Latest in Tag: shura council Highlight
Latest in Tag: shura council

Shura Council finalises elections law
The lower house passed the political participation bill and approved the House of Representatives elections bill pending a final vote

Scuffle in Shura Council textile commission
Dozens of protesters gather at investment ministry while Shura Council faces textile industry challenges

Shura set to vote on election laws Wednesday
Upper house of parliament rejected the formation of new electoral districts for Egyptians abroad

Shura Council Economic Committee set to accept $50m from Islamic Development Bank
Economic Committee: We are reviewing our losses as a result of Egypt’s dollar crisis

NCW rejects new House of Representatives elections bill
The bill drafted by the Shura Council reverses placement of women at top of party lists

Political participation bill passes
Coptic and opposition members resign from the Shura Council session due to allowing religious campaigning in elections

Shura reverses placement of women at top of party lists
Each party will only be required to run a female candidate, without any provisions regarding her placement on the list

Shura Council to allow religious slogans in electoral campaigns
Upper house of parliament passed nine articles from political participation bill that governs elections

Shura Council committee discusses second version NGO draft law
The law has been the subject of criticism from UN experts as well as the Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights

NCW submits violence against women bill
The council was delegated by Prime Minister Qandil to draft a law regarding violence committed against women

Key court cases outside court’s jurisdiction
Court decides to hold rehearing sessions on Muslim Brotherhood dissolution case

Shura refers government-proposed election bills to committee
Members of parliament also fiercely debated a draft protest bill submitted by the government

Shura Council committee re-draws electoral districts
Shura Council committees agree on electoral borders and have drafted protest law for discussion on Tuesday

Copts Without Chains call on Shura Council members to resign
The movement accuses the Coptic members of the Shura Council of betraying Egyptians for their own profit

Controversy over the formation of the NCW
Al-Gabha Al-Salafiya calls for putting the NCW under the Shura Council’s auspices, NCW says moving under the council is illegal

State Commissioner’s Authority calls for the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood
Authority further requests that the organization not be allowed to engage in any further banking activity

Exclusion and systematic violence against women a state policy: rights group
Fouada Watch releases sixth report about state performance regarding women’s issues

Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh demands meaningful dialogue
Misr Al-Qawia Party head blames Morsi for squandering popular support in first months of presidency

Shura council approves sukuk draft law
Upper house modifies 13 articles

Al-Wasat proposes new elections law
The moderate Islamist party says new law would shorten delays to scheduled elections caused by recent court order

Mobile phones sales tax increases by 5%
The sales tax was initially introduced last December and amounted to 18% for mobile phone calls

EFSA warns of use of sukuk for money laundering
The president of EFSA called for the current sukuk law to be amended, as it does not adequately punish those who would launder money using sukuk

New Constitution ‘underlines rights of women’
Pakinam Al-Sharkawi spoke on the status of women in Egypt at the UN Commission on the Status of Women

ElBaradei proposes reform plan
The opposition leader suggested 7 measures needed to avoid “decay of state authority and spiralling violence”

Constitutional Court rejects Constituent Assembly dissolution case
The court rejected the case on grounds that since the assembly finished drafting the new constitution and it passed in a referendum, the assembly no longer exists

Shura Council to deliberate tax reform bill within 48 hours
Finance Minister Al-Morsi Hegazy left 15 minutes into the Ministry’s press conference leaving his assistant to take over

Shura Council approves raising military pensions
Pensions for military personnel to be raised from 15% to 20% with no maximum limit

Government announces 50% fuel price hikes for cement, brick factories
The government will raise natural gas, fuel oil, and diesel prices

Building and Development party criticises SCC’s decision on election law
Supreme Constitutional Court decision prohibits people prevented from serving in the military from running in parliamentary elections

New Budget to be presented to Shura Council in March
The Ministry of Finance has consulted with a number of government agencies in order to discuss the budget