Legislation

PM forms committee to prepare and study draft laws
Egypt

PM forms committee to prepare and study draft laws

Prime Minister Hesham Qandil has moved to form a High Committee for Legislative Affairs that would prepare and study draft…
MP proposes law legislating criminal trials of government officials
Egypt

MP proposes law legislating criminal trials of government officials

A draft law that would allow government officials to be tried in court was presented to Parliament speaker Saad al-Katatny…
Egypt lays out presidential election rules
Egypt

Egypt lays out presidential election rules

Egypt's ruling military council on Monday laid out the rules governing the country's first presidential elections since a popular uprising…
ElBaradei urges abolition of repressive laws before constitution
Egypt

ElBaradei urges abolition of repressive laws before constitution

Parliament should prioritize abolishing repressive legislation over creating a new constitution, said Mohamed ElBaradei, former presidential hopeful. On Twitter, he…
Powers of elected parliament remain unclear
Egypt

Powers of elected parliament remain unclear

The next parliament may end up being short-lived, but it is mandated with a crucial task: partially writing the country’s…
France bans face-covering Islamic veil
World

France bans face-covering Islamic veil

Paris -- France's new ban on Islamic face veils was met with a burst of defiance Monday, as several women…
Rights conference demands prison inspection legislation
Egypt

Rights conference demands prison inspection legislation

Participants of a conference organized by the Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession on…
Ministerial committee to review legislation on allocation of state-owned land
Business

Ministerial committee to review legislation on allocation of state-owned land

The supreme ministerial committee charged with introducing new legislation on the management of state-owned land met on Sunday to discuss…
Q&A: Government’s legislative performance slowing down, says chairman of the Egyptian Junior Businessmen Association
Egypt

Q&A: Government’s legislative performance slowing down, says chairman of the Egyptian Junior Businessmen Association

Al-Masry Al-Youm: Some believe the government has been faring clumsily over the recent period, what about your assessment? Ashraf el-Gazayerly:…
Security official calls for ‘submission’ to president’s will
Egypt

Security official calls for ‘submission’ to president’s will

At a meeting of parliament's national security committee on Wednesday, committee head Mohamed Abdel Fattah Omar urged the Egyptian public…
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