Council of Representatives of Bahrain

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The Council of Representatives (Majlis an-nuwab), sometimes translated as the "Chamber of Deputies", is the name given to the lower house of the Bahraini National Assembly, the main legislative body of Bahrain.

The body was created by the 2002 Constitution of Bahrain. The Council comprises forty members elected by universal suffrage.

The forty seats of the Council of Representatives together with the forty royally-appointed seats of the Consultative Council form the Bahraini National Assembly.

The current chairman of the Council is Khalifa Al Dhahrani. The last elections for the Council were in October 2010.

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[edit] Demonstration of authority

In March 2012 the Council of Representatives of Bahrain voted to reject a Royal Decree issued by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa for the first time since the Council’s establishment in 2002. The royal decree wanted to increase the government's share from 20 per cent to 50 per cent in the revenues of Tamkeen, the country’s labour fund. This was rejected by MPs from many parties, who refused to allow the government access to these funds.[1]

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[edit] Latest election

e • d Summary of the 23 October and 30 October 2010 Council of Representatives of Bahrain elections results
Party Ideology Seats
Al Wefaq Shia Islamist 18
Al Asalah Sunni Salafist 3
Al-Menbar Islamic Society Sunni Islamist 2
Independents Various (all Sunni) 17
Total 40
Source: "Independents the biggest winners". Gulf Daily News. 1 November 2010. http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=290557. 

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  1. ^ TradeArabia News Service (7 March 2012). "Bahrain’s parliament blocks labour fund plan". TradeArabia News Service. http://www.tradearabia.com/news/LAW_213754.html. 
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