Egypt Independent Egyptian MP Tadros Kaldas, a member of the Energy and Environment Committee of the House of Representatives, submitted an Early Day Motion (EDM) on Saturday demanding Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad establish disposal sites for dead animals across the governorates. He stressed that the current number of disposal …
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Egypt Independent Spokesperson for the House of Representatives Salah Hasaballah expressed his support for Finance Minister Mohamed Maeit’s call for a new draft law, on the public finances on the Egyptian state. Hasballah made his statement on Monday, calling for a replacement of the current law as it dates …
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Egypt Independent The House of Representatives approved in principle a draft law amending the education law on Sunday during the plenary session, which saw controversy over Education Minister Tarek Shawki’s comments abolishing free education in an earlier meeting of the parliament’s Committee on Small Enterprises. “We will not leave …
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Egypt Independent Egyptian MP Ismail Nasr Al-Din stated on Sunday that he would submit a bill to omit the mention of religion on the national identification card and the official documents of the country. Nasr clarified that the 2014 constitution stipulates non-discrimination among citizens, who all share the same …
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Hussein Eissa, head of parliament’s Budget and Planning Committee since 2016, tells to Gamal Essam El-Din that Egypt still needs to do more before the economy is on an even keel Gamal Essam El-Din – Al-Ahram Weekly After two years of the IMF-backed reform programme economic indicators are improving but the …
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MPs said that although the law has not yet gone into effect, they welcome any amendments reached through national dialogue Gamal Essam El-Din- Al-Ahram Online Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi took all by surprise when he announced on Monday that he supports amending a controversial NGO law passed in 2016. …
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Cairo: Health Committee member of the House of Representatives Enas Abdel Halim announced on Sunday that she would be submitting amendments for Child Law No.12 of 1996 during the House of Representatives opening session on October 2018. The amendments will impose tough penalties on parents who jeopardize the health and …
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Gamal Essam El-Din quizzes Deputy Speaker of Parliament Al-Sayed Mahmoud Al-Sherif about the last session of the House of Representatives. Parliament concluded its third legislative term on 25 July. How do you evaluate the performance of MPs? Egypt’s parliament did a very good job in its third legislative term. While …
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