. >> next, a speaker of iraq's council of representatives, osama, jiffy -- who somehow al=-nujafyi. usama he spoke at the brookings institution for about an hour. >> i am very happy to be here with you today. as you know, iraq is a very important country. iraq havew that we in a very particular experience in the middle east. regime is followed by military occupation and a constitution that was written in uncertain conditions. that was also a roadmap the iraqis were not able to contribute to this roadmap because we were in a rush and we wanted iraq to be an exemplary democracy. iraq wasitution in written in very difficult circumstances. period. very sensitive people were arrested or condemned to execution or exile. the psychological environment was very hard and there were mutual fears between the iraqi components. this was the reason why the constitution has some problems. some articles in the constitution can be interpreted in different ways. mechanism to build institutions but the implementation of the constitution was not as it should have been because of the political tension. t

usama al-nujafyi spoke at the brookings institution. his is just under an hour. >> in the name of god, the merciful, i'm really happy to be here with you today. as you know, iraq is a central and important country in the world at large, and it concentrates on iraq and you do know that we in iraq went through very particular experience in the middle east. we first get rid of an oppressive regime and it is followed by a military occupation. and a constitution that was written in unfavorable conditions and circumstances. there was also a road map that that the iraqis were not able to contribute to this road map. because we were in a rush. nd we wanted iraq to be an example of democracy -- an exemplary democracy. the constitution in iraq was written in very difficult circumstances. and in a very sensitive period n the country. and on the hands of citizens who suffered a lot in the past a, who were arrested or condemned to execution or compiled or imprisoned. so, the psychological environment was very hard. and there were mutual fears betwee