President shall be elected by direct secret ballot among members of the Parliament and in accordance with its internal rules of Parliament by a simple majority. Election term shall be two years for each of the President and his four Vice Presidents and the Chairmen of the Committees. This period is renewable only once and this gives a quantification of instauration of elites within the Arab Parliament (Table VI).

Table VI.

Indicators for the institutional structure

No.	Indicator	Scope
		Start	(+)	End	(−)
21	Presidency	Direct Election	Indirect Election	Appointment	Periodic Rotation
22	Choose/elect Committees offices	Direct Election	Indirect Election	Appointment	Periodic Rotation
23	No of Standing Committees	objectives Covering	Variable according to subjects	Fixed according to the number of members	Do not express goals
24	session Periodicity	Continuous and permanent sessions	Periodical Sessions	Seasonal Sessions	Non-periodical Sessions
25	Voting Weight	Individual Voting		National Blocks Voting

No.	Indicator	Scope
		Start	(+)	End	(−)
21	Presidency	Direct Election	Indirect Election	Appointment	Periodic Rotation
22	Choose/elect Committees offices	Direct Election	Indirect Election	Appointment	Periodic Rotation
23	No of Standing Committees	objectives Covering	Variable according to subjects	Fixed according to the number of members	Do not express goals
24	session Periodicity	Continuous and permanent sessions	Periodical Sessions	Seasonal Sessions	Non-periodical Sessions
25	Voting Weight	Individual Voting		National Blocks Voting

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