Dispute Resolution Committee – 1993
1993
At a Ramadan dinner banquet on 18 March 1993, Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri discussed the government’s eagerness to speed up the establishment of the Constitutional Council and said that the government would soon refer to the Chamber of Deputies.[fn]”Lebanon; Prime Minister Sets Out Priorities in Reconstruction and Reconciliation,” BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, March 20, 1993.[/efn_note] The bill was approved on 25 June 1993. According to the law, “the Constitutional Council will be composed of 10 members, half of whom to be appointed by the house of representatives and the other half nominated by the government. council members, whose age cannot exceed 74 years at the time of nomination, will have to be the present or former judges or university professors of law with at least 20 years of working experience.”[fn]”Lebanon’s parliament approve establishment of constitutional council,” Xinhua General News Service, June 25, 1993.[/efn_note] The council was established under law No. 250 of 1993; and revised by by-laws under law 243 of 2000.