Afghan Constitution
The New York Times article on the new Afghan Constititution gives few details on the election arrangements except for these two paragraphs:
There had been long battles in the assembly and committee rooms over the three weeks right up to the last moment, but delegates over all said they accepted the final draft. The grand council, or loya jirga, added some checks and balances to the presidential powers, giving the Parliament a veto over senior appointments and over some policy decisions, and it gave broad language rights to the ethnic minorities in their own regions.In addition, women were given recognition as equal citizens, and 25 percent of the seats of the lower house of Parliament were set aside for them.
A sidebar from Agence France-Presse has the following additional details:
¶The president will be elected by the Afghan people, with two vice presidents, nominated by presidential candidates.¶A national assembly will consist of two houses: a Wolesi Jirga or "house of people" and a Meshrano Jirga or "house of elders."
¶The president will appoint ministers, the attorney general and central bank governor with the approval of the Wolesi Jirga.