Qatari constitution structured not to favour basic human rights, freedoms - SIS study



Egypt’s State Information Service (SIS) stressed on Tuesday that the so-called “permanent constitution of Qatar” is devoid of the most basic guarantees of basic rights and freedoms.
"Through its media trumpets, the Qatari regime assumes the role of the defender of democracy and directs criticisms and advice to all the peoples of earth except the miserable people of Qatar. The Qatari people are ruled by one of the worst despotic regimes, a regime that was designed to govern a ‘fiefdom’ or a ‘private estate’,” the SIS said in a study.
The study accused the Qatari regime of controlling all aspects of life in Qatar and possessing all the wealth and resources.
"The Emir along with his hypocritical, rapacious cronies enslaves the Qatari people. The Qatari regime practically denies the existence of their own people and devote their time to lecturing other nations on democracy and human rights; notions that their own people are completely deprived from," the study read.
According to the study, Qatar "knew no constitutions for over 30 years between its independence in 1970 and the year 2004 when the State’s first constitution was issued. The 2004 constitution was in fact nothing but a document that codified and legitimised the same mechanisms of control and oppression that are widely practiced by Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani and his son and successor Tamim."
The so called “permanent constitution of Qatar” also cements the absolute powers of the Emir and places severe restrictions on the basic rights of Qatari citizens, the study said.
"This constitution basically stripped all institutions of any effective powers and concentrates it all in the hands of Emir."

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