Coalition Provisional Authority leader L. Paul Bremer announced a ‘7-step plan’ in a Washington Post op-ed on September 8, 2003. “Essentially, Bremer’s seven steps were:
1. Creation of a twenty-five member Iraqi Governing Council.
2. Appointment of a committee to prepare to write a constitution.
3. Turning the day-to-day operation of the Iraqi government over to Iraqis.
4. Creation of a new constitution for Iraq.
5. Ratifying the constitution by popular vote.
6. Election of a permanent government.
7. Dissolution of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA).”
– Ricardo S. Sanchez with Donald T. Phillips, Wiser in Battle, Pages 283-284