What is Palestinian Legislative Council?
{{Update|date= February 2024 }} <!-- on en.wiki this was dated January 2021 --> {{use dmy dates| date = February 2024 }} {{expand Arabic}} {{expand English}} {{expand German}} The '''Palestinian Legislative Council''' ('''PLC''') is the [[unicameral]] legislature of the [[Palestinian Authority]], elected by the [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] residents of the [[Palestinian territories]] of the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]]. It is made up of [[:en:Current members of Palestinian Legislative Council|132 members]], elected from 16 electoral districts of the Palestinian Authority.<ref name=France24>[https://www.france24.com/en/20200114-unread-post-piles-up-at-defunct-palestinian-parliament Unread post piles up at defunct Palestinian parliament], AFP for France 24, 14 January 2020, accessed 29 July 2020</ref>the duties of this council is to pass laws and supervise their implementation. And also this council acts as a parliament.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Palestinian Legislative Council|url=http://pal-plc.org/plc/english.aspx|access-date=2024-08-18|website=pal-plc.org|archive-date=2024-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818085637/http://pal-plc.org/plc/english.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>The Palestinian Legislative Council approves the budget of the Palestinian Authority, the Prime Minister and his government. Two parliamentary elections were held in 1996 and 2006, the winner of the first election was Fath and the winner of the second election was Hamas.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-03-20|title=Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC)|url=https://ecfr.eu/special/mapping_palestinian_politics/palestine_legislative_council/|access-date=2024-08-18|website=ECFR|language=en-GB}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Gaza City}} {{Whole Gaza Strip}} {{Multistub|politics|asia}} [[Category:Organizations based in Palestine]] [[Category:Unicameral legislatures]]