The Federal National Council has ended a 54-day preparation period, which began immediately after the opening session of the 17th legislative term, on the 14th of November 2019, where the Council will hold its second session tomorrow, Tuesday, headed by Speaker of the Council, Saqr Ghobash, and the presence of the Ministers of Education, Hussein Ibrahim Al-Hammadi , Climate Change and the Environment, Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al-Zyoudi.
The Council will discuss during its second session two draft federal laws, the first in the case of the Police College, and the second in the matter of education, while the Council directs two parliamentary questions to government representatives about the delay in permitting flat fishing, and the Ministry of Education's plans to expand the establishment of government schools covering all regions of the state And that, according to the author of the two questions, First Deputy Speaker of the Federal National Council, Hamad Ahmed Al-Rahoumi told «Emirates Today».
In detail, the Federal National Council will reconvene tomorrow, Tuesday, after the absence of the two-month boat, for organizational and preparatory reasons within the committees, with the aim of preparing and preparing the largest number of draft laws and general topics for discussion under the dome during the coming period, as the Council holds its second plenary session of the regular session The first is for the 17th legislative term, headed by Speaker of the Council, Saqr Ghobash, to discuss two draft federal laws, the first to amend some provisions of Federal Law No. (5) for the year 1992 regarding the Police College, and the second is a federal draft law in the matter of education.
According to the final report of the Defense, Interior and Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federal National Council, the "amended" Police College Bill aims to address the administrative aspects of the college and board of directors structure, so that they are commensurate with modern requirements to develop academic and training aspects, and to amend the duration of study at the Police College at the bachelor’s stage into chapters Study in accordance with the criteria for licensing academic accreditation, and to address the situation of police college students currently studying on the modern academic system, which will be graduated in early 2020.
The bill also aims to address the situation of university graduates who are enrolled in the Police College for the purpose of graduating officers, and to address the financial conditions of the Police College, based on what has been agreed with the Ministry of Finance.
The report of the Education, Culture, Youth, Sports and Media Affairs Committee of the Federal National Council stated that the federal draft law in the matter of education includes 14 articles dealing with definitions of some of the words and phrases contained within the draft law and its objectives, a statement of mandatory stages of education, and a statement of the powers granted to the ministry in developing study plans And the regulations for the transfer of students from one stage to another and other matters required by the proper course of education, the final provisions related to the issuance of the executive regulations, the publication of the law in the Official Gazette and the date of its provisions.
Tuesday’s session will witness the first two parliamentary questions during the new legislative term for government representatives, addressed by the First Vice-President of the Council, Hamad Ahmed Al-Rahoumi, the first Minister of Climate Change and Environment, Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al-Zyoudi, on “Ministerial Resolution No. (468) of 2019 regarding fishing regulation Surface by netting the barber method (hedging), while the second is for the Minister of Education, Hussein Ibrahim Al-Hammadi, regarding “numbers of classrooms and government schools in the country.”
Rahoumi told «Emirates Today» that he is seeking, by asking his first question, to allow the Ministry of Education to respond to dozens of complaints received from parents regarding the lack of availability of government schools close to some residential areas in the country, in a manner that is not commensurate with the size of urban expansion Which the country witnessed during the past years.
Rahoumi said: «This question does not negate the efforts made by the Ministry of Education with regard to building and integrating schools, but it is the duty of the Council to direct or assist the executive bodies in transmitting complaints and proposals of citizens, and I saw that it is possible to make space for them through this question, to review what it is doing Concerning building schools, and revealing whether it plans to build more schools in areas of need, in the near future.
Rahoumi pointed out that, through his second question, he seeks to know the justifications of the Ministry of Climate Change and the Environment, regarding the decision to delay opening the fishing season for more than once, explaining that the ministry was allowing surface fishing from the first of October, and then postponed allowing fishing in one of the years to mid-October And, in 2019, I decided to allow fishing from the beginning of November, a delay that affects fishermen from their point of view.
During the second session of the Council, members will be briefed on 19 decrees of federal laws issued by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, during the period between the breaking of the 16th legislative term for the Federal National Council and the opening of the 17th legislative term for the Council.
According to the schedule of the second session, decrees of federal laws issued in the absence of the council included “Decree of Federal Law No. (4) of 2019 amending some provisions of the Penal Code issued by Federal Law No. (3) of 1987 in Federal Decree No. (5) of 2019 in The creation of the Federal Center for Geographic Information, Decree of Federal Law No. (6) of 2019 amending some provisions of Federal Law No. (8) of 1980 regarding the regulation of labor relations, Federal Decree No. (8) of 2019 amending some provisions of Federal Law No. (28) For the year 2005 regarding personal status, Federal Decree No. (9) of 2019 amending some provisions The Federal Law No. 2 of 2001 regarding »social security.
The list of decrees also included laws on “Federal Decree-Law No. (10) of 2019 in the matter of protection from family violence, Federal Decree-Law No. (11) of 2019 amending some provisions of Federal Decree-Law No. (2) of 2015 regarding combating discrimination and hatred, Decree-Decree Federal Law No. (12) of 2019 amending some provisions of Federal Law No. (9) of 2006 regarding the population registry system and identity card, Federal Decree No. (13) of 2019 amending some provisions of Federal Law No. (2) of 1971 regarding science The Federal Decree, Federal Law No. (14) of 2019 amending some provisions of Federal Law No. (12) of 2014 regarding the regulation of NH Auditors ».
The list of decrees of laws issued during the parliamentary stopping period also included “Decree of Federal Law No. (15) of 2019 amending some provisions of Federal Law No. (4) of 2000 regarding the Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority and Market, Federal Decree Law No. (16) of 2019 In an additional appropriation report for the Federation’s general budget and the budgets of the independent entities attached to the fiscal year 2019, Federal Decree No. (18) for the year 2019 amending some provisions of Federal Decree Law No. (3) for the year 1983 regarding Federal Judicial Authority, Federal Decree Law No. (19) For the year 2019 regarding insolvency, Federal Decree-Law No. (21) The year 2019 regarding Emirates Post Group Company, Federal Decree No. (22) of 2019 regarding Emirates General Transport and Services Company, Federal Decree No. (23) of 2019 amending some provisions of Federal Decree Law No. (9) of 2016 regarding bankruptcy, Decree by Law Federal No. (24) of 2019 amending some provisions of Federal Law No. (2) of 2016 regarding mortgaging the transferred funds as a guarantee of debt, Federal Decree No. (26) of 2019 regarding public finance ».
• The "amended" Police College Bill aims to address administrative aspects of the college’s structure and board of directors.
• The session will witness the first two parliamentary questions during the new legislative term for government representatives.
• 19 decrees of federal laws that will be viewed by members.