Word: jirga
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...neither of those arrangements, if managed unilaterally by the U.S., would look more legitimate to Iraqis than the current council, which is broadly dismissed as nothing but a U.S. proxy. Another option bandied about is a grand conference of religious, tribal and ethnic leaders modeled on Afghanistan's loya jirga, which would pick an interim government. But, asks a frustrated State Department official involved in the planning, who would select the loya jirga delegates? The U.N. has tentatively floated the idea of giving a group of technocrats limited caretaker authority until elections are held, but no one has spelled...
...constitution adopted in Afghanistan this month is no exception. That, however, should not dampen the Afghani people’s excitement or pride. After three weeks of intense debate and the near collapse of the talks on several occasions, the 502 representatives to the constitutional convention, or loya jirga, in Kabul approved, by a voice vote, a document that the international community is appropriately celebrated as “one of the most enlightened constitutions in the Islamic world,” according the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan. While the successful completion of this milestone should make us optimistic about...
...Sometimes this meeting of the loya jirga is not so moderate, and sometimes it becomes so hot it is close to burning, and sometimes it is so cold that I must go home and get something warm to wear." SEBAGHATULLAH MOJADEDDI, chairman of Afghanistan's grand council, on a meeting held to draw up a new constitution...
...Sometimes it becomes so hot it is close to burning, and sometimes it is so cold that I must go home and get something warm to wear." Sebaghatullah Mojadeddi, chairman of Afghanistan's deeply divided loya jirga, on the atmosphere as the council wrestled to draft a new constitution...
...banned from flying to Switzerland after safety shortcomings were detected during a routine check at Zurich airport in October 2002. Impasse AFGHANISTAN U.S. and U.N. officials sought to end a deadlock at a meeting to reach agreement on a new constitution for the country. The assembly, or loya jirga, broke down in chaos after 200 of the 502 delegates boycotted a vote on a number of controversial amendments. It reconvened only to stall again, reportedly over the issue of the rights of minority tribes. Right Turn GUATEMALA Conservative businessman and former Guatemala City Mayor Oscar Berger was elected President...