Shura Council Holds 2nd Session, Discusses Constitutional Amendments in Presence of Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs

Doha, October 21 (QNA) – The Shura Council held its second session today for the fourth ordinary session of the first legislative term, corresponding to the 53rd annual session at the Tamim Bin Hamad Hall at the Council’s headquarters, under the chairmanship of HE Speaker of the Council Hassan bin Abdullah Al Ghanim.

At the beginning of the session, HE Secretary-General of the Shura Council Naif bin Mohammed Al Mahmoud read out the agenda, and the minutes of the previous session were approved.

Responding to an invitation from HE Speaker of the Council Hassan bin Abdullah Al Ghanim, HE Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ibrahim bin Ali Al Mohannadi attended the session to inform the Council about the proposed constitutional amendments and to answer the Councils inquiries regarding the aforementioned project.

The session also witnessed the formation of the six necessary committees for the Council’s work, in accordance with Article (29) of the Shura Council’s internal regulations, as follows: Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee chaired by HE Dr. Sultan bin Hassan Al Dabit Al Dosari, with the membership of: HE Khalid bin Ghanem Al Ali, HE Abdullah bin Ali Al Sulaiti, HE Khalid bin Ahmed Al Obaidan, HE Sheikha bint Yousuf Al Jefairi, HE Ahmed bin Ibrahim Al Maliki, HE Issa bin Arar Al Rumaihi, HE Ahmed bin Sultan Al Asiri, and HE Salem bin Rashid Al Muraikhi.

The Internal and External Affairs Committee was chaired by HE Yousuf bin Ali Al Khater, with the membership of: HE Ali bin Saeed Al Khayarain, HE Dr. Ali bin Fetais Al Marri, HE Nasser bin Salmeen Al Suwaidi, HE Mohammed bin Fahd Al Musallam, HE Mohammed bin Mehdi Al Ahbabi, HE Abdullah bin Ali Al Sulaiti, HE Ali bin Shibib Al Attiyah, HE Saud bin Jassim Al Buainain, HE Mohammed bin Mansour Al Shahwani, HE Abdullah bin Jaber Al Labda, and HE Nasser bin Hassan Al Kubaisi.

The Economic and Financial Affairs Committee was chaired by HE Mohammed bin Yousuf Al Mannai, with the membership of: HE Mohammed bin Mehdi Al Ahbabi, HE Saad bin Ahmed Al Misnad, HE Ahmed bin Hitmi Al Hitmi, HE Nasser bin Mohammed Al Nuaimi, HE Abdullah bin Nasser bin Turki Al Subaie, HE Issa bin Ahmed Al Nasr, HE Hamad bin Abdullah Al Mulla, and HE Omair bin Abdullah Al Nuaimi.

The Health, General Services, and the Environment Committee was chaired by HE Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Kuwari, with the membership of: HE Yousuf bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, HE Dr. Ahmed bin Hamad Al Mahmoud, HE Badi bin Ali Al Badi, HE Nasser bin Mohsen Bukshisha, HE Dr. Mohammed bin Batti Al Abdullah, HE Nasser bin Mutref Al Humaidi, HE Ali bin Ahmed Al Kaabi, and HE Mohammed bin Omar Al Mannai.

The Education, Culture, Sports, and Media Committee was chaired by HE Khalid bin Ahmed Al Obaidan, with the membership of: HE Khalid bin Ghanem Al Ali, HE Saad bin Ahmed Al Muhannadi, HE Mubarak bin Saif Al Mansoori, HE Saad bin Ahmed Al Misnad, HE Mohammed bin Muftah Al Muftah, HE Yousuf bin Ahmed Al Sada, HE Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Kuwari, HE Issa bin Ahmed Al Nasr, and HE Hamad bin Abdullah Al Mulla.

The Social Affairs, Labor, and Housing Committee was chaired by HE Abdulrahman bin Yousuf Al Khulafi, with the membership of: HE Dr. Sultan bin Hassan Al Dabit Al Dosari, HE Nasser bin Mohsen Bukshisha, HE Ahmed bin Ibrahim Al Maliki, HE Khalid bin Abbas Kamel Al Emadi, HE Issa bin Arar Al Rumaihi, HE Yousuf bin Ahmed Al Sada, HE Nasser bin Mutref Al Humaidi, HE Abdullah bin Nasser bin Turki Al Subaie, HE Nasser bin Hassan Al Kubaisi, HE Ali bin Ahmed Al Kaabi, and HE Omeir bin Abdullah Al Nuaimi.

During the session, the Council discussed decree-law No. (1) of 2024, amending certain provisions of decree-law No. (10) of 1974 concerning the establishment of Qatar Energy. After discussion, the Council decided to refer the mentioned decree-law to the Economic and Financial Affairs Committee to examine it and present a report on it to the Council.

Additionally, the Council approved the distribution of topics previously submitted to the committees, which are still under study, to the current committees according to their respective competencies. (QNA)