PLC

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The PLC is the elected legislative body of the Palestinian Authority, responsible for drafting laws and overseeing the executive in the Palestinian territories.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf elected legislative body
unicameral legislature
appliesToJurisdiction Gaza Strip
Palestinian territories
West Bank
canBeDissolvedBy President of the Palestinian Authority
constitutionalBasis Palestinian Basic Law
country State of Palestine
electorate Palestinian residents of the Palestinian territories
foundedAsPartOf Oslo Accords implementation
foundedBy Palestine Liberation Organization
governs Palestinian Authority institutions through legislation
hasCommittee budget and finance committee
economic committee
legal affairs committee
political committee
hasFunction representation of Palestinian people in the territories
hasJurisdictionOver administrative legislation in Palestinian territories
civil legislation in Palestinian territories
criminal legislation in Palestinian territories
hasLegalAuthorityFrom Oslo II Accord
hasRole approving the budget
drafting laws
granting and withdrawing confidence from the government
overseeing the executive branch
ratifying international agreements
hasSpeaker Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council
hasStatus partially functioning since 2007 political split
headOfGovernmentConfirmedBy Palestinian Legislative Council
inception 1994
languageUsed Arabic
lastElectionDate 2006
legalForm parliament
legislativeBodyFor Palestinian Authority
locatedIn Palestinian territories
mainGoverningPartyIn2006 Hamas
mainOppositionPartyIn2006 Fatah
meetsIn Gaza City
Ramallah
numberOfChambers 1
numberOfMembers 132
officialName Palestinian Legislative Council
partOf political system of the Palestinian Authority
shortName PLC
supervises Palestinian Authority executive branch
votingSystem mixed electoral system

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Palestinian Legislative Council
Palestinian Legislative Council
shortName

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