that, “In each electoral district a committee called the “Supervisory Committee on the Soundness of
the Referendum and Election” shall be formed by a decision of the Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs,
and Endowments. Each committee shall consist of a chair from the judiciary or legal apparatus in
the Kingdom and two members, one of them shall serve as the secretary. This committee shall
undertake to prepare the voters’ lists, receive, and examine the candidacy applications, prepare
candidates’ lists, and look into requests and objections relating to any action or decision issued by
it. In general, this committee is responsible for supervising the integrity of the referendum or the
election of members of the House of Representatives within the scope of its competence.”
6.
Pursuant to the provisions of the above-mentioned Article (7), Decision No. (81) of 2018 of the
Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs, and Endowments was issued to form the committees supervising
the soundness and integrity of the election of the members of the House of Representatives, as
well as the competencies assigned to them, in particular, preparing the voters’ lists, receiving and
examining candidacy applications, preparing the candidates’ lists, and considering the requests
and objections relating to any action taken or decision made by them.
7.
It is worth mentioning that the Supervisory Committees on the Soundness of the Election of the
Members of the House of Representatives have been distributed among the four governorates in
the Kingdom, as follows: Capital Governorate Committee, headquarters at Khawla Secondary Girls
School; Muharraq Governorate Committee, headquarters at Al Hidaya Al Khalifia Secondary Boys
School; Northern Governorate Committee, headquarters at Hamad Town Primary Girls School;
and the Southern Governorate Committee, headquarters at Al- Mostaqbal Primary Girls School.
8.
The Law provided for the conditions and checks that the supervisory committees must comply
with when preparing voters’ lists in the constituencies under their jurisdiction. Article (8) of the
above-mentioned Law stipulates that, “1. The lists shall be in alphabetical order based on the
official records and documents, in coordination with the Population Registry Directorate of the
Central Statistics Organization. 2. The lists shall include the names of eligible voters who meet the
conditions stipulated in Article (2) of this Law, taking into consideration the previous participation
in the elections based on official records, provided that the voter is not deprived or exempt from
exercising political rights at the time of preparing the lists or during the period specified for correct
such. The registry shall include the name of the voter, his/her ID number, and his/her normal
residency address. 3. The preparation of the lists for each constituency shall be in two copies signed
by the chair of the committee, stipulated in the previous Article and the secretary. The committee
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