Kaabi: Presidency Board seeks to simultaneously approve legislative proposals for Elections and Electoral Commission Laws as the first step in the reform process

The First Deputy Speaker Mr. Hassan Karim al- Kaabi chaired on Sunday 24/11/2019 the meeting of the Parliamentary Legal Committee to discuss the legislative proposals for the Elections and Electoral Commission Laws in preparation for their ratification during the next few sessions.
During the meeting, several pivotal items of the above-mentioned laws were discussed. It was agreed to add some items that the Committee found important, including the exclusion of dual citizens from the right to stand for election, in addition to reducing the number of Council members to 242 seats distributed to the provinces with the addition of 9 seats of quota components.
The First Deputy Speaker Media Office
24/11/2019