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10/16/24, 11:12 AM Ruler says Qataris to vote on abandoning elections | The Canberra Times | Canberra, ACT
Ruler says Qataris to vote on abandoning

elections

Updated October 16 2024 - 12:06am, first published 12:04am

Qatari emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani says council elections risk "potential complications". Photo: AP
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Qatar's ruling emir says his small, energy-rich country will hold a referendum on

ending a short-lived experiment in electing members of the country's advisory

Shura Council.

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani offered no immediate timeline for the

referendum in an annual address to the Shura Council, which drafts laws,

approves state budgets, debates major issues and provides advice to the ruler.

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