Egypt's parliament discusses petition to amend constitution

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Sun, 03 Feb 2019 - 09:33 GMT

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Sun, 03 Feb 2019 - 09:33 GMT

FILE – Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal

FILE – Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal

CAIRO – 3 February 2019: Egypt parliament’s general committee held a meeting Sunday headed by House Speaker, Ali Abdel Aal, to discuss a petition written by fifth of parliament members proposing constitutional amendments in line with Article 226 of the constitution and Article 140 of parliament’s internal by-laws.

Abel Aal started the meeting by asserting that the realistic test of some of the current constitution’s articles proved that the latter require a review, however, this does not reflect a flaw or a disadvantage, as several regional states are witnessing constitutional changes.

Abdel Aal added that any amendment should aim building strong, democratic and balanced institutions capable of competent performance without affecting basic guarantees sponsored by the constitution.

The House Speaker discussed the most important principals the expected amendments are based on, they came as the following according to the general committee’s statement:

Supporting women, Youth, Christian minority, the disabled, and Egyptian expatriate community by solid constitutional articles.

Restoring Shura Council – a senate- to broaden representation at the Parliamentary Councils.

Extending the presidential term to six years from four, as the current circumstances have proven the step essential.

The appointment of deputy president.

The Armed Forces are the guarantor of the democracy and civil state, and the appointment way of defense minister should be reconsidered, according to the proposed amendments.

A coordination council headed by the president would organize the posts inside all the judicial entities.

The statement revealed that the committee would continue the discussion on Tuesday morning, 5 February 2019.

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