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Ch. 7 Pt 1: The Shoura Assembly
Chapter 2. Pt. 1 Social and Moral Constituents
Chapter 2 Pt. 2 Social + Economic Constituents
Chapter 3 Public Freedoms, Rights + Duties
Chapter Four: Sovereignty of the Law
Chapter 5 Pt1 The Head of State
Part Two: The People’s Assembly
Part Three: The Executive Authority
Part Four: The Judiciary Authority
Part Five: The Supreme Constitutional Court
Part Six: The Socialist Public Prosecutor
Part Seven: The Armed Forces and The National Defense Council
Chapter Six: General and Transitional Provisions
Chapter Seven: Part One: The Shoura Assembly
Article 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.
Article 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.
Article 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.
Article 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.
Article 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.
Article 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.
Article 200:
No member can hold office in both the People’s Assembly and the Shoura Assembly at one and the same time.
Article 201:
The Prime Minister and his Deputies , the Ministers and government officials shall not be held responsible to the Shoura Assembly.
Article 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.
Article 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.
Article 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.
Article 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.
