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Parliament approves decree empowering presidency to remove watchdogs amid Geneina controversy
Egypt
January 18, 2016
Parliament approves decree empowering presidency to remove watchdogs amid Geneina controversy
The House of Representatives approved a 2015 presidential decree on Sunday, which gives the presidency the authority to remove quasi-independent corruption…
Parliament approves law on president’s salary amid brief controversy
Egypt
January 17, 2016
Parliament approves law on president’s salary amid brief controversy
The House of Representatives passed a 2014 law on Sunday that sets the salary of Egypt’s president, amid controversy on the…
Inter-Parliamentary Union decides to bring back Egyptian People’s Assembly
Egypt
January 15, 2016
Inter-Parliamentary Union decides to bring back Egyptian People’s Assembly
Parliamentary Ali Abdelaal said he received a phone call from the Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Martin Chungong, during…
Parliament to revise over 380 laws, protest law not included
Egypt
January 14, 2016
Parliament to revise over 380 laws, protest law not included
The sub-committees of the House of Representatives on Tuesday began the process of revising over 380 laws issued by interim…
Parliament selects Mortada Mansour as head of human rights committee
Egypt
January 12, 2016
Parliament selects Mortada Mansour as head of human rights committee
Mortada Mansour has been selected as chairman of parliament's Human Rights Committee, reported Al-Masry Al-Youm on Tuesday.According to Al-Shorouk newspaper,…
HRW urges parliament to review ‘abusive’ laws
Egypt
January 12, 2016
HRW urges parliament to review ‘abusive’ laws
US-based Human Rights Watch has urged Egypt’s House of Representatives, which held its inaugural session on Sunday, to review what…
Second deputy parliament speaker elected, sessions broadcasting halted
Egypt
January 12, 2016
Second deputy parliament speaker elected, sessions broadcasting halted
Egypt’s House of Representatives decided on Monday to halt the live airing of its sessions after electing the Wafd Party’s…
Quarter of Egyptians want unemployment raised in parliament: survey
Egypt
January 11, 2016
Quarter of Egyptians want unemployment raised in parliament: survey
The Egyptian Centre for Public Opinion Research ”Baseera” conducted a poll that asks Egyptians what the most important topics in…
Meet parliament’s new speaker: Ali Abdelaal
Egypt
January 11, 2016
Meet parliament’s new speaker: Ali Abdelaal
Egypt's House of Representatives elected MP Ali Abdelaal as parliamentary speaker on Sunday after he won the majority of votes,…
Parliament’s inauguration irregularities sad, not funny: Bassem Youssef
Egypt
January 11, 2016
Parliament’s inauguration irregularities sad, not funny: Bassem Youssef
Former comedy show host and political satirist Bassem Youssef had an unexpected reaction to social media sarcasm of parliamentary members'…