Palestinian Legislative Council

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legislative body parliament unicameral legislature

The Palestinian Legislative Council is the elected parliamentary body that serves as the primary law-making institution of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body → parliament → unicameral legislature →
appliesToJurisdiction	Gaza Strip → West Bank →
canRemoveFromOffice	Palestinian Authority ministers →
confersVoteOfConfidenceOn	Palestinian Authority cabinet →
constitutionalRole	primary law-making institution of the Palestinian Authority →
country	State of Palestine →
electoralDistricts	16 multi-member districts (1996 system) →
elects	Palestinian Authority government →
firstElectionDate	1996-01-20 →
foundedBy	Palestine Liberation Organization →
hasCommittee	Budget and Finance Committee → Legal Committee → Political Committee →
hasJurisdictionOver	budget approval for Palestinian Authority → civil law in Palestinian Authority areas → criminal law in Palestinian Authority areas → oversight of Palestinian Authority executive branch →
hasSpeaker	Aziz Dweik →
headquartersLocation	Ramallah →
inception	1994 →
largestPartyIn2006Election	Hamas →
lastGeneralElectionDate	2006-01-25 →
legalBasis	Oslo Accords → Palestinian Basic Law →
legislativeBodyFor	Palestinian Authority →
legislativeTerm	4 years →
locatedIn	Palestinian territories →
meetingPlace	Palestinian Legislative Council building, Ramallah →
numberOfMembers	132 →
officialLanguage	Arabic →
oversightFunction	monitoring performance of Palestinian Authority ministries →
partOf	Palestinian National Authority →
previousSpeaker	Ahmed Qurei → Rafiq al-Natsheh → Rawhi Fattouh →
reasonForInactivity	Fatah–Hamas political split →
replaced	Palestinian National Council in internal PA legislative role →
secondaryMeetingPlace	Gaza City →
secondLargestPartyIn2006Election	Fatah →
shortName	PLC →
status	largely inactive since 2007 →
votingSystem	constituency-based voting → mixed electoral system → proportional representation →
website	http://www.plc.ps/ →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hanan Ashrawi → Hanan Ashrawi →	memberOf
Ahmed Qurei ("Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council") → Rawhi Fattouh ("Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council") →	positionHeld
Palestinian Basic Law →	adoptedBy
Palestinian Basic Law →	establishes
Palestinian government →	hasComponent
Palestinian government →	hasElectionsFor
Ramallah ("Palestinian Legislative Council buildings") →	hasInstitution
Palestinian Authority →	hasLegislature
Palestinian Legislative Council →	headOfGovernmentConfirmedBy
Palestinian government →	legislativeBody
State of Palestine →	legislature
Budget and Finance Committee ("Palestinian Legislative Council headquarters") →	locatedIn
Palestinian Legislative Council ("Palestinian Legislative Council building, Ramallah") →	meetingPlace
Palestinian Legislative Council →	officialName
Budget and Finance Committee →	partOf
Budget and Finance Committee →	reportsTo