“In reply to written questions from the Washington Post, [Grand Ayatollah Ali al-] Sistani rejected the idea of a caucus system to select the TNA [Transitional National Assembly]. [On November 28, 2003, Sistani wrote:] ‘The mechanism in place to choose members of the transitional legislative assembly does not guarantee the establishment of an assembly that truly represents the Iraqi people.’ ”
– Ali A. Allawi, The Occupation of Iraq, Page 215