The People's Base Congress (Arabic: مؤتمر شعبي أساسي - Mu'tamar sha'bi asāsi) was the smallest political unity of government in the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. In general, the equivalent of a municipality is governed, and the basic geographical subdivision was also called Base People's Congress.The congress consisted of every man and woman who had come of age and functioned as a popular assembly of direct democracy where the factions were regularly organized by tribes and clans (see: Yamahiriya).
The congress met in three scheduled meetings per year or when deemed necessary. The first meeting was usually devoted to a detailed agenda for the next two meetings. The second meeting of the People's Assembly discussed issues related to local issues, while the third meeting designated committee posts, elected representatives, and discussed policy at the national and international levels. Day-to-day management and supervision was provided by the committee of people who were appointed by the congress. The next political level was the district congress and then, above these, was the General People's Congress.
As a geographical and administrative unit corresponding to a municipality and under the same name were the People's Congresses of Base, which is the area where the assemblies and committees of the previously explained People's Congress of Political Basis were held. The People's Congress of Geographical Basis was in charge of regulating the Shabiyah districts in the upper level.
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