Basic People's Congress (political)
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The Basic Peoples Congress or Fundamental Popular Council (Mu'tamar shaʿbi asāsi) was the smallest unit of government in Libya
under Muammar Gaddafi's Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya regime. It usually governed the equivalent of a municipality, and that geographic subdivision was also called a Basic Peoples Congress
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The congress consisted of every man and woman who has attained the age of majority. The actual congress met at three scheduled meetings per year or is called upon necessity. The first meeting was usually devoted to a detailed agenda for the next two meetings. At the second meeting the Basic People's Congress discussed issues relating to the local business, while at the third meeting seats on committees were filled, representatives elected and policy at the national and international level were discussed. Day-to-day management and oversight was provided by the people's committee appointed by the congress. The next political level up was the district congresses and then above that was the General People's Congress at the top.
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
under Muammar Gaddafi's Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya regime. It usually governed the equivalent of a municipality, and that geographic subdivision was also called a Basic Peoples Congress
Basic People's Congress (country subdivision)
Basic People's Congress is the smallest administrative subdivision in Libya.Geographically it corresponds approximately to the level of a township or borough....
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The congress consisted of every man and woman who has attained the age of majority. The actual congress met at three scheduled meetings per year or is called upon necessity. The first meeting was usually devoted to a detailed agenda for the next two meetings. At the second meeting the Basic People's Congress discussed issues relating to the local business, while at the third meeting seats on committees were filled, representatives elected and policy at the national and international level were discussed. Day-to-day management and oversight was provided by the people's committee appointed by the congress. The next political level up was the district congresses and then above that was the General People's Congress at the top.