Doha, Qatar: Deputy Speaker of the Shura Council H E Dr. Hamda bint Hassan Al Sulaiti affirmed that the council continues its unwavering efforts to epitomise the public engagement, represent the citizens, and achieve their aspirations by virtue of the unlimited support the council is receiving from the wise leadership.
In a statement to mark the end of the second ordinary session of the first legislative term, corresponding to the Shura Council’s 50th annual session, she availed herself of this opportunity to extend assurances of her highest consideration to Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani for the support and interest Shura Council is receiving from His Highness.
The Deputy Speaker of the Shura Council added that during its second session the council continued its unwavering efforts to epitomise the public engagement and represent the citizens through practicing its jurisdictions which entail enactment of legislations, approving the public budget and surveilling the executive authority, pointing out that this was accomplished through the interaction and cooperation between the council and the esteemed government in recognition of the council’s role and its significance in the country’s political life.
She pointed out that the topics discussed by the council during its session touched on the citizens’ desires and aspirations which were outcomes of the electoral programs laid out by candidates during the elections period as the council has been keen to study, crystalize and present them as topics for discussion. She praised the efforts made by all members of the Shura Council, including their positive interaction and tremendous keenness to lay out topics that concern the citizens, emphasizing the council’s keenness-through discharging its role- to maintain the highest interests of the country and achieve its national vision 2030.
In this context, she discussed efforts of the council’s committees, lauding their tremendous role in discussing topics laid out by the council, commending the cooperation and productive response from all relevant entities to the topics discussed by the council during its session.
She added that one of the outstanding achievements in the second session of the Council is the draft internal regulation, and once issued, it would represent a paradigm shift in the council’s operation stemming from the fact that the draft represents a roadmap for the council through which all powers are exercised based on the constitution’s decisions.
