The technical seven-member committee formed to put forth the semi-final draft of the electoral districts law meets on a daily basis to finalize the draft law before being submitted to the Cabinet next Wednesday, Minister of Transitional Justice Ibrahim el-Henedy said Sunday. "This law must first be issued so that parliamentary polls can be held," said Henedy, adding that "for this reason, we want to finalize the drafting process as soon as possible, but not before it gains some kind of consensus among political forces," the minister said. Henedy is the representative of the Ministers' Cabinet committee for legislative reform, in charge of finalizing the law and presenting it to the presidency for official approval so that the High Parliamentary Elections Committee (HPEC) could start organizing elections. The coming parliament will be comprised of 540 seats, out of which 420 will be elected individually, while the remaining 120 seats will be elected through electoral party lists. Egypt witnesses a state of controversy in the last few months concerning the delay of the parliamentary elections as it was supposed to be held within six months of passing the constitution, which occurred in January. Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi confirmed in several occasions that there is no intention to postpone the elections, stressing that it would be held "on time."
