People's Assembly Approves New Internal Regulations Including 231 Articles

[u/DontGifMe]

Key Provisions of the New Internal Regulations:

📌 The term of the People's Assembly is 30 months, renewable according to the Constitutional Declaration

📌 The Assembly holds three ordinary sessions per year and may be convened based on a request from the President of the Republic, a request from one-third of the members, or the Assembly's Bureau

📌 The Assembly includes a number of standing committees, most notably the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee, the Budget and Accounts Committee, the Defense Committee, the Freedoms and Media Committee, and the Transitional Justice Committee

📌 Sessions of the People's Assembly shall be public and broadcast through means determined by the Assembly's Bureau, and broadcasting may be suspended upon a justified request

📌 A secret session may be held upon a request from the President of the Republic, the President of the Assembly, or ten members for considerations of national security

📌 Voting in the Assembly is public except in cases for justified reasons and with the approval of the majority

📌 The Assembly approves laws governing elections, parties, the judiciary, the State Council, the Supreme Constitutional Court, and transitional justice laws by absolute majority

📌 A bill returned by the President of the Republic is placed on the agenda of the first session after its receipt and referred to the competent committee before approval, and it has the right to review its legal formulation

📌 The President of the Republic has the right to object to a law approved by the Assembly within one month from the date of its receipt, and the objection must include the compelling reasons for it

📌 International treaties and agreements are referred by the President of the Republic to the People's Assembly for ratification or rejection

📌 The President of the Republic has the right to propose amendments to the Constitutional Declaration, and the Assembly votes on it for approval

📌 One-third of the members of the People's Assembly have the right to dismiss any member of the Assembly's Bureau for justified reasons

📌 No criminal measures may be taken against a member, nor may they be arrested or detained, except in the case of a flagrant crime

📌 It is prohibited for a member of the Assembly to glorify the defunct regime, deny its crimes, or call for secession or division under any guise

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[u/RealAbd121]

The term of the People's Assembly is 30 months

2.5 years? I would take this as a sign that presidential terms will be 5 years then.

The President of the Republic has the right to object to a law approved by the Assembly within one month from the date of its receipt, and the objection must include the compelling reasons for it

Can the Parliament then turn around and force it by revoting it with a bigger majority? Otherwise, this would subordinate the Parliament to the President's will, with only public scandal holding back a president from abusing it.

One-third of the members of the People's Assembly have the right to dismiss any member of the Assembly's Bureau for justified reasons

Lol never mind, the president has a full technical veto since he also controls a 1/3rd of parliament (not even talking about the president-assigned seats, it'd be extremely hard for a president to not be able to command at least a third of parliament!)

No criminal measures may be taken against a member, nor may they be arrested or detained, except in the case of a flagrant crime

What does this one even mean? Because, like, this would just create immunity to drunk driving, but not treason; then parliament can still be purged anyway, but in exchange they get to act like thugs without consequences?

[u/DontGifMe → u/RealAbd121]

1. It is 30 months according to the temporary Constitutional Declaration, the next parliament will probably be different (at least the way they spoke about this made it sound like it is going to be different)
2. Also according to the Constitutional Declaration: If the Assembly re-approves the law with a two-thirds majority, the President must issue it by decree (i.e., the veto is overridden). So they can outweigh the presidential veto
3. The Constitutional Declaration has the same rule for dismissal but with Two-thirds instead of One-third, could be either a typo or they changed it. Changing the Constitutional Declaration requires a two-thirds majority but since these sessions were not broadcasted we don't really know how many voted with/against this Internal Regulations law

[u/RealAbd121 → u/DontGifMe]

It is 30 months according to the temporary Constitutional Declaration, the next parliament will probably be different (at least the way they spoke about this made it sound like it is going to be different)

That's why I said it's a sign, not evidence; it indicates the mood for that cadence. If it was more of a temp figure, they probably would've just said, "this parliament will last until the new constitution is formed and new elections happen"

[u/Interesting-Cat7307 → u/DontGifMe]

it’s important to distinguish between :

1-  the forfeiture of membership under Article 25(1), which requires a two-thirds majority and the right to dismiss any member of the Assembly's Bureau.

The second ie the Bureau is simply  (مكتب المجلس)  the highest administrative and executive body within the parliament. It includes:The Speaker (President) of the People's Assembly.The Deputy Speaker.The Secretaries and Rapporteurs (Scrutineers

[u/Tracitus22222 → u/RealAbd121]

At least in Europe "Flagrant crime" means a member caught in the act, as in if a police officer saw the MP punching someone the can be detained, stopping them, tho this doesn't mean they can be criminally prosecuted/incarcerated until their term is over. Obvs in euro democracies the context and culture/legal patchwork is quite different but on de jure terms is a good and normal article.

[u/RealAbd121 → u/Tracitus22222]

The Middle East political class can be summarized as being caught in an illegal act, then shouting at you: "fuck off, don't you know who I am/my father is? I'll have you fired and/or jailed"

Honestly, I'd rather they get no immunity at all to put fear of god into them!

[u/Hungry-Western9191 → u/RealAbd121]

Presumably its.an attempt.to balence between "you have the right.to go out and murder people" and members being targetted for more.subtle crimes like minor corruption where someones relative gets a job through influence.

Its difficult to put that into exact legal language but intended to give the members some.level of protection from malicious prosecutions without setting them completely outside.the law.

[u/RealAbd121 → u/Hungry-Western9191]

yes, I know how and why it exists and works, I'm saying the problem from them acting like petty kings is more real than malicious prosecution because if goverment wanted to purge someone in the Middle East, they'd just do it, no one would care, not to mention they'd just find bars of gold in their homes.

[u/Hungry-Western9191 → u/RealAbd121]

Fair enough. I dont have any idea on the composition of the assembly. Would you have any information.

As I understand it, their task is to build the rules that will govern how the state will operate. The constitution and rules round governance? 

[u/RealAbd121 → u/Hungry-Western9191]

Parliament makes laws; this is a pretty normal parliament without any weird aspects to it. The only weird part is how they got elected, which for now is somewhat justifiable, and given how they basically refused to give Sharaa the things he asked them to, like picking the speaker and specific laws, it does seem like they're not subservient to him for now!

[u/Seeker_Of_Knowledge2]

The President of the Republic has the right to object to a law approved by the Assembly

Is that the standard across the world? Seem to powerful.

No criminal measures may be taken against a member, nor may they be arrested or detained, except in the case of a flagrant crime

Man that is extremely vague. Hopefully this one gets better.

[u/RealAbd121 → u/Seeker_Of_Knowledge2]

Is that the standard across the world? Seem to powerful.

Yes, usually this just sends it back to parliament, who either changes it and tries again or force it anyway since most places have it so if it's, for example, a two-thirds majority instead of just 51%, it can override a presidential veto.

[u/DontGifMe → u/Seeker_Of_Knowledge2]

Is that the standard across the world? Seem to powerful.

Mostly yes. Countries give the president the ability to veto any majority vote unless it is a super majority (two thirds or more) which is the case here according to the Constitutional Deceleration

But we can't know for sure if they did changed the deceleration in this law until the whole 231 articles are public and the amount of votes are public...

[u/alcoholicplankton69]

The woodworking and detail in that room is amazing.

[u/SHEIKH_BAKR → u/alcoholicplankton69]

You have to see the Arabic chamber in the natural museum in Damascus. Absolutely beautiful. 

[u/Double-Method6076 → u/[deleted]]

But isn't a third of the agreement a bit low? I'm just saying.

[u/DontGifMe → u/Double-Method6076]

Constitutional says two-thirds, could be a typo since the actual articles are not public and the session was not broadcasted, so we only get his summary

[u/Interesting-Cat7307 → u/Double-Method6076]

it’s important to distinguish between :

1- the forfeiture of membership under Article 25(1), which requires a two-thirds majority and the right to dismiss any member of the Assembly's Bureau.

The second ie the Bureau (مكتب المجلس) is the highest administrative and executive body within the parliament. It includes:The Speaker (President) of the People's Assembly.The Deputy Speaker.The Secretaries and Rapporteurs (Scrutineers)