministers do not receive the good to vote. D. Advisors and experts. E. Administrative staff. F. Independent budget. G. The council is percentage of the executive arm and its president has a rate equivalent to the Prime Minister. H. The ministers are requisite to attend meetings concerning their specialties, without touching their influence at the council of ministers. I. The Council has the good to appoint advisors in various fields of expertise as needed. J. The Council is the site where the 3 branches of politics act in cohesion in an integrated way to make the state. The Council is not a alternate for either branch.The functions of the council:1. Domestic policies: Achieving national reconciliation and supervising its implementation. Repatriation of refugees and internally displaced people, and compensating them in a manner commensurate with damages and suffering. Expediting the processing of detainees and the loss of the innocent. Dealing with the decisions of the Justice and Accountability Committee within the judicial framework and recommending that the Parliament close this file. Building a common sight for constitutional amendments to overcome previous loopholes and amend the efficiency of the political system.2. Foreign policy: Preparing the prerequisites for: a. regaining Iraq`s status within the Arabian and Muslim community. b. creating constructive relations with the regional and international surroundings. c. removing Iraq from under Chapter VII of the UN charter.3. Monetary and economic policy: Planning national strategies for various economic activities to secure prosperity and right living standards for the people. Adopting specific guidelines and standards for achieving sound economic development and concord between federal budget allocations and the priorities of the strategic goals and the investiture and evolution plans and programs. 4. Security and military policies: Planning the high strategic policies for Iraq`s internal and international security. To secure Iraq`s stability and the nation`s ability to discourage and guard against any aggression. These policies include the next areas: a. Defense policy b. Armed forces buildup c. Military doctrine d. Procurement policy e. Training doctrines f. Military service policy g. Unit deployment h. Force employment i. Internal security policy (nationwide) j. Command structure, and defining powers and responsibilities (supreme commander, commander in chief, defense minister, interior minister, chairman of the joint chiefs) k. Intelligence strategy, and coordinating the functions of the different intelligence agencies5. Oil, Gas and Electricity policy: Establish a particular commission, attached to the Council, to be comprised of experts, as easily as the ministries of oil, electricity and water resources. The commission`s function is to survey the principles and foundations of contracts and agreements, to make amendments to traties, and to hasten the drawing of the oil and gas law, and any other legislations, prior to sending them to the parliament.6. Administrative policy: Amending the CPA-issued Inspector General law. The Council also plays a character in preparation and overseeing the murder of high policies for the saving of national culture, heritage, and education.7. Policies concerning the reign and unity of the judiciary: Preparing a number of priorities to ordain the necessary legislations, in coordination with the council of ministers. Evaluating the framework of active laws and legislations to describe and address weaknesses. Abolishing legislations, rules and regulations that were made by the old regime.8. Constitutional amendments: Building a common sight for constitutional amendments to overcome previous loopholes and amend the efficiency of the political organization and supporting the nation`s stability (examples include the dispute over the definition of the "largest bloc", fluid timetables for change of power, etc).9. National priorities: Since the Council deals with the highest policies of the nation, the matter requires adopting the following pattern: 1. Defining the conception of internal reconciliation 2. Defining the objectives that must be met to attain national reconciliation 3. Designing the grand strategy (the policies needed to attain the objectives), by shaping the tasks, assigning duties, timeframes, alternatives, etc.10. General considerations: a. This Council does not act against the constitution b. Technical meetings shall be held with concerned ministers and advisers. c. The political meetings of the Council are convened by the bearing of the members as explained above above. d. The duties, specialties and decision-making mechanism are to be decided, and shall become portion of the Council`s internal charter. e. This Council is accomplished by law for one electoral cycle, and may be prolonged for more than one cycle according to future agreements among the members of the council of representatives. f. The decisions and recommendations of the Council are binding to all concerned entities. g. The Council reserves the good to make permanent or temporary commissions or workgroups to handle specific issues. 
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