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Palestine

Palestine 1 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW The Basic Law for the Interim Period, which was passed by the Legislative Coun- cil on 2 October 1997 and submitted to the President of the PNA for promulgation on 4 October 1997, has yet to be promulgated. The President has given no official reason for his inaction and, unfortunately, there is no constitutional mechanism in place to force him to act. The Legislative Council complains but, so far, has failed to act in a meaningful manner to bring about a closure of this very sad chapter. The failure of the President to promulgate the Basic Law has left Palestine with- out a proper constitutional framework of government for the whole of the Interim Period. The powers of the various organs of government have remained undefined, with the result that the Executive, chiefly the President, has held supreme power even in the legislative field, as exemplified by the number of laws passed by the Legislative Council which still await promulgation by him. No proper system of accounting has been developed, and the no confidence procedure has proved inef- fective - mainly because of the reluctance on the part of the Legislative Council to pursue this http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law Online Brill

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Brill
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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2211-2987
DOI
10.1163/221129899X00160
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Abstract

1 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW The Basic Law for the Interim Period, which was passed by the Legislative Coun- cil on 2 October 1997 and submitted to the President of the PNA for promulgation on 4 October 1997, has yet to be promulgated. The President has given no official reason for his inaction and, unfortunately, there is no constitutional mechanism in place to force him to act. The Legislative Council complains but, so far, has failed to act in a meaningful manner to bring about a closure of this very sad chapter. The failure of the President to promulgate the Basic Law has left Palestine with- out a proper constitutional framework of government for the whole of the Interim Period. The powers of the various organs of government have remained undefined, with the result that the Executive, chiefly the President, has held supreme power even in the legislative field, as exemplified by the number of laws passed by the Legislative Council which still await promulgation by him. No proper system of accounting has been developed, and the no confidence procedure has proved inef- fective - mainly because of the reluctance on the part of the Legislative Council to pursue this

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Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law OnlineBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1998

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