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United Arab Emirates University (0000, 0000, 0000)
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Received: 2 October 2024
Accepted: 28 July 2025
First Online: 28 August 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study did not involve human participants, animal subjects, or primary data collection requiring ethical approval. The second author exclusively utilized publicly available government documents, parliamentary records, and archival materials from the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (2006–2023). As such, no institutional review board approval was required per the policies of the United Arab Emirates University and the UAE National Archives' research guidelines for secondary source analysis.
: No informed consent was required for this study as it analyzed existing public records and did not involve interaction with human subjects. The second author obtained all data from official government publications and parliamentary proceedings that are openly accessible through the UAE National Archives and Federal National Council repository systems.
