English abstract
The year 1996 is considered a milestone in modern Omani
political history, as it witnessed the first written constitutional
organization in the Sultanate, with the issuance of the basic system of
the ?constitution? of the state 26 years after Sultan Qaboos-mayAllah
have mercy on him- came to power. The Sultanate moved from a onechamber system to a parliamentary dual system. This thesis came to
clarify the historical development of the Parliamentary Councils in the
Sultanate, and its composition, and competencies and evaluate its
performance, especially after the issuance of Royal Decree No.
99/2011 amending some provisions of the statute that represents an
important point at the level of legislative and oversight powers of the
Oman Council.
In this Thesis, we have reached the conclusion of set of results,
the most prominent of which is that the constitutional legislator
has built the relationship between the executive authority and the
Council of Oman on basis of separation, based on balance and
cooperation. However, this separation is only apparent in form, as it
was found that the appointed State Council does not have any political
jurisdiction oversight, as the appointed State Council?s competence
was restricted to the legislative and financial field only.
The Thesis also reached a number of recommendations, as indicated
in the conclusion.
