Muscat: The State Council and Majlis Ash'shura on Monday held a session during which they discussed reports field by their respective committees on articles of dispute.
The disputed articles figured in draft bills of Bank Deposits Protection Law, The Law Regulating Trade in Wildlife and The Media Law. The joint session was held in implementation of Article (49) of the Law of the Council of Oman, said Shaikh Abdulmalik bin Abdullah al Khalili, Chairman of the State Council.
Khalid bin Ahmed al Saeedi, Secretary-General of the State Council, told Oman News Agency (ONA) that the “Joint Committee” (comprising members from both sides) reached full consensus about the draft bill of the “Bank Deposits Protection Law”, with 11 articles passed in one go, without objection by the members.
He added that the members voted ‘for’ the opinion of the Joint Committee on the draft bill of “The Law Regulating Trade in Wildlife” by a rate of 90 per cent.
As for the draft bill on “The Media Law”, areas of dispute were cleared and the two sides reached 100 per cent consensus ‘for’ the opinion of the Joint Committee, Al Saeedi affirmed.
For his part, Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed al Nadabi, Secretary-General of Majlis Ash'shura, told Oman News Agency (ONA) that, during the session, the joint committee discussed the articles of dispute and reached consensus about them, after the members elaborated on them and took vote accordingly.
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