Under Mr Bremer's current plan, each of Iraq's 18 provinces would choose a caucus of notables to select representatives to the national assembly.

ECONOMIST: Elections or caucuses?

But MPs on the Welsh Affairs Select Committee then issued a report saying the assembly should not get the powers because they were much wider than were required.

BBC: Legal row over housing laws veto

In March the People's Consultative Assembly will select a president to lead Indonesia for the next five years.

CNN: COVER STORY - SPECIAL REPORT

Indonesia's 1945 Constitution requires the formation of an electoral college, called the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR by its Indonesian initials), to select the nation's top two political leaders.

CNN: THE NEW ELECTION MATH