People’s Assembly

Besiege the new Parliament, with demands
Opinion

Besiege the new Parliament, with demands

The People's Assembly's performance has thus far been frustrating to revolutionaries. Even those who had been calling for power to…
Parliament review: A week of comedy and disappointment
Egypt

Parliament review: A week of comedy and disappointment

This week’s parliamentary sessions had the public joking about airing future sessions on comedy channels instead of news, and those…
Parliamentary subcommittees wield limited powers
Egypt

Parliamentary subcommittees wield limited powers

Attempting to manage the fallout of the Port Said football violence, the People’s Assembly national security and defense committee developed…
Salafi MP insists Parliament break for prayer
Egypt

Salafi MP insists Parliament break for prayer

A Salafi member of Egypt’s lower legislative house, the People’s Assembly, is insisting that parliamentary sessions pause during prayer times.…
People’s Assembly freezes relations with Syrian parliament
Egypt

People’s Assembly freezes relations with Syrian parliament

The People’s Assembly on Tuesday urged the government to denounce violence in Syria and freeze relations with the country's parliament…
MP causes uproar in Parliament by calling to prayer during session
Egypt

MP causes uproar in Parliament by calling to prayer during session

A verbal clash erupted between People’s Assembly speaker Saad al-Katatny and Salafi MP Mamdouh Ismail after the latter stood up…
Tuesday’s papers: Presidential nomination process to accelerate
Egypt

Tuesday’s papers: Presidential nomination process to accelerate

The news of the government accelerating presidential elections gets the most coverage in Egypt's papers Tuesday. The state-owned paper Al-Ahram…
MPs criticize protesters, blame US and ElBaradei for violence
Egypt

MPs criticize protesters, blame US and ElBaradei for violence

During Monday’s People’s Assembly session, a number of MPs, mainly Islamists, launched an unprecedented attack on protesters demonstrating in the…
Parliament panel: Police used excessive force against protesters
Egypt

Parliament panel: Police used excessive force against protesters

A panel of MPs has determined that security forces used excessive force in confronting demonstrators during clashes in downtown Cairo…
Parliament ends controversy over law on ministers’ trials
Egypt

Parliament ends controversy over law on ministers’ trials

The People's Assembly legislative committee on Monday ended an argument about a law issued in 1958 that would allow Parliament…
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