4 Official Gazette – Issue No. 7 (bis) February 18, 2013 profession for a minimum of 10 years prior to seeking the membership of the House of Representatives. On the other hand, the word “Worker” refers to any person working for another in return for a wage or salary, and depending mainly on the income yielded by his physical or intellectual work in agriculture, industry, or services. A person’s status as a worker shall not change after the end of his service as long as he fulfills the foregoing requirements." The aforementioned text repeats the definition of “workers” and “farmers” stated in Article (229) of the Constitution. Furthermore, it adds another condition to the definition of “workers”, since it stipulates that a “worker” be mainly depending on the income yielded by his physical or intellectual work in agriculture, industry, or services. Such condition is not deemed to be among the controls and criteria which the legislator established for considering a candidate as a worker, pursuant to Article (229) of the Constitution. Instead, it adds a constraint to the definition given by the Constitution to workers as it excludes from candidacy each worker depending mainly on a main source of income other than his wage/salary. Moreover, the condition requiring a worker to be working in agriculture, industry, or services means that anyone hired by an employer in other fields shall be excluded from candidacy. Therefore, the part of the text that says “and depending mainly on the income yielded by his physical or intellectual work in agriculture, industry, or services” violates Article (229) of the Constitution. II: The first paragraph of Article (3), replaced by Article (1) of the draft law, says “Should an HoR member change the status under which s/he was elected, membership of the HoR shall be terminated”. To be in line with the provisions of the Constitution, the said text should be extended to stipulate that the membership of the HoR shall be terminated if an HoR member changes the status under which s/he was elected, whether such status is a worker or a farmer, or if s/he changes their partisan affiliation, or if s/he leaves the party and becomes an independent member, or if an independent member joins a party. Only this way voters’ right to selection is asserted and their will is respected, ensuring participation in public life as targeted by Article (55) of the Constitution. A text stating otherwise would be curbing the citizen’s right set forth in the said article, violating the Constitution. III: The fourth paragraph of Article (3), replaced by Article (1) of the draft law, says that "The scope and components of each district shall be determined according to the attached tables" Whereas Article (113) of the Constitution says: "The House of Representatives shall be composed of no fewer than 350 members, elected by universal, secret, and direct ballot. To be eligible for membership in the House of Representatives, a candidate must be…….