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Parliament initially approves draft law for Umrah portal
Platform will contribute to reducing prices of Umrah trips

Egypt’s parliament selects its general committee members
General Committee commenced its first meetings on Sunday

Parliament initially approves amendments to law honouring terrorism victims
The Egyptian Parliament’s social solidarity and family committee gave its initial approval, on Saturday, of draft amendments to a law honouring victims, missing people, and those wounded in war, terrorist, and security operations. The amendments also cover their families. The committee approved amending Clause 5 of Article 6, which stipulates the provision of free registration …

Ahmed Manna appointed Secretary-General of Egyptian parliament
Thursday’s session also see election of heads, deputies of each special committee in parliament

UPDATE: Newly elected parliament members swear constitutional oath
New House Speaker Hanafi Jabali asserts need for solidarity, cooperation to achieve public interest

Egypt’s new House of Representatives – All you need to know
New parliament to hold opening procedural session on Tuesday to elect speaker, with Ali Abdel-Aal poised for another term

Egypt’s newly appointed MPs to receive membership cards on Sunday
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has asked new House of Representatives to start first session on Tuesday

President Al-Sisi concludes 6th session of Egyptian parliament
On 16 December, Egyptian Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal concluded the session, which witnessed the discussion of a number of international agreements

Newly elected MPs under individual system to receive membership cards this week
MPs elected under party list system received their membership cards last week

Egypt’s 2021 parliament witnesses political diversity, higher women’s representation
Free Egyptians Party fails to have any seats in recent elections, although it was most-represented party in 2015 parliament

EU parliament adopts resolution on human rights in Egypt, Egyptian Parliament denounces decision
Egyptian Parliament called on EU parliament “not to appoint itself as the custodian of Egypt, and to refrain from politicising human rights issues.”

Parliament approves amendments to law establishing medical emergency fund
House of Representatives gives Prime Minister authority to change fund’s headquarters from Cairo

Changing image of Upper Egypt’s women is my top priority: Youngest female MP
Becoming MP was coincidental, as I reached eligible age for candidacy only 10 days before closing door for nomination, says Fatmah Selim

Egypt’s parliament run-offs start in 13 governorates
Total of 220 candidates will be competing for 110 seats in House of Representatives

Parliament approves 10 agreements worth over $400m to support farmers women, youth
The House of Representatives approved four agreements signed between the Ministry of International Cooperation and the US, which amount to about $33.4m.

Egypt’s PM votes in 1st stage of House of Representative elections
Voting in the first phase of the House of Representatives elections will take place in Egypt over Saturday and Sunday in 14 governorates

International monitoring of parliament elections to give high credibility to process: Ayman Okeil
Using drugs, lack of experience are main reasons for high number of exclusions from upcoming elections

Egypt’s election authority announces final candidates for parliament polls
Campaigning starts on Monday and will continue until 18 October

Parliament to discuss launching medical emergency fund
Parliamentary health committee has one month to discuss draft law, before general voting on 1 November

Egypt’s political parties see internal disputes over parliament elections
Al-Wafd Party members decide to meet on Thursday to look into participation in National List

Egypt parliament approves 2 international sustainable energy agreements
EBRD, AFD offer €336m to finance Egypt’s 2030 National Agenda and 17 SDGs

Fifth parliamentary session approves 243 laws of top priority
Sixth and final parliamentary session should take place by January 2021 to mark end of current parliament’s tenure

Egypt Parliament approves $743.3m international housing, sanitation agreements
Deals aim to primarily improve lives of low-income Egyptians so they can access their right to adequate housing

Egypt Parliament approves State Award for Young Creators under 18
The new award, aimed at Egypt’s young generation of innovators, will be granted on an annual basis to anyone aged under 18 years old in the fields of arts and culture.

Egypt Parliament approves mental health care law
Law aims to protect rights of people with mental illness, providing them with more protection against any forms of abuse

Egypt Parliament approves $53m international cooperation agreements against COVID-19
Agreements will be used to fund several different public health pathways, says Minister Al-Mashat

Egypt Parliament approves 3 international cooperation agreements worth $92.5m
Agreements cover Cairo Metro Line 1 renovation, higher education, and reproductive health

Egypt Parliament initially approves draft law on waste management
New legislation to identify responsibilities of waste management stakeholders

Parliament approves law on redrawing parliament electoral districts
New law one of five that will pave way to Egypt’s parliamentary elections in November

Parliament discusses law redrawing Egypt electoral districts
Draft law divides Egypt into 143 electoral districts devoted to single system elections, four electoral districts devoted to list system election