 Article 118 of the constitution of Iraq provided that no new region may be created before the Iraqi National Assembly has passed a law that provides the procedures for forming the region.This law was passed in October 2006 after an agreement was reached with the Iraqi Accord Front to form the constitutional review committee and to defer implementation of the law for 18 months.Legislators from the Iraqi Accord Front, Sadrist Movement and Islamic Virtue Party all opposed the bill.