People’s Assembly
Update: Parliament speaker accuses US of trying to divide Egyptians
Egypt
March 4, 2012
Update: Parliament speaker accuses US of trying to divide Egyptians
US Senator John McCain’s thank-you to the Muslim Brotherhood and ruling military council for releasing suspects banned from travel aims…
Parliament mulls Ganzouri’s address, release of foreign suspects
Egypt
March 4, 2012
Parliament mulls Ganzouri’s address, release of foreign suspects
Parliament’s National Security and Defense Committee will meet Sunday to discuss the lifting of a travel ban on foreign NGO…
Sunday’s papers: A sad week for the judiciary
Egypt
March 4, 2012
Sunday’s papers: A sad week for the judiciary
The local press in Egypt are still fiery about 16 American NGO workers, banned from travel by an Egyptian court…
Parliament slams Interior Ministry over assaults on political figures
Egypt
March 1, 2012
Parliament slams Interior Ministry over assaults on political figures
The head of Parliament's Defense and National Security Committee criticized the Interior Ministry's performance Thursday in an emergency session held…
Liberal MP accuses Islamists of blocking attempts to question Tantawi
Egypt
March 1, 2012
Liberal MP accuses Islamists of blocking attempts to question Tantawi
A liberal lawmaker on Wednesday accused Freedom and Justice Party and Salafi MPs of frustrating some parliamentarians' attempts to…
Shura Council MPs violate official oath while swearing in
Egypt
February 28, 2012
Shura Council MPs violate official oath while swearing in
A number of MPs from Egypt’s newly elected Shura Council, the upper house of Parliament, violated the official oath while…
Parliament refuses to investigate MP for alleged insult against ElBaradei
Egypt
February 27, 2012
Parliament refuses to investigate MP for alleged insult against ElBaradei
The People’s Assembly on Monday turned down a request that independent MP Mostafa Bakry be referred to a parliamentary investigation…
Monday’s papers: Parliament slams Ganzouri address
Egypt
February 27, 2012
Monday’s papers: Parliament slams Ganzouri address
Monday’s papers report negative reactions from Parliament to Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri’s address to the People’s Assembly on Sunday. Otherwise,…
People’s Assembly discusses amendment of presidential elections law
Egypt
February 27, 2012
People’s Assembly discusses amendment of presidential elections law
The People’s Assembly on Monday began discussions on the amendment of some provisions of the presidential elections law, based on…
MPs divided over bill that would restrict demonstration rights
Egypt
February 27, 2012
MPs divided over bill that would restrict demonstration rights
Members of Egypt's People's Assembly have warned against passing laws that could restrict the freedom to protest and stressed that…