Parliament Postpones District Division [Archives:2002/06/Local News]
February 4 2002
Parliament unanimously agreed on January 30 to postpone the district division to oblige the government to implement the district division project related to election locality.
A government committee headed by Minister of Local Administration, Sadiq Ameen abu Rass started in last June preparing a project to divide districts administratively, and according to the electoral locality.
This draft law, once approved, will downsize the number of districts from 332 to 301.
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