II. Political Reforms A. Chamber of Deputies: The Chamber of Deputies is the legislative authority which exercises comprehensive control over the government’s policy and actions. 1. The Speaker and his deputy shall be elected for the duration of the Chamber's term. 2. In the first session, two years after it elects its speaker and deputy speaker, the Chamber my vote only once to withdraw confidence from its speaker or deputy speaker with a 2/3 majority of its members and in accordance with a petition signed by at least 10 deputies. In case confidence is withdrawn, the Chamber shall convene immediately to fill the vacant post. 3. No urgent bill presented to the Chamber of Deputies may be enacted unless it is included in the agenda of a public meeting and read during such a meeting, and unless the grace period stipulated by the Constitution passes without a decision about such a bill, with the approval of the Cabinet. 4. The electoral district shall be the governorate. 5. Until the Chamber of Deputies passes an election law free of sectarian restriction, the parliamentary seats shall be divided according to the following bases: a. Equally between Christians and Muslims. b. Proportionately between the confessions of each category. c. Proportionately between the regions. 6. The number of members of the Chamber of Deputies shall be increased to 108, shared equally between Christians and Muslims. As for the seats created on the basis of this document and those which became vacant prior to the proclamation of this document, they shall be filled, exceptionally and for once only, through appointment by the National Accord Government that is planned to be formed. 7. With the election of the first Chamber of Deputies on a national, not sectarian, basis, a Senate shall be formed and all the spiritual families shall be represented in it. The Senate’s powers shall be confined to crucial issues. B. President of the Republic: The President of the Republic is the head of the State and the symbol of the country's unity. He shall be keen on the Constitution and the preservation of Lebanon's independence, unity, and territorial integrity in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. He is the supreme commander of the Armed Forces which are subject to the power of the Council of Ministers. The President shall exercise the following prerogatives: 1. Heads the Cabinet meeting whenever he so wishes, but without voting. 2. Heads the Supreme Defense Council. 3. Issues decrees and demands their publication. He shall also be entitled to ask the Council of Ministers to reconsider any decision it takes within 15 days of the date of submission to the Presidency. Should the Cabinet insist on the adopted decision, or should the grace period pass without issuing or returning the decree, the decree of the decision shall be valid de jure and must be published. 4. Promulgates laws in accordance with the grace periods stipulated by the Constitution and demands their publication upon ratification by the Chamber of Deputies. After notifying the Cabinet, the President may also request a reconsideration of the laws within the grace periods set out by the Constitution, and in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.