integrated service center in the central region equipped to accommodate all
persons with disabilities. It’s also endeavoring to rehabilitate public service sites
in various provinces to receive persons with disabilities, Unit heads are assigned
to follow up the provision of services to persons with disabilities under their
personal supervision, and to develop training courses in the use of sign language
for employees of the Ministry of Interior in the field of public services. They are
also required to develop a manual in Braille relating to public services provided by
the Ministry of Interior for users with visual disabilities.
K. The Ministry of the Interior is to provide a number of transport vehicles modified
for accessibility of persons with disabilities, as well as providing accessibility at
some police stations, in addition to teaching sign language to a number of officers
in the Ministry of Interior.
3-Articles 81, 180 and 244 of the constitution proclaim the obligation of the state to
ensure the ability of persons with disabilities to exercise all political rights and to take
measures to ensure that they are adequately and appropriately represented in
parliament and local councils. Article 5 of the House of Representatives Law No. 46 of
2014 stipulates that a number of seats shall be allocated to each electoral list for
persons with disabilities. As such, numerous symposia and public meetings, including 39
symposia and awareness sessions about the importance of political participation, have
been held. In addition, the National Council for Disability Affairs has coordinated with the
Supreme Committee for Elections and the concerned authorities to ensure the
participation of persons with disabilities in the electoral process and the removal of all
obstacles they may face in Voting, in addition to enabling them - for the first time - to
monitor the conduct of the electoral process. These efforts resulted in the election of 8
persons with disabilities in the House of Representatives in the 2015 elections and the
appointment of one disabled person with a decision by the President of the Republic.
4. A Committee for Solidarity, Family and Persons with Disabilities has been created by the
current House of Representatives. The committee has also been trained in providing the
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