constitutional amendments
Monday’s papers: New cabinet, constitutional change, languishing politicians
Egypt
February 21, 2011
Monday’s papers: New cabinet, constitutional change, languishing politicians
Speculations about the new cabinet take up substantial space on the front pages of today’s newspapers. New ministers are expected…
Constitutional committee chairman: Amendments will ensure electoral integrity
Egypt
February 17, 2011
Constitutional committee chairman: Amendments will ensure electoral integrity
Constitutional Amendments Committee Chairman Tarek al-Bishry on Thursday said that new amendments to Egypt's national charter would guarantee the integrity…
Law experts want article allowing further constitutional amendments
Egypt
February 17, 2011
Law experts want article allowing further constitutional amendments
Several Egyptian judges and law experts have issued a statement calling on the Constitutional Amendments Committee to include a constitutional…
Army: Constitution will be amended, not replaced
Egypt
February 16, 2011
Army: Constitution will be amended, not replaced
The panel commissioned to change Egypt's Constitution will only work on amending a number of articles rather than drafting a…
Jurist proposes parliamentary republic for Egypt
Egypt
February 16, 2011
Jurist proposes parliamentary republic for Egypt
A constitutional expert called on Wednesday for turning Egypt into a parliamentary republic through the constitutional amendments currently being considered…
Thursday’s papers:constitutional amendments, land seizure, potential Presidential Palace seige
Egypt
February 10, 2011
Thursday’s papers:constitutional amendments, land seizure, potential Presidential Palace seige
Thursday’s state-owned newspapers show a slight change in their adopted editorial policy of taking the government's side and veiling the…
Wednesday’s papers: Suleiman statements, reform committees, state employees protest
Egypt
February 9, 2011
Wednesday’s papers: Suleiman statements, reform committees, state employees protest
Wednesday’s state-owned papers focus on Vice President Omar Suleiman’s meeting with the board chairmen and chief editors of state-owned and…
Senior NDP official hopes for 6th Mubarak term
Egypt
October 11, 2010
Senior NDP official hopes for 6th Mubarak term
The media secretary of Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), Ali Eddin Hilal, said he hopes incumbent President Hosni Mubarak…
Minister says attacks on govt evidence of regime’s strength
Egypt
September 7, 2010
Minister says attacks on govt evidence of regime’s strength
Minister of State for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Mofid Shehab criticized those forecasting chaos in Egypt and dismissed the predictions…
Official: NDP not to blame for feeble opposition
Egypt
July 25, 2010
Official: NDP not to blame for feeble opposition
In a speech to university students on Saturday, Ali Eddin Helal, media secretary for the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP),…