In some constitutions, it is up to the president to call for new elections. In the Iraqi constitution, Brookings scholars can decide when the Iraqis need to have a new election: "But I think what we could do is go to the Iraqis and say, "Look, you're planning to have national elections in 2009. This government is deadlocked. It can't do it. You need to move those national level elections up and get a new parliament, hopefully one that actually can produce real results."