Part One: The Shoura Assembly*
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| Art.194: |
The Shoura Assembly is concerned with the study and proposal of what it deems
necessary to preserve the principles of the July 23,1952 Revolution and the May
15, 1971 Revolution, to consolidate national unity and social peace, to protect
the alliance of the working forces of the people and the socialist gains as
well as the basic constituents of society, its supreme values, its rights and
liberties and its public duties, and to deepen the democratic socialist system
and widen its scope. |
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| Art.195: |
The Shoura Assembly shall be
consulted in the following:
Proposals for the amendment of one or more articles of the Constitution. Draft
laws complementary to the Constitution. Draft of the general plan for social
and economic development. Peace treaties, alliances and all treaties affecting
the territorial integrity of the State or those concerning sovereignty rights.
Draft laws referred to the Assembly by the President of the Republic. Whatever
matters referred to the Assembly by the President of the Republic relative to
the general policy of the State or its policy regarding Arab or foreign
affairs. The Assembly shall submit to the President of the Republic and the
People's Assembly its opinion on such matters. |
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| Art.196: |
The Shoura Assembly shall be
composed of a number of members defined by the law, not less than 132 members .
Two thirds of the members shall be elected by direct secret public balloting,
half of whom at least must be workers and farmers . The President of the
Republic shall appoint the other third. |
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| Art.197: |
The law shall determine the
electoral constituencies of the Shoura Assembly the number of members in every
constituency, and the necessary conditions that should be fulfilled by the
elected or appointed members of the Shoura Assembly. |
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| Art.198: |
The term of the membership of the
Shoura Assembly is six years. The election and the appointment of 50% of the
total number of the members, should be renewed every three years as defined by
law . It is always possible to re-elect or re-appoint those whose term of
membership has expired. |
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| Art.199: |
The Shoura Assembly shall elect a
Speaker and two Deputy Speakers at its first ordinary annual session for a
period of the three years . If one of these offices becomes vacant , the
Assembly shall elect a successor for the rest of the term. |
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| Art.200: |
No member can hold office in both
the People’s Assembly and the Shoura Assembly at one and the same time. |
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| Art.201: |
The Prime Minister and his Deputies
, the Ministers and government officials shall not be held responsible to the
Shoura Assembly. |
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| Art.202: |
The President of the Republic has
the right to make a statement upon the general policy of the State or upon any
other matter before a joint meeting of the People’s Assembly and the Shoura
Assembly, headed by the Speaker of the People ’s Assembly. The President of the
Republic has the right to make whatever statements he wishes before the Shoura
Assembly. |
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| Art.203: |
The Prime Minister and the
Ministers and other government officials may make statements before the Shoura
Assembly or before one of its committees upon a subject that comes within their
competence. The Prime Minister and his Deputies and Ministers and other
government officials shall be heard by the Shoura Assembly and its committees
upon their request, and they may seek the assistance of any government
officials, as they see fit. However, any minister or government official shall
not have a counted vote unless he is a member. |
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| Art.204: |
The President of the Republic may
not dissolve the Shoura Assembly except in case of the necessity , while such a
decision should comprise an invitation to electors to hold new elections for
the Shoura Assembly within a period of the sixty days from the date of its
dissolution . The Assembly shall hold its first meeting within ten days from
the date of its election. |
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| Art.205: |
The Provisions included in the
following articles of the Constitution shall apply to the Shoura Assembly:
(89,90,100,101,102,104,105,106,107,129,130,134), insofar as they are not
incompatible with the provisions cited in this chapter. The Shoura Assembly and
its Speaker shall exercise the competences specified in the aforementioned
articles. |
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Amended according to the result of the
plebiscite on the constitutional amendment which was conducted on May, 22nd
1980
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