01 Jan 2021 - 4:05 Sidi Mohamed | The Peninsula The upcoming Shura Council will have full legislative and supervisory authority over the government. The goal of electing members of the new Shura Council is to enhance effective popular participation in managing the country’s affairs and making decisions, a senior official at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said yesterday. “The elections for Shura Council which will be held in October this year represent a qualitative leap in Qatar’s development process. The Council can summon Ministers, including the Prime Minister, can dismiss ministers, monitor the government’s financial management and approve the budget,” said Brigadier Salim Saqr Al Muraikhi, Director of Legal Affairs Department at the Ministry of Interior. In November last year, Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani announced that the elections for Shura Council will be held in October this year, 2021.