A second important feature of the drafting process was the extent to which the National Assembly complied with the requirements of Iraq’s interim constitution, the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL). At the time of the transfer of authority in June of 2004, many pundits predicted that an elected National Assembly would ignore an interim constitution drafted by an unelected Governing Council and promulgated by an occupying authority.
宪法起草进程的第二个重要特征是国民会议遵守伊拉克过渡宪法即过渡行政法要求的程度。2004年6月政权移交之时，众多专家预言，选举产生的国民会议将会对由非经选举产生的管理委员会起草、占领当局颁布的过渡宪法置之不理。但是这种情况并没有出现。