Cairo- Osama Heikal, the Head of parliament's Media, Culture and Antiquities committee, said on Monday, that parliament opposes any kind of reconciliation with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group at the moment, reported by Al-Ahram Newspaper. "As the Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist organisation, and as it still insists on launching organised violent attacks against the state, and as it has so far refused to take any step towards reforming its religious agenda, it is completely rejected that parliament votes in favor of reaching reconciliation with this group," Heikal told journalists at a press conference. Heikal argued that although Egypt's 2014 constitution states in Article 241 that a transitional justice law be issued as soon as possible to help the country reach a type of 'national reconciliation', this law can not be passed at the moment because it might lead to 'reconciliation with the Brotherhood'. "Let all know that Egyptian society is against any kind of reconciliation with the Muslim Brotherhood and so parliament can not accept such reconciliation at the moment," said Heikal. Heikal said press conferences will be held on a regular basis to "stand up" to attacks against parliament. "We have to highlight parliament's achievements in these conferences because parliament is part of the state and the people should be aware of its important roles," said Heikal.
