Egypt's Cabinet has submitted several new draft laws including the anti-terrorism law without consulting the state supreme legislative reform committee, a member of the committee, Saber Amar said Wednesday, Al-Bawaba News reported. Amar explained that the recent terrorist attacks that hit the country and the assassination of Attorney General Hisham Barakat lay behind the government's rushing into issuing new laws before reviewing them by the committee. President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has formed this committee with the objective of preparing and drafting new laws, decrees, and bills in compliance with Egypt's 2014 Constitution. The committee should also coordinate between the new draft laws and the existing ones to ensure there is no contradiction or ambiguity. The panel is headed by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and includes ministers of parliamentary affairs and transitional justice, the head of the State Council, the state's Mufti, Al-Azhar's deputy, the head of the cabinet's advisory board, the head of the State Council's legislative department and the justice minister's assistant for legislation.
