Members
The Shura Council must be made up of 264 members, two thirds of the council (176) is elected by a direct ballot, and half of the Council must be farmers or workers, the remaining third (88) is appointed by the President of the Republic. Under the new constitution that is being created, the president will only be able to appoint 10 members to the Senate.
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“For splendor, there must somewhere be rigid economy. That the head of the house may go brave, the members must be plainly clad, and the town must save that the State may spend.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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—Bible: New Testament, 1 Corinthians 12:12.
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