Government in Egypt
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EGYPT, 2016/01/10
This will be the initial time the country’s legislators have convened in additional than two years. The previous parliament was dissolved in July 2013 following the ouster of former President Mohammed Morsi.
Next the heat of recent parliamentary elections and controversy over parliament’s formation, it may be engaging to observe the 596 members try to reach consensus on additional than 330 laws.Bureaucratic proceedings have been known to induce stupors, but things could get interesting after Egypt’s newly elected MPs take their oath of office Jan. 10
Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/01/egypt-parliament-review-laws-controversy.html#ixzz3wp7g7z4W
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EGYPT, 2016/01/10
This will be the initial time the country’s legislators have convened in additional than two years. The previous parliament was dissolved in July 2013 following the ouster of former President Mohammed Morsi.
Next the heat of recent parliamentary elections and controversy over parliament’s formation, it may be engaging to observe the 596 members try to reach consensus on additional than 330 laws.Bureaucratic proceedings have been known to induce stupors, but things could get interesting after Egypt’s newly elected MPs take their oath of office Jan. 10
Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/01/egypt-parliament-review-laws-controversy.html#ixzz3wp7g7z4W
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EGYPT, 2015/12/08
Egypt's incoming parliament will find it hard to form majority as individuals have won seats additional than those of all the party candidates combined, according to experts.
The new parliament will consist of 596 seats, 448 of which are for individuals, 120 for winners from party-based lists, and the remaining 28 will be appointed by the president.
Egypt's Electoral Supreme Committee said on Friday that 239 seats went to the party candidates, while 316 seats are won by the independent nominees. The rest 13 seats will be contested in the runoffs.
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EGYPT, 2015/10/21
Polling opened Sunday in Egypt for a much-delayed parliamentary election that will tighten President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's grip on power next he crushed all opposition since ousting his Islamist predecessor.
The vote for the 596-member parliament will be staged in two phases ending on December 2, with Egyptians abroad casting their votes for the initial round from Saturday.
But with an absence of opposition parties -- inclunding the presently-banned Muslim Brotherhood -- polling has inspired none of the enthusiasm witnessed for Egypt's initial democratic elections in 2011.
Experts say only voter turnout will be a gauge of popularity for Sisi, who has enjoyed a cult-like status since being elected president last year.
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EGYPT, 2015/09/26
Egypt's new Cabinet was sworn in before President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Presidential Palace Saturday morning.
Headed by former petroleum minister Sherif Ismail, the new Cabinet saw 16 replacements and includes 33 portfolios, down from 36 in the previous line-up. The ministries of health and people were merged inclunding the ministries of technical education and education and scientific research and higher education.
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EGYPT, 2015/08/01
Labour Day in Egypt passed this year with little fanfare. Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square seemed blank without the usual crowd of workers demanding better rights and chanting for social justice.
Maybe this was a result of a cabinet decision in April not to give national workers the day off because the May 1st holiday fell on a weekend. In the completed, if a celebration fell on a weekend, the following workday was a vacation. Most probably the festivities were dampened by the November 2013 law that bans gatherings of additional than 10 people.
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EGYPT, 2014/03/02
A amaze mass resignation lays the foundations for Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to announce presidential candidacy
The Egyptian government has staged a amaze mass resignation of which even some ministers were not forewarned, as strikes spread in the build-up to presidential elections.
Egypt's prime minister, Hazem Beblawi, announced on Monday that all cabinet will be submitting its resignation to interim president Adly Mansour.
Although an official statement by the cabinet indicated that the decision was a collective one, some ministers said they had no knowledge of plans to dissolve the government until a cabinet conference with army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, held 15 minutes before the prime minister's announcement.
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JORDAN, 2013/07/21
Jordan's King Abdullah II arrived in Cairo on Saturday, in the initial visit by a chief of national to Egypt since ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, national media reported.
The monarch had been part the initial leaders to congratulate Egyptians next the army overthrew Morsi following mass protests calling for him to resign.
Abdullah, who faces challenges at home from Islamists, was met at the airport by military-backed interim Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi, the official MENA news agency reported.
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EGYPT, 2013/07/05
Egypt’s interim president Adli Mansour was sworn in on Thursday as the North African country begins an uncertain political journey, following the ousting of the democratically-elected President Mohammed Morsi on Wednesday night by the military.
Egyptian military chief, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in a nationwide television broadcast on Wednesday night, announced that the chief justice of the constitutional court, Mansour, would be the interim leader and hold presidential and parliamentary elections.
The constitution will be reviewed while there will be a code for the media.
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BOTSWANA, 2013/06/20
African government deficits, while low by historical standards, has been creeping up as aid and remittances dip, and counter-cyclical interventions rack up in response to the effects of the financial crisis. Combined with a rising food and fuel import bill, governments are presently looking for savings. Energy and food subsidies are increasingly being reviewed.
