The parliamentary system is one of the pillars of representative democracy, depending on a number of Members of the Parliament, who exercise the function of expressing popular will in the political, convivial and economic life (Theodore and Salmon, 1995). Membership of the Arab Parliament is composed of national parliaments from through nominations of 22 Arab countries’ national parliaments. Each country culls a number of (4) members, at least one of them women, without designating the method of testing, and ergo the members of the Arab Parliament are not directly elected denizens, and the way they are culled varies from country to country, it may be through internal elections in the national parliament, or through Parliamentary division, or requests from members, or a cull of the presidency or Bureau of parliament for membership of the Arab Parliament2 (Table IV).
Table IV.Membership indicators
No. Indicator Scope Start (+) End (−) 12 Nature of Membership Direct Elections Indirect Elections Nomination of parliamentary blocs Appointment of States 13 Duration of Membership Specific Independent of the National Parliament Continuing after the dissolution of the national parliament Linked to the membership of the National Parliament 14 Number of Seats By demographic weight According to the political weight By Area Equal seats for parliaments 15 Conditions of Membership Private terms of the National Parliament 16 Discharged of Membership Total Partial Non-membership 17 Immunities and privileges Private Nationality
No. Indicator Scope Start (+) End (−) 12 Nature of Membership Direct Elections Indirect Elections Nomination of parliamentary blocs Appointment of States 13 Duration of Membership Specific Independent of the National Parliament Continuing after the dissolution of the national parliament Linked to the membership of the National Parliament 14 Number of Seats By demographic weight According to the political weight By Area Equal seats for parliaments 15 Conditions of Membership Private terms of the National Parliament 16 Discharged of Membership Total Partial Non-membership 17 Immunities and privileges Private Nationality
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