PM urges citizens to participate positively in Shura elections

On the occasion of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani's issuance of a Decree No. 40 of 2021, setting the date for the election of members of the Shura Council, HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz al-Thani called on citizens to participate positively in the first elections to be held in the history of Qatar to form the elected Shura Council.On the occasion of opening the registration of candidates to elect members of the Shura Council, HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior wished the candidates success and a fair and civilised contest worthy of this national occasion, and of the Qatari people, their tolerant values and their noble morals.HE Sheikh Khalid emphasised that these elections, the first in the history of the State of Qatar, are taking place under national unity of which the foundations were laid by His Highness the Amir and "which we must all preserve".The principle in these elections is the complete conviction that Qataris are equal in rights and duties, and that this principle is achieved by observing the provisions of the Constitution, national traditions and stable customs, and through the established legal and constitutional tools and procedures, HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior added.