PM issues decision to form Shura Council elections Supervisory Committee

Doha: The Prime Minister and Minister of Interior H E Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani issued decision No. 53 of 2021 to form the Supervisory Committee and executive committees concerned with the Shura Council elections and define their terms of reference. This decision comes within the framework of the Ministry of Interior's intensive preparations to hold the first Shura Council elections. 

The decision stipulated that the Supervisory Committee of the Shura Council elections 2021 will be headed by Maj Gen Majid Ibrahim Al Khulaifi, Director of the Elections Department at the Ministry of Interior. Brig Salem Saqr Al Meraikhi, Director of Legal Affairs Department at the Ministry, will be the vice-chairman, while heads of all sub-committees will be committee members. The Supervisory Committee, according to the decision, is responsible for taking all necessary and appropriate measures to prepare for the Shura Council elections, including supervising the proper conduct of the electoral process and providing the requirements for the various work of the executive committees formed under it such as legal, security, technical, media, and the logistics committees.