Parliament to announce vacancy of two seats due to the death of two members

CAIRO – 14 August 2018: Egypt’s House of Representatives headed by Ali Abdel Aal was unable during the third session of the Parliament to notify the National Elections Authority (NEA), headed by Chancellor Lashin Ibrahim, that two seats are free in parliament following deaths taking place during a parliamentary vacation. These include Fayoum’s Tamiya Center after the death of MP Ahmad Abdul Tawab, and Zefta province in Gharbia governorate after the death of MP Rifaat Jouda Dagher.

The House of Representatives will wait for the fourth session until it informs the NEA that the two seats are free, in order to conduct complementary elections for the two seats under the individual system.

Article 392 of the Parliament’s internal regulations states, "The Minister of Interior shall inform the President of the parliament of the death of any of its members within three days from the date of death. The Parliament’s President shall notify MPs in the first session following the member’s death to perform a funeral oration and declare that the vacancy of his/her province’s seat in the parliament.”

According to the same article, if the seat of one of the members becomes empty by the disqualification of his membership or by resigning for any other reason, the president of the parliament declares his position vacant, and informs the NEA to take the necessary action.

MP Rifat Dagher, a member of the House of Representatives for the center of Zefta, died on Sunday, during a heart operation he underwent in his hometown.

Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Ahmed Abdel Tawab, a member of the House of Representatives from Fayoum’s Tamiya Center and the Secretary of the Council’s National Defense Committee died on July 29 as a result of a health issue. He was buried in his hometown of Azizia at Fayoum’s Tamiya Center.

House speaker announces 3rd ordinary legislative session conclusion

CAIRO - 26 July 2018: Speaker of the House of Representatives Ali Abdel Aal announced the conclusion of the third ordinary session of the legislature. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will issue a decree on the matter later after which the parliament will begin its summer break, the longest recess on parliament's calendar.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Ali Abdel-Aal announced the conclusion of the third ordinary session of the legislature in July.

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi will issue a decree on the matter after which the parliament will begin its summer break, the longest recess on the parliamentary calendar.

At the closing session of the parliament's third year on Wednesday, Abdel Aal said that the fourth ordinary session of the legislature will start as per the date set in the president's decree.

Under Article 115 of the Constitution, the president is obliged to invite parliament to reconvene for a new parliamentary session before the first Thursday of October every year.