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Articles of the author Emad Fouad Mohamed Abdel Kadir Mohamed Gharib
Egypt MPs blast media ''interference'' in church bombing probe
Members of parliament on Monday criticized the media and called for banning it from covering investigations of the Alexandria church bombing. “The Penal Code punishes anyone interfering in investigations,” MP Zakaria Azmy told media representatives (...)

10 - 01 - 2011
Parliament approves social solidarity bill
One day before the end of its current session, parliament on Monday approved in principle new social solidarity legislation despite objections by opposition representatives and a handful of ruling party MPs. The law will provide financial assistance (...)

21 - 06 - 2010
MP claims to know names of officials involved in Mercedes bribe case
Independent MP Gamal Zahran stated Sunday in the People's Assembly that he knew the identities of the high-level Egyptian officials involved in an ongoing corruption scandal in which multinational automaker Daimler-Benz is alleged to have bribed (...)

13 - 06 - 2010
Taxes to be raised on steel, cement, cigarettes
Parliament's planning and budget committee on Tuesday approved funding of LE7.5 billion for the 2010/11 state budget, of which LE2 billion would be collected from new taxes on steel, cement and imported cigarettes. The committee also suggested that (...)

18 - 05 - 2010
Public employees'' bonuses raised 10%
Parliament on Tuesday approved a ten-percent increase in annual bonuses for government employees, despite opposition calls for a 20-percent raise in line with soaring commodity prices. "The raise proves how much President Hosni Mubarak cares about (...)

18 - 05 - 2010
People''s Assembly amends constituencies, MP protests
The People's Assembly approved yesterday a bill amending the distribution of electoral constituences due to the creation of two new governorates. The amendment was proposed by Minister of State for Parliamentary and Legal Affairs Mufid Shehab. Not (...)

18 - 05 - 2010
Egypt parliament approves foreign investment in infrastructure
Egypt's parliament has passed a bill allowing infrastructure and public utilities projects to be assigned to the private sector, despite strong objections from 94 independent and opposition MPs who say the bill will open the door for foreign and (...)

10 - 05 - 2010
Wafd party disputes echo through parliament
The People's Assembly saw a row erupt yesterday as Speaker Fathi Sorour read out a letter sent by Mounir Fakhri Abdel Nour, secretary general of the Wafd Party, which announced the freezing of Wafd representative Mohamed Abdel Aleem Dawoud's (...)

18 - 04 - 2010
MPs and health minister battle over state-funded medication
Minister of Health Hatem el-Gabaly came under fire from a number of MPs yesterday during a meeting of the People's Assembly health committee to discuss state-funded medication. The dispute ended with the minister agreeing to allow state-paid medical (...)

08 - 04 - 2010
MPs and govt disagree over poverty rate
President of the Central Audit Agency (CAA) Gawdat el-Malt criticized MPs who doubted CAA data on the government's performance. He said his agency's data is based on reports by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. "Doubting World Bank (...)

23 - 03 - 2010
MPs lash out at govt privatization policies
During Monday's parliamentary session, MPs blasted the government-backed privatization process, which they blamed for the forced dismissal of thousands of Egyptian workers within recent years. "We should stop pandering to private investors and (...)

08 - 03 - 2010
MP claims Israel helped in Sinai rescue ops
Parliament witnessed a heated session Wednesday when MPs debated a report issued by parliament's human rights committee detailing the committee's recent visit to flood-stricken areas of the country. Independent MP Saad Aboud accused the government (...)

03 - 02 - 2010
9 MPs want to revoke confidence from education ministers
Nine members of parliament submitted a motion yesterday calling on parliament to revoke confidence from the ministers of education and higher education. The MPs say the ministers are responsible for deteriorating secondary and tertiary education (...)

20 - 12 - 2009
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