Qatar passes referendum, replaces Shura Council elections with appointments
Shura Council has legislative authority and approves general state policies and the budget in Qatar
Members attend the session of the advisory Shura Council for which partial elections were held for the first time, in Doha, Qatar.
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Qatar's referendum on a set of constitutional amendments passed with a 90.6% approval of the valid votes, replacing legislative elections for the Shura Council with appointed roles, the Gulf Arab state's interior minister said early on Wednesday.
"Qataris celebrated today the fruits of what the forefathers planted ... by participating in the general referendum on the draft constitutional amendments to the country's permanent constitution," Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani said on X following the results.
Qatar's first legislative election was approved in a 2003 constitutional referendum and the first ever elections in 2021 to choose two-thirds of the members of the advisory Shura Council.
The Shura Council has legislative authority and approves general state policies and the budget in Qatar.
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