Parliamentary debate: oil & gas dwarfed by more pressing issues
Prime Minister Tammam Salam’s cabinet won a confidence vote in parliament on March 20, after two days of heated debate. The cabinet secured the backing of 96 MPs of the …
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The extension of the Parliament’s mandate went into effect on Friday 21/06 and became legal by default, after the Constitutional Council failed to convene four times to look into the challenges submitted by President Michel Slaiman …
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Lebanon – Local politics:
Lebanese MPs decided on Friday 31/05 to extend the mandate provided to them for four years by Lebanese citizens in 2009, without consulting them, for 17 additional months. 97 MPs, out of 128, attended the 7-minute …
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By Mona Sukkarieh.
Kuwaiti MPs endorsed on 17/05 a legal amendment that could make insulting God and Prophet Mohammad by Muslims punishable by death. The draft, which was backed by 40 MPs, still needs to be approved by the Emir …
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By Mona Sukkarieh.
Jordan’s parliament passed a law on May 10, 2012 introducing amendments to the political parties law meant to encourage an effective multiparty political system. An electoral law is being discussed by lawmakers ahead of early parliamentary elections …
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Par Mona Sukkarieh. La version arabe de cet article a été publiée le 27 Avril 2012 dans Al-Mustaqbal.
Traditionnellement, le Parlement constitue l’arène ou se côtoient et se confrontent les principaux courants politiques au sein d’une société. « Destin …
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نشر في جريدة المستقبل في 27 نيسان 2012.
منى سكرية
إنها الحلبة التي تلتقي فيها التيارات السياسية الأساسية وتتواجه فيها. هي “مصير الديمقراطية” كما اعتبرها المتخصص بالقانون “هانز كلسن”، فتضمن تمثيل الشعب وتضطلع بمهمتين: أولهما الدور التشريعي الذي يقضي بسنّ …
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